1. From Farms to Fermilab: Keeping the Frontier Alive Adrienne Kolb, Fermilab Archivist Big Rock Historical Society March 11, 2004

2. Fermilab History Projects Fermilab Site History Committee Lillian Hoddeson, historian Karyl Louwenaar, early researcher

3. The Anderson Farm 1885 - 1968

4. The Bartholomew Farm 1865 - 1969

5. The White Farm

6. The Feldott Farm 1847 - 1969

7. The Kames Farm 1917-1969

8. The Warne Farm 1893 - 1968

9. The McKee Farm 1889 - 1971

10. Schools on the Site Big Woods School, 1908 Students of Round Grove School, 1914 Big Woods School, around 1929 Apostolic Church, site of former Buelter School, Wilson Street, 1968

11. The local map, 1966

13. The Village of Weston

14. The plaque acknowledging the contributions of the Village of Weston. It was installed in November, 1968.

15. The National Accelerator Laboratory 1966 - 1974 Weston selected 1966 Wilson speaking to staff in the Village 1970 Flag raising, 1968

16. Robert Wilson, Director 1967 - 1978

17. Creation of the Laboratory Linac, 1968 Main Ring, 1969

18. Archaeology Dr. Ann Early reviews some of the artifacts she found in her 1970 survey of the NAL site.

19. Recalling the Frontier The buffalo herd came to Fermilab from Colorado and Wyoming in September, 1969.

20. Prairie Restoration The 6,800 acres of the open space of the Laboratory has been protected since 1971.

21. Planting trees on Arbor Days 1978 May 13, 1982 May 5, 1989

22. Native American Artifacts Augie Mier from Batavia donated the collection of arrowheads he found on the site to the Laboratory in 1978.

23. Pioneer Cemetery Rededication by members of the Kane County Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Warrenville American Legion on September 24, 1972. 1968 1995

24. From NAL to Fermilab The design energy of 200 GeV was reached in March 1972. In May 1974 the Laboratory was dedicated and renamed Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Italian physicist Enrico Fermi

25. Physics on the Frontier

26. Leon Lederman, Director 1979 - 1989

27. Dedication of the Tevatron, 1985

28. Detecting particle collisions at Fermilab

29. Lederman wins the Nobel Prize, October 1988

30. Education Outreach Leon M. Lederman Science Education Center

31. A National Environmental Research Park preserving open space in Illinois

33. John Peoples, Director 1989 - 1999 Main Injector Groundbreaking, March 22, 1993

34. The Main Injector was added to Fermilab’s Tevatron in 1999

35. The History and Archives Project website can be found at http://www.fnal.gov/projects/history/