Buffalo Grove Lime KilnThis free-standing, perpetual-burning lime kiln was used to produce lime mortar, a product widely utilized by the building industry. The area was know... [click for more]
Buffalo GroveThe Indians called this area Nanusha (buffalo). The first settlers arrived here in 1829 and six years later a village, St. Marion, was laid out. About... [click for more]
Indian AmbushEarly in the Black Hawk War Indians concealed near this spot in Buffalo Grove, May 19, 1832, killed William Durley, a member of a six man detail carry... [click for more]
Lincoln in PoloAbraham Lincoln was a guest in this house, August 15-17, 1856. His host was Zenas Aplington, founder of Polo. On Saturday, August 16, John D. Campbell... [click for more]
The Boles TrailIn 1825 Oliver W. Kellogg blazed a trail from Peoria to Galena which passed east of this site. On a spring day in the following year John Boles marked... [click for more]
The Galena RoadIn the early 1830's pioneer traffic moving north from Peoria crowded primitive trails and forced a direct route to Galena. In 1833, Levi Warner&a... [click for more]
