Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
If you drive by Lake Forest High School, you can see the symbol from McKinley Road. I purposely cropped the bottom of the symbol off just to make it a little harder to guess what building it was on. But this is a tough crowd to fool. Thanks again for your continued support and participation.
Weekly photo posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
Robert Abbe Gardner was an accomplished golfer in the early 1920s, joining Onwentsia Golf Club in 1920. He was recently inducted into the Illinois PGA Hall of Fame, and is the third Onwentsia member to be honored. His golfing talents were known on an international scale during the 1920s, playing on the same Walker Cup team as Bobby Jones. He won the U.S. Amateur when he was 19 while in college at Yale, which stood as the youngest champion for 85 years. In the same time period, Gardner held the world record in the pole vault, clearing 13 feet, 1 inch in 1912. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback. We'll be back with another historical photo on Sunday (Dec. 18).
Weekly photo posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
I'm glad we were able to spotlight Ted's neigbor, Mike Dau, who has built a national championship caliber handball team at Lake Forest College during his long tenure at the school. Read a profile on Mike and his team we did last year. Thanks for your comments and guesses. Sorry for the delay - going out of town on holiday weekends can play havoc with your schedule. We'll be back next weekend with another posting. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback.
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Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th Anniversary.
Thanks again to reader Gail Hodges for submitting this photo for posting. You can do the same if you wish. Just contact the editor, Jim Powers, with your photo submission. My e-mail is james.powers@patch.com Great job by everyone who responded with a name or some historical background on George Alexander McKinlock Jr. There is a brief synopsis of McKinlock on the Lake Forest American Legion Post 264 website, and a much better photo of his face. In addition, McKinlock's parents donated the proceeds to build a dorimitory at Harvard in the memory of their son. Work began in 1925 and the dormitory was occupied by students in 1930. Read more from this posting of the Harvard Crimson. Thanks for your participation and feedback. We'll be back next…
5:09 pm on Sunday, November 13, 2011
Poignant story of G. A. McKinlock's mother going to France to find his grave as the U.S. Army could not identify exactly where he was buried. Mrs. McKinlock found the grave. She identified it through the I.D. inside the helmet placed on the cross, a customary way of marking graves. She had her son's remains returned to the U.S. and you can view his gravesite and memorial marker in the Lake Forest… more ›
Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
Thanks for all of your guesses. And we had a couple that were right on. Thanks to Art Miller and James Anderson. This photo was taken in 1915 looking east on Noble Avenue. Quite a contrast to today, isn't it. But it's interesting to see the width of the street to handle horse traffic, carts, and other modes of transportation. We will be back next Sunday with another posting. If you have a photo you wish to submit for posting, e-mail the editor, Jim Powers, at james.powers@patch.com. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback.
4:01 am on Monday, November 7, 2011
I was thinking Wisconsin...the street one block north of Westminster and east looking east from McKinley Road. more ›
Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
Westmoreland, the A. B. Dick estate, was designed by James Gamble Rogers in 1902. The estate was torn down in the 1940s when the Dick family donated 23 acres for the building of Lake Forest Hospital. The gates are extant. Thanks for the comments on the gates, and for filling the rest of us in on the great history behind these properties. Your continued participation and feedback is greatly appreciated. We'll be back next Sunday with another posting. If you have a historical photo to submit for posting, e-mail the editor, Jim Powers, at james.powers@patch.com.
Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
Two adjoining farms, consisting of 248 acres were purchased for $600 per acre in 1924 to form wjhat is now known as Knollwood Club. The farms belonged to Mrs. Granger Farwell and Mr. A.C. McCord, respectively. The acres were located on Telegraph Road (now Waukegan Road) and Creamery Corners (now the junction of Waukegan Road and Route 176), Great comments and historical references from Pauline, Gail and Art. Thanks to each of you for contributing and educating the rest of us. Look forward to everyone's participation and feedback. If you have a historical photo to submit, e-mail it to the editor, Jim Powers, at james.powers@patch.com. We'll be back next week with another posting.
1:03 pm on Sunday, October 23, 2011
I agree with Art Miller and Pauline Mohr. Arpee notes that the two farms were those of Granger Farwell and Dr. Alfred Haven, but the Haven information may have been proved incorrect. more ›
Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
Our two history gurus, Gail Hodges and Art Miller, correctly guessed the house was owned by Robert Thorne, who was president of Montgomery Ward. Please read their comments for more information on Thorne. Great stuff as usual. Thorne served as a civilian in the U.S. Army during WWI. He trained Brigadier General Robert E. Wood, who would later become chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Thanks for your continued participation and feedback. We'll be back next week with another historical photo posting. If you have a historical photo to submit, e-mail the editor, Jim Powers, at james.powers@patch.com.
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Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
No, she's not from Lake Forest. But Diana Nyad did attend Lake Forest College, and graduated Phi Betta Kappa in the early 1970s. You might have heard about her recently. Nyad, 62, tried to swim the 104 miles between Cuba and Florida, but had to give up after 82 miles due to jellyfish stings. According to her website, Nyad swam 102. 5 miles or the longest swim in history from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hours, 57 minutes. Reader Chris Kirn did choose Diana's name as one of her guesses. Thanks, Chris! Thanks again for your continued participation and feedback. It is greatly appreciated. If you …
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Weekly photo posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.
This house filled a number of roles dating back to the 1850s. As reader Gail Hodges astutely pointed out, this building was the Lake Forest Hotel commissioned by the Lake Forest Association as a place for prospective land buyers and the construction workers building the town in 1858. The Old Hotel stood for 38 years, becoming a popular place for parents and families visiting Lake Forest Academy students. The property changed hands several times until it was bought by a group of Lake Forest families, who moved to a site on Wisconsin Avenue, where it stood until its demolition in 1973. Thanks again for the back-and-forth conversation on the site. We invite more of you to jump in and ask questions, or provide your insights. Thanks for your …
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7:27 am on Monday, December 19, 2011
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