The RHS Facebook page is a rich archive of history-related posts by Carol Flynn, RHS Facebook admin and writer until mid-2025. Carol prolifically wrote a wide variety of meticulously researched local history articles for RHS. She continues to write for the Beverly Review and other media sources with articles particularly focused on local Ridge history.
November 2025
Ingersoll-Blackwelder House Coloring Contest – Entries due November 15th!
There is a coloring contest underway for all ages to help provide ideas to the painting team for the historic Ingersoll-Blackwelder House located at 10910 S. Prospect Ave. RHS’s current exhibit is about the artist and preservationist Jack Simmerling, who purchased and restored the house in 1970 to make it the Simmerling family’s long-time home.
We’ve created a helpful unofficial page so anyone can easily create their own color combinations using a Victorian-era color palette. Try it out here: https://ingersoll-blackwelder-house-color-contest-449832780115.us-west1.run.app/
Once you create your favorite color scheme, take a screenshot and email in your contest entry by following the instructions here: http://www.ingersoll-blackwelderhouse.com/uploads/5/1/8/2/51820075/coloringcontest_v2.pdf
This contest is not sponsored by RHS.
Indigenous Power on the Middle Ground: the Native Peoples of Northern Illinois
November 14, 2025, 7pm
Presenter: Eliot Fackler
Join us for a special presentation in National Native American Heritage Month.
Eliot’s talk will explore indigenous history in this region emphasizing the 18th & 19th centuries by looking at communities, controlled portages, networks of trade and diplomacy.
About the Presenter: Eliot Fackler, PhD is Assistant Professor of History, Governors State University. Eliot researches and writes about settler colonialism and environmental change in United States history. He is a Project Co-Director of the Southland History Collective.
The Southland History Collective was founded in 2022 with a small grant from Governors State University. They are committed to community-engaged work that helps to cultivate an inclusive Southland regional identity through historical and educational work.
Members: $10 | Non-members: $20 | Students under 18: $5
Ridge Historical Society
10621 S. Seeley Ave., Chicago, IL 60643
Limited Capacity. Get tickets here: https://bit.ly/RHS-native
RSVP: ridgehistory@hotmail.com 773.881.1675