All Episodes

Trout Park subdivision outlasts its colorful history

Driver navigates Elgin blindfolded

Peter Burritt's cottages still home to Elgin families

Highland Ave not only prestigious, it was a family enclave

Well-known Elgin alderman had notorious side too

Golf at the Country Club

Gasoline fueled Elgin's growth

Two Dundees remain steadfastly separate despite merger proposals

16 female trailblazers for a new generation to look back on

Decade of the Comeback

Tiny and huge celebrities visit Elgin

Chiropractors know Elgin as "Table City"

Solving the murder of Herman Holtz

A pioneer of road racing, Frank B. "Tootie"' Wood

Garabungalows were low cost homes in 1920s

Celebrating Elgin's historic homes

Timepiece manufacturer mastered "miniaturization" of watches

Windows, fences and chimneys

The good old days of "no school"

Iroquois Theater fire burned into Elgin's memory

A grim view of 19th century anxieties

Just what time was it really in The City to Watch?

Jungle king becomes lord of Lords Park

Exploring the Old West Side

Elgin Watch's Fair envoy had the time of her life

Elgin's steel strings played a sweet song

Weddings: from the most bizarre to somewhat blissful

Grace Marsh Topping, early civic leader in Elgin

Academy schooled Elgin elite

Elgin's German heritage traces back to 1848

Rags to riches: Arthur Leath

Early progress was once "a gift of the Fox"

Elgin's first lighting system was towering site

Elgin once kept humming to the tune of a whistle

Commemorative coin noted Elgin centennial

Few traces remain of Elgin's once-busy gravel business

John Newcomb: Elgin's record keeper

Road Races spawned junior coasters

Past happenings from the month of May

Elgin racetracks drew horse lovers from near and far

Three Elgin marathons

Elginites sighted UFO in 1897, twice

Swell of supermarkets made for healthy pickings

An old solution to a current problem: the Kane County Poor Farm

Elgin post office had grown with U.S.

Elgin had its share of industrial disappointments

News from Aprils past

"Tiny Trains" made in Elgin

Celebrity visitors dropped in

Borden milk was cream of the crop in advertising

Undertaking business had its origin in 1830s

Liquor control woes started back in 1838

Elgin inventor lacked the Wright stuff

Two Elgin restaurants each served city for 50 years

"Elgin Shirts" had a short but prosperous lifespan

Pool players recall Rathole's reputation

Elgin was once a wild and woolly town in the 1880s

Watch case factory grew fast

Three images of Elgin from the corridors of time

How many presidents came calling on Elgin?

Mary Newsome, born into slavery, sowed Elgin roots

Boxing, gambling have long connection in Elgin

Armour Meats' Elgin ties not always very savory

First Sherman hospital home may still stand

Turnbull was an Elgin building pioneer

Business schools left mark on Elgin

Elgin Stove tapped a hot market

Fox River bend claims many lives over the years

Automobile paved CA&E line's demise

Elgin's second worst tornado still left city, farms ravaged

Some strange but true tales of Elgin's past

Let's take a look at the laws of 1883

Crime, saloon trouble led to South Elgin's incorporation

Believe it or not, Elgin's history included its own fall guys

Gift #5 - Piano maker once called Elgin home

Gift #4 - Winters' delights from the good ol' days

Gift #3 - Bicycling became craze of big wheels

Gift #2 - Blizzard of 1918 stranded hundreds in trains

Gift #1 - Butter given a reprieve in "house of correction"

Skirt lengths, watch sales reflected past Elgin economy

"Man of Accidents" cheated death

Baseball greats once played in Elgin

Foundry cast an impact on Elgin

Making shoes was big Elgin business

School site was Elgin cemetery

Early 1900s Elgin was "up" on concrete blocks

Purple Grackle the place to go to have a good time in 1923

Old houses have stories to tell

Elgin's Chicago clock is still ticking

Elgin's architectural heritage: Tents to Trailers to Octagons

Patent medicines "cured" anything

Demise of once-bustling downtown due to rise of enclosed malls

Letters home to Elgin told of constant barrage at the siege of Iwo Jima

Dollars swayed daylight savings vote

Cannery was Elgin's second biggest employer

Under the big top, where bigger was better

October sheds leaves and light on Elgin's past

Century-old police statistics spotlight Elgin changes

Elgin street sweepers

Highland Ave mansion was home to family prominent in community affairs

What was new in the 1970s?

Before the Centre

Elgin's water woes

Elgin's marrying parson scandalized his flock- as well as his four wives

Think you're confused about Elgin streets today?

William Wing's gift to Elgin was a playground for all

The old Grove Theater saw several renovations

Sick cows once roamed Kane County

Skating rinks rolled into Elgin, South Elgin

Elgin crossed the line as a two-county city

Chewing gum industry stuck for 15 years

Few holidays for laborers who toiled over 100 years ago

"Century Runs" were popular in the 1900s

The Elgin road races, biggest story of the decade 1910-1919

Buffalo Bill captivated Elgin's small boys in 1896

Folks staked their claim for Elgin's "pearl rush"

Famous celebrities often visited Elgin

Westide block truly historic but you wouldn't know it now

The debate that never was

"Madman Muntz", Elgin 's famous used car salesman

Progress comes to Elgin

The Elgin Academy Civil War Monument

Elgin was often on celebrities' way

Elgin's earliest "calaboose" was no luxury hotel

James T. Gifford, Elgin's Founder

Fringe benefits for watch factory workers comparable to the workplaces of today

Elginites flocked to "act" in movie produced in the 1920s

Good ol' days often saw bloody 4th of July

The century from Elgin's first "agency" to the new auto row

Elgin's name goes way back in history of Scotland

Elgin dairy firm found a better butter

Abbott designations varied since 1932

The blushing tale of Elgin American compacts

Pinkerton Mysteries

Lords Park Zoo is over 100 years old

The big mailer transformed our city

Sears Gallery, a highlight for art lovers

Trout Park a "public disgrace" in 1889

May Happenings, Sears mowers on sale for less than $10 in 1941