Libertyville

by Jim Moran

Book Overview

This historic village along the upper Des Plaines River, originally called Vardin's Grove after the area's first settler, George Vardin, adopted the name of Libertyville in the early 1840s after serving two years as the county seat of the newly established Lake County. In the 1870s, businessman and state legislator Ansel Brainerd Cook built a porticoed mansion, the Cook House, in beautiful Libertyville. Other monuments to be seen in the pages of Libertyville...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738540129
• ISBN13: 9780738540122
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!!!

This book is a MUST HAVE for anyone who lived in Libertyville, IL from 1940 to the present. And for anyone else who lived in the Midwest sometime during the past 70 years, you need to check it out! Excellent example of the rich history of Libertyville, including some priceless pictures. Plus, the author is VERY dedicated to the preservation of such said history, and really knows his stuff!