Experience what it was like to grow up on a farm in northern Illinois before 1940. This site was called the Fairview Dairy farm. The Schumacher Family lived here and ran the farm. Follow the map through the foundations remains of this farm. Best of all, hear the voices of Alvin and Bob Schumacher who lived here as young boys.
- 200 Rodgers/Schumacher Farmstead
- 201 Black Locust Grove
- 202 Early Farming on the Prairie
- 203 Osage Orange Trees
- 204 The Silo
- 205 The Barn
- 206 The Milk House
- 207 The Hog House
- 208 The Corn Crib
- 209 The Farmhouse
Prairie Farmer Historians
The Family of Arthur & Verna Schumacher
Alvin Schumacher (son of Arthur & Vera)
Robert Schumacher (son of Arthur & Vera)
Tom Coyne ( Site Steward/Volunteer)
Penny Vanderhyden (Volunteer/Midewin Heritage Association)
Carol Ference (Audio & IT Volunteer/Midewin Heritage Association)
Tom Biskie (Narrator/Volunteer)
Joe Wheeler (Archaeologist: USDA/Forest Service)
Siobhan Solkowski-Peacy (STQRY Developmental Co-ordinator/ USDA: Forest Service)