The Purpose of the Society is to Research and Preserve the
History of the Village of Fox Lake, Grant Township, and adjacent Chain of Lakes
areas of Lake and McHenry Counties in northeastern Illinois.
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Fox Lake-Grant President: Nancy Kubalanza
Vice President: Dan C Pawlak Jr. Recording Secretary: Tina Uselding
Corresponding Secretary: Virginia Sayles Treasurer: Jackie Volkmar
Trustees: Paul Jakstas
and Roy Lucke
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The year 2022 marks the Twenty fifth birthday of the Fox
Lake-Grant Township Area Historical Society and the Nineteeth anniversary of
Grant Hall Museum. The Fox Lake-Grant Township Area
Historical Society was first incorporated in 1997 as the Fox Lake Area
Historical Society. We set goals to trace the roots of our early settlers,
track the various resorts and businesses which characterized this area during
its early colorful history, and update the histories of the Village and
Township. In 2003, we acquired the nearly
century-old former Grant Township Hall and have turned it into our
headquarters and the Grant Hall Museum. We have a meeting hall and areas for
work, storage of historical records and artifacts, and stories about the
memorabilia. We also have set up a library for books, including Grant
Community High School yearbooks since the 1930s, as well as photos and tapes
about local history. We are compiling histories of
our families and businesses through the use of census records, old maps and
personal interviews. We also will have more programs for the schools, boy
scout and girl scout troops and other local organizations. We have recorded audio and video
tapes of meetings and the memories of senior citizens, set up history
displays in community centers, at the Art Works Museum and lobbies at the
Chamber of Commerce and local businesses. We formed our web pages and
participated in Fox Lake area parades and trade shows. We also gave history
programs for schools, scout troops, Fox Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, and other organizations and made a local public access cable TV
program about the history of the Fox Lake Volunteer Fire Department. We helped celebrate Grant
Township's 150th anniversary in the year 2000; the Fox Lake Village's 100th
in 2007; the Fox Lake Volunteer Fire Department's 100th in 2008; Grant
Community High School's 70th in 2000; as well as anniversaries of local
churches and other organizations. In 2010 we celebrated the 100th
birthday of the Boy Scouts with exhibits at Grant Hall Museum throughout the
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