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1. A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included .

   Miller Family pg. 26

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2. A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included .

   William Whitnell pg. 27

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3. A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included .

   William Whitnell pg. 28

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4. A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included .

   William Whitnell pg. 29

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5. A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included .

   Henry Hoffman pg. 31

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6. A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included .

   Henry Hoffman pg. 32

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7. A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included .

   Letter from Ben Cloes pg. 24

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8. A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included.

   Churches pg. 47

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9. Identifying information cards used with picture of John and Catherine Cloes, son Ben and family homestead and brickyard in a Lake Bluff exhibition undated. The brickyard started in 1885 by Catherine and run by Mr. Ostrander.

   Cloes Family - notes for photos about

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10. 666 Maple - 6 slides of 666 Maple This home was built by Ben Cloes in 1886 using bricks from his family's brickyard. He later sold the property to Ruben Miller and remained in the Miller family until the 1960s,

    Slide # 205 666 Maple Ave. 1962

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11. 666 Maple Avenue - A black and white photo of 666 Maple Avenue taken around 1963. Known as the Cloes House, 666 Maple was built in 1886 by Benjamin Cloes with bricks from the Cloes brickyard. In the early 1900s Reuben Miller bought the house from, who farmed Judge Blodgett's farm, now known as Crab Tree Farm for more than 20 years. Reuben's daughter, Emily Miller lived in the house until she died in 1960. Bob and Nancy Davis purchased the house around 1963.

    666 Maple Avenue

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12. 666 Maple Avenue - A black and white photo of 666 Maple Avenue taken around 1963. Known as the Cloes House, 666 Maple was built in 1886 by Benjamin Cloes with bricks from the Cloes brickyard. In the early 1900s Reuben Miller bought the house from, who farmed Judge Blodgett's farm, now known as Crab Tree Farm for more than 20 years. Reuben's daughter, Emily Miller lived in the house until she died in 1960. Bob and Nancy Davis purchased the house around 1963.

    666 Maple Avenue

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13. 666 Maple Avenue - A black and white photo of 666 Maple Avenue taken around 1963. Known as the Cloes House, 666 Maple was built in 1886 by Benjamin Cloes with bricks from the Cloes brickyard. In the early 1900s Reuben Miller bought the house from, who farmed Judge Blodgett's farm, now known as Crab Tree Farm for more than 20 years. Reuben's daughter, Emily Miller lived in the house until she died in 1960. Bob and Nancy Davis purchased the house around 1963.

    666 Maple Avenue

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14. 666 Maple Avenue - An Architectural and Historic Survey of the Camp Meeting Area of Lake Bluff that was completed in 1998. Additional information about the property is available at the Lake Bluff History Museum. 666 Maple Avenue The Cloes House. Built in 1886 by Benjamin Cloes with bricks from the Cloes brickyard. In the early 1900s Reuben Miller bought the house from, who farmed Judge Blodgett's farm, now known as Crab Tree Farm for more than 20 years. Reuben's daughter, Emily Miller lived in the house until she died in 1960.

    666 Maple Avenue

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15. 666 Maple Avenue - Sepia photograph of 666 Maple Avenue This home was built by Ben Cloes in 1886 using bricks from his family's brickyard. He later sold the property to Ruben Miller and remained in the Miller family until the 1960s. No message or date.

    Postcard #95 [666 Maple]

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16. Affidavit of Frank Pearce - Affidavit of Frank Pearce swearing that he is a constable in and for the County of Lake and that he has posted notices on various places around the town as there is no newspaper published in the Village.

    Doc 2713

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17. a letter from Grace Cloes Kurtz - An excerpt from a letter from Grace Cloes Kurtz, probably written in 1948 when Grace Church was celebrating its 60th Anniversary. Grace talks about her father traveling west to California to join the gold rush as well as of the Camp Meeting era in Lake Buff.

    a letter from Grace Cloes Kurtz

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18. A letter to Lieb Grost - A letter to Lieb Grost, mostly likely from Elmer Vliet, regarding an article by Susan Dart concerning the house Ben Cloes built at 666 Maple. Vliet wanted additional information on the Cloes Brick yard and when Ben stopped making bricks and when Lieb's father stopped working for Ben.

    Letter to Lieb Grost

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19. A letter to Lieb Grost - An unsigned letter to Lieb Grost of North Avenue dated February 4, 1973 and likely written by Elmer Vliet. The is in response to an article in the Lake Bluff Review written by Susan Dart, where Vliet provides clarification and asks Grost for information on the Cloes brickyard. 666 Maple Avenue 230 East North Avenue

    A letter to Lieb Grost

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20. A letter written by Grace Cloes Kurtz - Xerox copy of a letter written by Grace Cloes Kurtz, daughter of Ben Cloes, to her sister Carrie Cloes giving some family history. August 30, 1958. Grace mentions the fire that destroyed their home on East Prospect Avenue and of Mrs. Rosenthal who rescued their organ from the fire. Grace Cloes Stedman Kurtz

    A letter written by Grace Cloes Kurtz

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21. A letter written by John Cloes to his wife - Photocopy of the original letter written in German by John Cloes to his wife, mailed by him from Sacramento, California. Letter dated September 25, 1850

    A letter written by John Cloes to his wife

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22. An excerpt from History of Deerfield by Elizabeth Cloes Hole - Biographical information written by and about Elizabeth Cloes Hole, daughter of John Cloes excerpt from History of Deerfield 1928.

