This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A Winter Day in California and Illinois Lake News
A detailed Oakland scene describes a warm winter day with lush gardens and exotic trees contrasted by persistent weeds and slugs. The narrative shifts to Chicago area history, detailing early lake transportation from Buffalo to Chicago, the Erie Canal’s impact, and 1830s steamers and routes. Scholfield Memorial honors Judge William B Scholfield, praising his integrity, calm temperament, service as circuit judge, appellate judge, and public offices, with tributes from peers and family.
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Chicago
Illinois
Great Interior
Lake
Fort Dearborn
Buffalo
Pacific
Lakes
Pratt, Taylor & Co
Gordon S Hubbard
Erie Line
Indiana
Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
Perry
Michigan
Detroit
Milwaukee
Marine Journal
Hudson
Chicago American
New York
Cleveland
Lewiston
Syracuse
Albany
Mississippi
New Orleans
Northwest
Ohio
Oswego
Oswego and Welland Canal
Tillnois River
Winots River
St. Louis
U17
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Clark County Bar Association
Circuit Court
William B Scholfield
Marshall
Clark County
Notre Dame University
John Scholfield
T J Golden
Fenton W. Booth
United States Court of Claims
Washington, D. C
Samuel M. Scholfield
Scholfield
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Schoffield
Supreme Court
Third
Ilinois
State of Minors
Public Utilities Commission
Lowden
State Civil Service Commission
Sarah Sheppard
Paris
Ill
John William
Robert Bates
William B. Scholfield
J W. Graham
Everett Connelly
E. D. Jones