Nancy L. Webster

The creation of Township High School District 113, which operates Highland Park and Deerfield high schools, evolved through the democratic process. In 1876, the Illinois Supreme Court case Richards versus...

A previous article lamented that no known photographs existed of several local men who perished in the American Civil War, including Thomas Maroney (later standardized to Moroney). In fact, there...

For almost two decades the Tenthouse Theater and its sibling Music Theater entertained the North Shore. Producer Herb Rogers founded The Tenthouse Theater in 1948. The "Theater in the Round"...

Treaties and other political events altered the North Shore forever in 19th century. The 1833 Treaty of Chicago forced the removal of Native Americans from the area. Andre and Catherine...

[Ravinia] Village Song Tune of Boola Boola We're neighbors and come we here to sing our village song, With friendly greeting as we pass among the merry throng. We love...

On May 22, 1906, The Chicago Daily Tribune noted, "Saturday free lance ball games have been arranged as follows: ...Lakesides and Highland Park Crescents will be playing at Ravinia Park..."...

On April 9, many Illinoisans will go to the polls for local and consolidated elections. Enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, universal suffrage evolved piecemeal. The 15th Amendment...

Jesse Lowe Smith (1869-1934) served as principal of Elm Place School and Superintendent of Schools in Highland Park — in the former District 107 — for 32 years until his...

Many Highland Parkers and people who work in Highland Park begin and end their day at a Highland Park train station. This is precisely what the original developers envisioned: "A...