    An excerpt from History of Deerfield by Elizabeth Cloes Hole

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23. A Thanksgiving memory - Typed recollection of a Thanksgiving memory written by Ben Cloes Lake Bluff Chat, November 26, 1914. Cloes recalls the first Thanksgiving after his father went to the California Gold Rush and of his mother shooting a deer which the family ate and "had a dinner kings might envy".

    A Thanksgiving memory written by Ben Cloes

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24. Ben Cloes - Labeled on back "Uncle Ben Cloes"

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25. Ben Cloes Cottage - Benjamin J. Cloes cottage

    B.J. Cloes Cottage

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26. Ben Cloes & Family - Ben Cloes & Family

    Ben Cloes and family

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27. Ben Cloes in front of house on Bluff Road - Ben Cloes in front of house on Bluff Road. House built in 1850. Photo dates to 1882.

    Cloes house

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28. Ben Cloes obituary - Retyped obituary for Ben Cloes from 1936, listing his family and their history in Lake Bluff.

    Ben Cloes obituary

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29. Biographical notes on Catherine Dietrich Cloes - Biographical notes on Catherine Elizabeth Dietrich Cloes, wife of John Cloes Biographical notes undated. Mentions her husband John Cloes going to the gold rush in California 1850. The top of the document reads: Notes for Judy Simpson

    Biographical notes on Catherine Dietrich Cloes

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30. Blanchard's coal yard and possible site of John Cloes' blacksmith shop - Blanchard's coal yard and possible site of John Cloes' blacksmith shop and built by Ben Cloes with bricks from his brickyard. This circa 1930 photo shows the southeast corner of Sheridan Road and Blodgett Avenue. The house is thought to have been built by the Mannings. The Blanchard Company was based in Lake Forest and had a branch yard at 755 Sheridan Road. The Company was owned by George Blanchard.

    Blacksmith shop / Blanchard's coal

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31. Catherine Cloes - Catherine Cloes, wife of John Cloes, Lake Bluff's first family.

    Catherine Cloes

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32. Cloes Brick yard - Cloes brickyard. Located approximately at East Blodgett Avenue and Birch Avenue The brickyard was managed by a Mr. Crawford, then Henry Ostrander and later by Ben Cloes, son of John and Catherine Cloes.

    Cloes brickyard

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33. Cloes Family - Two Xerox copies of the Lake Bluff Chat, one dated January 14, 1915 announces the death of Ida George Cloes, wife of Ben Cloes. She died of cancer at her home is Los Angeles the previous week. The other article from the Chat is a story by Ben Cloes: "An Old-time Thanksgiving of a Lake Bluff Boy". Ben recalls the family log house that stood on the property of A. K. Stearns (since demolished) and eating a deer their mother had shot near their home. The Stearns property was on Bluff Road, formerly at 605 East Blodgett Avenue SEE ALSO : Memo 1, 2, and 4, Note 7 and Sketch 1 in this Catalog.

    Ida Cloes Obituary

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34. Cloes family from Germany to Lake Bluff - Article on early settlers of Lake Bluff including a picture of Cloes family home, 666 Maple Avenue. Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Mail Advertiser April 16, 1981

    Cloes family from Germany to Lake Bluff

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35. Cloes family home - Ben Cloes and Gus Cloes c. 1882. A different view of the same house as photo #500.

    Cloes family home

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36. Cloes house southwest view with family - Southwest side of Cloes house on Bluff Road. Starting at far left: Ben Cloes, Augustus (Gus) Cloes, Lizzie Cloes (Mrs. Philip Hole of Deerfield) , Grace Cloes (Mrs. Stedman) , Mrs. John Cloes with child, Carrie Cloes (Mrs. Abe Barrows). This house was later the site of the Stearn's house.

    Cloes family house SW view

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37. Contract for the Improvement of Sheridan Road Through the Cloes Property. - Contract for the Improvement of Sheridan Road Through the Cloes Property. In which Willian Hoffman agrees to do all necessary labor runnin across the "Cloes Property" for the sum of $425.

    Doc 2749

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38. Deeds to land adjoining Blodgett Avenue east of Birch Road - Elmer Vliet notes on a few deeds to land adjoining Blodgett Ave. east of Birch Road beginning in 1896 when Cloes sold a tract of land (Tract "F") to A. K. Stearns in 1896 for $8,000. Other transfers include Blodgett to Durand, Stearns to Herbert Angster, Thomas Stearns to Grace Stanley. Also included are two sketches by Vliet showing some of the land being transferred.

