View from the Bluff Podcast Series

Podcast door Kathleen O'Hara and Joanna Rolek

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Geschiedenis & Religie

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Over View from the Bluff Podcast Series

Step back in time with View From the Bluff, where 250 years of history come alive. Join Museum co-founder Kathy O'Hara and Joanna Rolek (director of LF/LB Chamber of Commerce) for an episodic journey through the stories and scandals that built our community. Kathy's vivid narratives replace dusty dates with gripping local lore. From frontier secrets to modern triumphs, discover the moments that shaped our town. To know where we're going, you have to see the view from where we've been. Lake Bluff History Museum is launching its first-ever podcast series. In honor of the USA's 250th anniversary, we've teamed with the Lake Bluff 250 committee to create curated local history. Whether you're a lifelong resident, curious newcomer or a far-away bluffer who left your heart in the village, this series offers a front-row seat to the legends, scandals and triumphs that define Lake Bluff, Illinois. Available in both audio and video format, these engaging episodes do a deep dives into local history: the Artists Colony, Crab Tree Farm mysteries, Gen. MacArthur's "kidnapping," secrets of the Rondout Train Robbery, "what is a Chautauqua?" … and more. A new View from the Bluff podcast episode will drop every Thursday

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Banning Booze: Lake Bluff's role in the Prohibition Movement

Frances Willard and others who summered in Lake Bluff were instrumental in the adoption of the 18th Amendment. While intended to cure numerous societal ills, this nationwide prohibition of alcohol instead resulted in rise of crime and bootlegging. Tune in as hosts O'Hara and Rolek discuss how Lake Bluff played a role in prohibition of alcohol nationwide and in the illegal transport of alcohol during the years the 18th Amendment was in effect.

21 mei 2026 - 15 min

A Daughter of Chautauqua: The Lake Bluff Camp Meeting

In the mid-1870s, Lake Bluff was transformed into a summer resort modeled after New York's Chautauqua when a group of Methodist ministers and businessmen started the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association. The Camp Meeting offered an escape from the city and an opportunity to enjoy activities and lectures centered around education, religion, the arts and recreation. Hosts Joanna Rolek and hisorian, Kathy O'Hara.

14 mei 2026 - 17 min

First Families

The second episode in Lake Bluff History Museum's podcast series, First Families provides listeners a closer look at several of the families who moved to Lake Bluff in the 1830s as hosts Kathy O'Hara and Joanna Rolek share stories of the contributions these families made to the community. The Museum teamed with the Lake Bluff 250 committee to create 16 episodes of curated local history in honor of the USA's 250th anniversary. Museum co-founder Kathy O'Hara and Joanna Rolek (director of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce) discuss Lake Bluff's most fascinating chapters. New episodes are released each Thursday.

7 mei 2026 - 20 min

Why Lake Bluff? The Land

Why Lake Bluff? is the first in a weekly series of podcasts created in honor of the USA's 250th anniversary. Lake Bluff History Museum has teamed with the Lake Bluff 250 committee to create 16 episodes of curated local history — totaling 250 minutes of storytelling. In this introductory video, Museum co-founder Kathy O'Hara and Joanna Rolek (director of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce) discuss the attraction of the land to Lake Bluff, Illinois' early inhabitants.

29 apr 2026 - 20 min

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