Lake Bluff (Postcard History) by Kathleen Ohara

Lake Bluff (Postcard History) by Kathleen Ohara

The shores of Lake Michigan, with towering bluffs and heavily wooded ravines, have attracted many to Lake Bluff during the past two centuries. The Potawatomis were the first to come, using the ravines for their tribal council meetings. The German and Irish came in the 1830s, drawn by the cheap land prices. The 1870s brought the Methodists, who, seeing the beauty of the lake and the ravines, purchased 200 acres and formed the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association. The summer chautauqua brought thousands of visitors every year to its quaint cottages and hotels. It was in Lake Bluff where Frances Willard, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, brought together other temperance leaders to form the national Prohibition party, which led to the ill-fated 18th Amendment. In the 20th century, Lake Bluff has retained its charming cottages and tree-lined village streets. It remains today a picturesque and historic northern suburb of Chicago, nestled along the shores of Lake Michigan.

O'Hara, Kathleen: - KATHLEEN O'HARA has been a resident of Lake Bluff for fifty years. She spent thirty-six years as a teacher and principal of Lake Bluff Middle School from 1969 to 2005. Since 1969, she has been co-founder and historian of the Lake Bluff History Museum, and also served as Lake Bluff Village Trustee from 2007-2013, and president of the Village of Lake Bluff from 2013-2021. She is co-author of Lake Bluff: A Pictorial History and Lake Bluff, A Postcard History.

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ISBN 13	9780738552101
ISBN 10	0738552100
Title	Lake Bluff (Postcard History)
Author	Lyndon Jensen
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Arcadia Publishing
Year published	2008-06-25
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.