Wheaton Glennette Tilley Turner, was recently recognized for her work as a historian by the Illinois State Historical Society with a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. Turner, 90, has devoted much of her life to researching the history of the Underground Railroad which the National Park Service defines as “the resistance to enslavement through escape and
One of Wheaton s very own, Glennette Tilley Turner, was recently recognized for her work as a historian by the Illinois State Historical Society with a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Trains have played a major role in how DuPage County was established and how it has evolved. And model trains have long been an integral part of how the DuPage County Historical Museum celebrates county history.
Over 65,000 bulbs have been used to illuminate a Hethersett road in memory of a five-year-old boy who died from a brain tumour just a few weeks short of.