Daily Herald

Elgin’s Bluff City Cemetery Walk honors local history and legacies

Experience Elgin's past through outdoor theatrical performances at the Bluff City Cemetery Walk on Sept. 27-28, highlighting notable locals like an early car dealer, a pioneering female driver, a ...
Chicago Tribune

Elgin News Digest: Hamilton Wings starts website to remember Risé Jones; Elgin History Museum selling Elgin-related books, yearbooks

Elgin arts organization Hamilton Wings has launched a website to celebrate the life and legacy of one of its founders, Risé Jones, who died earlier this month. The public is welcome to share their ...
Chicago Tribune

Elgin News Digest: Library holding program to share stories of Elgin women; Elgin museum to host talk on national landmarks, monuments; Kane County officials holding crime ...

To celebrate Women’s History Month and the library’s 150th anniversary, the Gail Borden Public Library will be holding the “Herstory: Stories of Elgin Women” program from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ...
Daily Herald

Elgin’s ‘Brown Bag’ series to offer ‘A Brief History of Immigration to the United States’

The Elgin Area Historical Society’s “Brown Bag Lunch Series” continues at noon Thursday, Sept. 12, with “A Brief History of Immigration to the United States” with Edward Bates. It includes a review of ...