The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society is pleased to announce the debut of the Timeline of Lake Forest History, prepared in honor of Lake Forest’s 150th anniversary. The Timeline was made possible by a grant from the City of Lake Forest Sesquicentennial Committee.

Visitors to the online, interactive timeline are free to explore over five hundred events from Lake Forest’s history accompanied by pictures and weblinks to further information. The Timeline celebrates both large and small events in the community, ranging from the construction of Market Square to the day two peacocks escaped from Barat College. Notable for the number of entries from early Lake Forest history, the Timeline also features events that have not been included in previous histories of the community.

The Timeline is a work in progress and will be periodically updated throughout the year. The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society welcomes submissions of events and photographs from the community.

The Timeline was created through research conducted by the staff, interns and volunteers of the Historical Society with additional information provided by the Lake Forest College Archives and Special Collections.

To explore the Timeline visit one of these websites: http://www.lflbhistory.org/timeline.htm or http://www.lf150.com/timeline.html.

For more information or to submit an event to the timeline, contact the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society at (847) 234-5253 or info@lflbhistory.org.