Kate's Brief History

Naperville’s North Central College has not always been called North Central nor has it always been in Naperville. The Evangelical Associat...

In May of 1920, Kroehler Manufacturing put together a baseball team for the Fox Valley Industrial League. The team reads like a “Who’s Who...

Fire activity doubled in 1920 with three big fires occurring in the first three months. While the city normally faced maybe 10-12 fire ev...

In just a few short years, the automobile displaced the horse and wagon, even in still-rural Naperville. These two images from Sanborn Map...

According to contemporary reports, a wild winter storm greeted the new year as 1920 dawned in Illinois. The President was Woodrow Wilson. ...