SANDWICH —The Sandwich Historical Society made as much history as it preserved this year, and members celebrated several successful projects during a recent gathering.

Illinois State Historical Society is honoring the 206th anniversary of Illinois gaining statehood with its Statehood Day Commemoration on Dec. 3. The commemoration will take place at Inn at 835 in ...

Sandwich Earns Immortality in 'Weird Illinois' Some history really is stale. But none more than the slice dear to Steve Jenne. During the 1960 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon made a stop in ...

URSA, Ill. (AP) — A group of historians in western Illinois has started restoring a 164-year-old dilapidated log cabin to be used as a museum display.