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Lake County’s Racing History
Whether behind the handle bars of a bicycle, the wheel of a souped-up car or the flying hooves of a horse, nothing compares to the thrill of the race!
Attracting spectators and participants alike, these tests of speed, endurance and skill played an important role in Lake County’s history. In the Dunn Museum’s Ready, Set, GO! Lake County’s Racing History special exhibition, explore photographs and artifacts of boat races on the Chain O’ Lakes, harness racing at the Lake County Fair, motor racing at Half Day and Waukegan Speedways, runners at 5Ks and the Lake County Races, and more.
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Lake County's Involvement
in the Underground Railroad
Before the American Civil War (1861–1865), antislavery sentiment inspired abolitionists to work for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved people and to end racial discrimination. As part of abolitionist efforts, they aided fugitives from slavery by providing them with food and safe passage to freedom in Northern states and ultimately Canada.
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses, which used railroad terminology, but was not actually a railroad. The routes were “lines,” those who helped fugitives were “conductors,” and safe houses were “stations.”
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