In his book, “Stone Barns of America, Historic Icons East of the Mississippi,” Robert Kroeger, who also visited El Jireh Farm ...
The Johnson County Historic Poor Farm has been designated a heritage area by Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area, recognizing its complex history as a site where marginalized individuals once ...
Elmhurst History Museum’s newest exhibit, Acre by Acre: Our Farming Heritage, examines the roots put down by pioneering families in the west suburbs between about 1850 and 1950. Over those hundred ...