Experience Elgin's past through outdoor theatrical performances at the Bluff City Cemetery Walk on Sept. 27-28, highlighting notable locals like an early car dealer, a pioneering female driver, a ...

Elgin arts organization Hamilton Wings has launched a website to celebrate the life and legacy of one of its founders, Risé Jones, who died earlier this month. The public is welcome to share their ...

As Elgin Academy prepares to close for good after after 185 years, three women have put together an Elgin History Museum exhibit to document and preserve the institution’s importance to the city. “I ...

The Elgin Area Historical Society’s “Brown Bag Lunch Series” continues at noon Thursday, Sept. 12, with “A Brief History of Immigration to the United States” with Edward Bates. It includes a review of ...