Kate's Brief History

On the twenty-sixth day of November in 1829 Pierce Hawley claimed a portion of Section 30 in Kendall County, Illinois. Since it included a...

Local history books from DuPage and Will Counties and even Chicago are great resources to learn more about Pierce and Aaron Hawley, but mu...

Christmas at Klein Creek Farm Saturday, December 4 1:30 pm Sunday, December 5 3:30 pm Join "Christmas on the Farm" for an old-fa...

In 1831, Chicago was still known as Fort Dearborn. Only three ships arrived that year – one of which was the Telegraph, bringing Joseph Nape...

When the Christmas carol "saw three ships come sailing in" they could have been singing about Chicago in 1831. While shipping wa...