Related Records

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.

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. E North Ave. Trail Tree - North Avenue Trail Tree

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Freak Tree Scranton Ave. Lake Bluff - Sepia photograph of the trail tree that stood on the north side of the 400 Block of East Scranton. Message on card from Daisy. Postmark Nov. 1910.

   Freak Tree Scranton Ave. Lake Bluff

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Freak Tree Scranton Ave. Lake Bluff ILL - Black & white photograph of the Trail Tree located on Scranton Avenue. One card has message and postmark 1916.

   Freak Tree Scranton Ave. Lake Bluff ILL

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Indian Tree Dedication - Five typed pages written by Mabel Vliet about her recollections on the Indian Trail Tree dedication meeting that took place in 1936. The were ladies from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and were later taken to the site of the Indian Trail Tree on North Avenue by Elmer Vliet. A boulder would be provided by the city and the DAR would affix a inscribed tablet acknowledging the trail tree. Mabel also gives antidotes about her Swedish family.

   Indian Tree Dedication

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Lake County Illinois: This Land of Lakes and Rivers - Mullery, Virginia

   1989

   Record Type: Library

   
7. Lake County Star: "A Look at Lake Bluff" - Voters Polled on Lake Forest High School Over 100 Colleges Take Par in Lake Forest High School College Night Lake Forest Gets Dialing System Lake Bluff South Ravine Bridge Opened (pg. 40) over Moffett Road A photo of LAKE BLUFF'S WELL KNOWN Trail Tree, taken in 1955 showing Elmer Vliet's grandchildren Katie Bailey and Barbara Bailey in front of the tree. The marker on the stone next to the tree was placed there in 1986 by the Daughters of the American Revolution DAR.

   A Look at Lake Bluff

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Native Americans - Laura Foster

   Two drawings : Framed color drawing - Native American scene Sketch of trail tree pasted to back of Native American framed drawing damaged by water (reverse)

   Record Type: Object

   
9. Planting a new "Trail Tree" Planting a new "Trail Tree" - A black and white photograph of the Trail Tree Garden Club planting a new "Trail Tree" near Central School on November 1, 1968. They were assisted by a member of the Potawatomi Tribe from the American Indian Center of Chicago (AIC).

   Planting a new "Trail Tree"

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Scranton Trail tree - Scranton Avenue Trail tree

    Slide #484 Scranton Trail Tree

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Trail tree along North Avenue - Trail tree along North Avenue

    Trail tree along North Avenue

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Trail Tree near 500 North Avenue - Two black and white photos, 1 is a 4 x 6 the other 8 x 10, of a trail tree formerly located in the 500 block of East North Avenue. The photo shows a young Shari Evert Driscoll and her grandfather Frank Blanke. Frank repaired the tree around 1964.

    Trail Tree near 500 North Avenue

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Trail Tree on E North Avenue - Black & white photo of old trail tree on the 500 block of North Avenue. Stone marker in front of tree was removed and moved to in front Museum / Library building.

    Trail Tree North Avenue

    Record Type: Photo