Book Overview
This historic village along the upper Des Plaines River, originally called Vardin's Grove after the area's first settler, George Vardin, adopted the name of Libertyville in the early 1840s after serving two years as the county seat of the newly established Lake County. In the 1870s, businessman and state legislator Ansel Brainerd Cook built a porticoed mansion, the Cook House, in beautiful Libertyville. Other monuments to be seen in the pages of Libertyville are the estates built throughout the community, including those once owned by railroad and utility tycoon Samuel Insull. At one time, Insull owned 6,000 acres of land in the town. Scenes from business, industry, schools, and community fun through the decades complement historic images of the Lake County Fair and even a great train robbery from 1924, one of the largest ever in U.S. history.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0738540129
ISBN13:9780738540122
Release Date:August 2006
Publisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.74 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Great Book!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book is a MUST HAVE for anyone who lived in Libertyville, IL from 1940 to the present. And for anyone else who lived in the Midwest sometime during the past 70 years, you need to check it out! Excellent example of the rich history of Libertyville, including some priceless pictures. Plus, the author is VERY dedicated to the preservation of such said history, and really knows his stuff!
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