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 . . .
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 . . .
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:
The Geneva City Council will discuss it on Monday night’s agenda. The Kane County Chronicle has an article here:
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
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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 teens when my grandmother handed me the newspaper obituary of my g-g-g grandfather. He was a Hamilton from out East so of course I was keen to trace us back to Alexander. The link has eluded me so far. To date, then, my most famous cousin was the founder of Frederick’s of Hollywood.
I’m ambivalent about my DAR status but not about the adventure. Genealogy has led to all sorts of learning. I’ve developed in particular a fascination with pirates of all sorts, though as far as I know I’m not related to any; and I think I first ran into Illinois river pirates (as opposed to Illinois River pirates) when I was looking a ways south for the Melungeons — though as far as I know the two groups were pretty much mutually exclusive. I guess what I’m saying is, you never know where your historical/genealogical pursuits will take you.
Last summer while visiting the Stone Corner Farm near Oregon, I learned about the local prairie pirates. Stay tuned. Continue reading River Pirates in Illinois
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 Fawcett. Continue reading Stone Corner Farm