    Some deeds to land adjoing Blodgett Ave. east of Birch Road

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39. Early Home of John Cloes - First permanent home in Lake Bluff. John Cloes settled here 1836 on a government grant of 640 acres. Shown are Benjamin J. Cloes, his son Augustus Cloes, Lizzie Cloes Hole, Grace Cloes Stedman, Mrs. John Cloes with unidentified child, and Carrie Cloes Barrows. Also slide # 18 This house was on the site of the original log cabin, built by John and Catherine Cloes in 1836.

    Early Home of John Cloes

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40. Early Lake Bluff by Emily Miller - The first page is a note from Elmer Vliet to Don [Spooner] ? regarding Emily Millers write-up of old Lake Bluff. In this note, Vliet also mentions Bob Davis, who at one time owned Tangley Oaks, the home of the Armours, in which Bob tells Elmer that he has a land survey of Tangley Oaks made in 1916 "that shows a log cabin about 50 feet north of the present entrance gate to Tangley Oaks. Vliet speculates that this "may have been the original Cloes cabin that Emily mentions". The remaining is a six page report by Lake Bluff resident Emily Miller, in which she describes the Cloes family, Camp Meeting days and up to the mid 1960s.

    Letter from Elmer Vliet to Don [Spooner] ?

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41. Elmer notes on the Cloes family - Several scraps of paper containing notes written by Elmer Vliet about the Cloes family - births and deaths and other events.

    Elmer notes on the Cloes family

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42. Exerpts from the Minute Book pertinent to Blodgett Avenue - Exerpts from the Minute Book pertinent to Blodgett Avenue, written by Elmer Vliet outlining improvements to East Blodgett Avenue, including citizens who argued for and against the grading and graveling of East Blodgett Avenue.

    Exerpts from the Minute Book pertinent to Blodgett Avenue

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43. From Summer Resort To Suburb; Village Remembers Methodist Heritage; Confirmation Class of 1965; Original Grace Methodist Church; Grace Methodist changes title and celebrates 80th anniversary; Historical Pageant at the Grace Methodist Church - Six newspaper articles published between 1963 and 1968. All of the articles focus on Grace Methodist Church.

    From Summer Resort To Suburb

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44. Grace Stedman Kurtz - A Xerox obituary for Grace Cloes Stedman Kurtz who died in the Sturgeon Bay hospital at age 89. Grace was the daughter of Ben and Ida George Cloes. Source: Ancestry.com

    Grace Cloes Stedman Kurtz

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45. History of Lake Bluff, Illinois 1818 -- 1918 - A handwritten history of Lake Bluff at the time of the Illinois Centennial, 1918. Written as a part of a county wide centennial program, the history was researched by the 7th and 8th grade classes of the Lake Bluff School. Some photographs are included .

    Letter from Ben Cloes pg. 23

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46. If a Chimney Falls in a Bluff ... Does it Make a Sound? - The article If a Chimney Falls in a Bluff ... Does it Make a Sound? written by Adrienne Fawcett, tells how a 16-foot brick chimney, fell one night after standing on the Lake Michigan bluff for over 100 years. The chimney belong to the home of A. K. Stearn's, who purchased 7 acres of land from Ben and Ida Cloes in 1905. The article states that in 1948, after Stearns's death, erosion was so bad that his home was very near the bluff. It stood empty for a number of years and was eventually destroyed by fire, except for the chimney. Another house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was built to the south of the Stearns house, which was also later destroyed. \The property was later subdivided into three lots.

    If a Chimney Falls in a Bluff ... Does it Make a Sound?

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47. John Cloes - Biographical two paged typed notes on John Cloes, his son Ben Cloes and daughter Elizabeth Cloes Hole undated

    Cloes Family in Lake Bluff pg. 1

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48. Letter between Vera Flach and Elmer Vliet - A series of letters between Vera Flach and Elmer Vliet totaling 16 pages. In the letters Vera talks about her recollections of old Lake Bluff. Her grandfather Jervice Evans built the Tabernacle and a hotel that later burned. Of an oil painting of her grandfather that hung in the chapel of Hedding College where he was president. Vera talks about sending silverware and the painting. Vliet talks about beginnings of the Lake Forest Lake Bluff Historical Society and of a canon ball that was found by Honorary Director James Getz on Green Bay Road, which was thought to be of French origin dating by the 1700s The Jesuit cross carved in a tree on Michale Mines property, found by John Cole. Also mentions the Lake Bluff Chat October 29, 1910 mentions the death of Dr. Evans Vera died May 28, 1975

    Letters between Flach and Vliet

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49. Letter from Ben Cloes - A reprinted letter from Ben Cloes dated December 26, 1930 which he wrote to the Superintendent of the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest. Writing from his home in Gardena California, he writes that he remembers he was present when the first Sunday School was started in the old Log House about one-half mile north of the Atteridge home (in Lake Forest) on Stephen Kelly land. Cloes also mentions the family of Dr. Charles Quinlan and the Brown family from Lake Forest.

    Letter from Ben Cloes

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50. Letter from the Committee on Sewers to D. Witherstine - Letter from the Committee on Sewers to D. Witherstine directing him to give notice of a special meeting for the purpose of considering and taking action on the proposed sewer systems.

    Doc 2720

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