Historical Happenings

<p>Contributing Author: Robert Sievert Around 1970, my dad took me to Ted&#8217;s Shoes to get me a new pair of shoes. I got the clodhoppers (tan colored boots that went up a bit past your ankle, like work boots). We came out and there was this sawhorse barricade. I wanted to show my dad that &hellip; <a href="https://kankakeecountymuseum.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/teds-shoes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">...

<p>Transcription by Norma Meier of an oral interview with Laura Marcotte Hamende, March 5, 1981 (Laura Marcotte Hamende, 1887-1982).  Reflections from her wedding day.  &#8220;It was on a Wednesday. It was the 17th of April, 1907. Oh yes, we had Mass &#8211; High Mass. Oh yes, there was a lot of people there. A wedding &hellip; <a href="https://kankakeecountymuseum.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/1907-laura-marcotte-hamende-wedding-in-lerable/" class...

<p>Contributing Author: Ken Ponton My parents, Earl and Florence Ponton, and my brother, Ron and I lived on the E-Z Way Bumps Road in Limestone from the early 1940s until we grew up and moved out. Dad and Mom continued to live there for the remainder of their lives. In early February of 1946, Dad &hellip; <a href="https://kankakeecountymuseum.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/1946-ken-ponton-departmental-school-fire/" class="more-link">Continue reading...

<p>Contributing Author: Ken Ponton In the earlier days of Kankakee County, grocery stores did not exist. When Rivard Grocery Store opened in Bourbonnais, and shortly thereafter Erzingers in  Kankakee, and then The Big Bear on East Court Street, a good selection for grocery shopping became available. My mother worked part-time at Erzingers for several years. &hellip; <a href="https://kankakeecountymuseum.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/1950s-ken-ponto...