Evidence suggests that Fullersburg's settlers observed Christmas with traditional holiday carols; however, their harsh living conditions....

Solar and lunar eclipses have been recognized by hundreds of Native American tribes, and the various traditions that have arisen from...

A common trait of most Native American tribes is their devotion to the gravesites of their ancestors and loved ones. The continuous...

Loie Fuller's rise to stardom as the most famous dancer in the world took a sharp upward turn in 1892 in Paris, a center for artists and...

The area west of Chicago, including Brush Hill (which became Fullersburg), experienced an influx of white settlers soon after the Black...

Who is Morell Fuller, and why should we think of him on Independence Day? Morell was an early settler of Fullersburg, Illinois, one of...

In June of 2021, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland ordered an investigation of the U.S. Federal boarding school program for...

Sauk war leader Black Hawk crossed the Mississippi River in April of 1832 with around 1,000 Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo followers who...

Imagine the emotions of Avis Blodgett, who in May of 1832 had four children under twelve years old (and one on the way) when Potawatomi...

The famous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were surely a matter of importance to the residents of Fullersburg,...

Did the early settlers of Fullersburg have difficulty coping with frigid temperatures? Our available historical sources indicates that...

What do we know about Potawatomi Chief Aptakisic (also known as Half-Day), and why should we learn about his role in history? Aptakisic...

The village of Sauganakka was the largest Potawatomi village of DuPage County, Illinois, but this is largely an unknown fact. The former...

Was Christmas celebrated in Old Fullersburg? Were there carolers, sleigh bells and Christmas trees? Did Santa Claus make an appearance,...

Beneath the shade of the towering oak trees in Historic Fullersburg Cemetery in Hinsdale, Il. lies a humble grave of a Union soldier that...

Who was the enigmatic war chief of the Potawatomi, who had a voice like a lion and stood approximately six feet four inches tall? Meet...

Odawa historian and archivist Eric Hemenway notes that although burial practices varied from tribe to tribe, "caretaking of the dead is...

The act of changing an athletic team's Native American name in order to avoid offending indigenous people is ethical and the correct...

The pioneers in this area desperately needed a water-powered or mechanical mill to help provide both food and shelter. A grist mill was...

The English carol Here We Come A-Wassailing describes an old Yuletide custom of neighborhood revelers asking manor owners for a drink of...