OTTAWA, Ill. — Historic Ottawa is a two-hour drive southwest of the Loop and is Chicago’s sister city. It’s home to the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, great restaurants and so much more. Take a walk ...
Tune-in Thursday, July 27 as WGN Radio’s Your Hometown series highlights Ottawa, Illinois! Ottawa, “the middle of everywhere”, is the seat of LaSalle County about 80 miles southwest of Chicago off ...
The tale of how residents of Ottawa, Illinois, helped a fugitive slave escape to freedom marks a transitional phase in the state’s history, experts say, but has been largely forgotten. Historians hope ...
OTTAWA — The tale of how residents of Ottawa, Illinois, helped a fugitive slave escape to freedom marks a transitional phase in the state’s history, experts say, but has been largely forgotten.