William D. Boyce was born on 6/16/1858 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. At the age of 16, he began teaching. He then worked as a coal miner. He attended Wooster Academy in Ohio from 1880 to 1881. After this, he worked as a teacher, lumber jack, secretary, and salesman in the midwest and Canada

Over the years, he was a very successful businessman accumulating a substantial fortune. He had lived in Chicago. In 1903, he purchased a mansion in Ottawa, Illinois. It was located on 38 acres.

Later in life, he became n explorer and adventurer. It was during his travelling in England that he became familiar with the Boy Scouts. This was an organization for young men. It fostered a clean life style and a love of the outdoors.

Boyce thought that the Boy Scouts would be an excellent organization for the United States. He obtained a charter for the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. He turned over management of the organization to Edgar Robinson, a YMCA executive.

In 1915, Boyce founded the Lone Scouts of America. This was similar to the Boy Scouts but was meant for boys in rural areas.

Another landmark building has sold in Evanston, Illinois as of 12/24/2019.

The Bradley House was designed by a Boston architect William Chase for Charles Bradley, a professor at Garrett Biblical Institute. It is located across the street from Northwestern University

Its style was described as pictoresque Tudor revival style. It was built in 1892

     The house is a three story stucco structure with fanciful turrets and carved stone chimneys.  The interior features coffered ceilings in the living room and wainscotting in the dining room and leaded glass windows throughout the house.  There  is a balcony on the second floor.  There is a patio in the rear of the house.

     In later years, the house served as Westminster House, a ministry for Northwestern students.

    The building was updated in 2000, after the purchase of John Watrous and Sharon Kayfetz/Watrous.  It was sold 6 years later to Beth and Gabriel Rodriguez.  In 2013, Kenneth Green purchased the house.

    Yellow Fever Creek is a tributary of the Caloosahatchee River.  It is located in Lee County, Florida