Another former school now converted into a private home is the old Grouse School standing high on a gravel bank on the northeast side of Harter Road between Illinois Route 47 and Scott Road.
The first prototype for the Hall Braille Writer was conceived by Frank Hall, Superintendent of the Illinois School for the Blind in 1892. It was created by a local gunsmith and machinist, Gustave Seiber. Hall took the prototype to the Munson…
* John Thompson Farm, Chicken Coop, Hankes Road (Photos of John Thompson Farm by Sally Hovinen)
* Flood on I-56 viewed from Hankes Road Overpass
* Flood on Bliss Creek Golf Course…