December 15, 2024

Our History

2018: Preservation Partners Begins Operation of Sholes School

December 15, 2024

Our History

The 1872 one-room school house was built on David Sholes farm in Burlington, Illinois and is now located at the LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles, Illinois.

Kelsey Shipton

September 3, 2024

Historic Preservation

Potential Impact of Proposed Charles Farm Housing Development on Rural History of Kane County

Kelsey Shipton

September 3, 2024

Historic Preservation

What effects on the La Fox Historic District and Historic Brundige Road could occur with a proposed 2,011-unit housing development?

Kelsey Shipton

August 28, 2024

Life on the prairie

The "Story" of the Old Pitchfork

Kelsey Shipton

August 28, 2024

Life on the prairie

An old pitchfork was found in Ferson Creek. How did it get there? Our Junior Docent volunteers had some ideas!

2018: Preservation Partners Begins Operation of Sholes School

Potential Impact of Proposed Charles Farm Housing Development on Rural History of Kane County

The "Story" of the Old Pitchfork

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