We love visitors, but last month we almost had one we didn't want. A raccoon made a concerted effort to enter Grant Hall Museum but was thwarted.
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Fox Lake and the Chain O' Lakes Area really had two seasons of business 100 years ago.
The first was summer to fall with the resorts and boating.
The second one went through the winter and involved ice cutting and ice houses for storage.
Both relied upon Fox Lake's close proximity to Chicago and ease of transport via railroads.
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Between resorts and ice houses it is estimated that there were over 100 just within village limits. In addition there were 300 within the Chain O' Lakes area.
--Cooter
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