Lake Forest Illinois History And Reminiscences 1861 1961 PDF Download

Excerpt from Lake Forest, Illinois: History and Reminiscences, 1861-1961 The present becomes the past before we know it. The past he comes history. It is important to write down the facts in some read able form before people pass on, and before many documents and newspapers, yellow with age and ready to fall apart, are gone for ever and forgotten. The written records of a period are far more trustworthy than the memory of people years after the event. In view of these circumstances, it is important to preserve all that is available about our fair city, in answer to the simple question what happened? But the answers are not always simple. One is often faced with conflicting reports, and a choice has to be made. Many of the records are not readable; some are undated and often interesting but unusable. It is fortunate that there are a few persons still living who remember the pioneers of Lake Forest, what they were like, what their ideas were, and how they lived. I have told every one everywhere what I was doing and received much information, some of which could not be used. Being a community of varying ideas, the balance or the omissions of this book are natural subjects of disagreements. Also with so many capable writers in our midst many types of treatment are possible. For the readers who disagree with the materials in this book or wish to add to them, blank sheets are provided at the end of the volume for private corrections or additions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.