Geneva’s City Council voted against allowing the demolition of the Pure Oil Building at their Committee of the Whole. It is such a cute building. I still miss our Old Post Office . . .
Category: Local History
Geneva’s Pure Oil Building
Time is running out to sign the online petition to save the historic Pure Oil Building in Geneva that houses the PURE Gardner gardening shop which is here: http://www.change.org/petitions/to-the-mayor-and-the-city-council-of-geneva-illinois-save-the-historic-pure-oil-building The Geneva City Council will discuss it on Monday night’s agenda. The Kane County Chronicle has an article here: http://www.kcchronicle.com/2012/03/23/demolition-of-pure-oil-building-topic-of-geneva-meeting/axcf9kt/
Lincoln Highway Association Seeks Memories, Art, and Photos
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kay Shelton, Illinois State Director Lincoln Highway Association 1006 N. 15th St. DeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: 815-748-7211 E-mail: kayshelton@hotmail.com Lincoln Highway Association Seeks Memories, Art, and Photos
River Pirates in Illinois
My experience with history courses in school was mostly about struggling to cram a bunch of dry facts into an already busy brain and readying them for regurgitation onto the next test. There was very little joy in it. How I learned to love history was by picking up the hobby of genealogy in my…
Stone Corner Farm
John and Cindy Barnhart bought an abandoned 7-acre farm southeast of Oregon and began growing vegetables on it. Open for business four years now and certified organic, Barnhart’s Stone Corner Farm Market is certainly about the land and the food, but it’s also about stewardship of a singular piece of local history. Photography by Janet…