Chambers can't muster help to keep Cobe Cup rolling

CROWN POINT | A popular century-old local tradition may be coming to an end.

Jerry Ross fourth graders go back to past

CROWN POINT | The fourth grade class at Jerry Ross Elementary School visited Buckley Homestead in Lowell on April 22. Students spent the day in the past experiencing the culture and heritage of farming life during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Man with history of abusing animals charged again

CROWN POINT | A man with a history of sexually abusing animals has been charged again — this time in Lake County — with sexually abusing a guinea fowl at Buckley Homestead County Park in Lowell.

Buckely Homestead festivalgoers show pioneer spirit by attending in downpour

Members of the Coles County Regulators re-enactment troop perform for visitors Saturday at Buckley Homestead County Park's Fall Festival. Re-enactors provided a glimpse of what life was like on the turn-of-the-century living history farm.

Buckely Homestead festivalgoers show pioneer spirit by attending in downpour

Blacksmith Seth Nicholas, of Lowell, demonstrates the drawing of a point on a tent stake Saturday during Buckley Homestead County Park's Fall Festival. The event will continue from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Emulating pioneers

Lauren Ludwig, from Hebron, dips string into boiling wax to make some homemade candles Saturday morning at the Buckley Homestead during it annual Fall Festival. The festival continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. The cost is $4. Those traveling U.S. 41 should note that Ind. 2 (Commercial Av…

C.P., Lake Co. sites awarded IDNR history grants

The former Lake County Nurses' Home and the Buckley Homestead are among 14 historic places around the state to receive federal grants aimed at preservation through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Rendezvous with history

David King and Shaeghlyn Gifford, fife players with the Theatiki Fife and Drum Corps, based in Bourbonnais, Ill., perform several period pieces Saturday at the Voyageurs Rendezvous at Buckley Homestead.

Rendezvous with history

Brandon Scott, left, and Gavin Davis, re-enacting Delaware Indians, sell various items to vistors at a trading post tent Saturday during the Voyageurs Rendezvous at Buckley Homestead in Lowell.

Rendezvous with history

Joseph Plummer, portraying a French soldier from the French and Indian Wars era, describes for vistors to Buckley Homestead Park the different types of firearms and warfare common to the 18th century.

Slideshow: History comes alive

Sandy Basala, Superintendent of Visitor Services for the Lake County Parks and Recreation Department talks about this weekend's World War II re-enactment at the Buckley Homestead in Lowell.