Matt's Old Mokena

     Time moves in such a way as to easily obscure the past. Modern conveniences and construction of more recent vintage abound in our every...

    As time marches onward, we are swept up in a never-ending news cycle, and are bombarded with momentous events, so many that the average ...

    “School days, school days/Dear old Golden Rule days/’Reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic/Taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.” Mokena...

      A community draws strength in the gathering of its citizens. They come together in settings where ideas are shared, grand plans hatche...

    Mokena has the proud reputation of being a peaceable place, a name built on the relationships built by longstanding neighbors and friend...

     In the heart of Mokena there stands a small, nondescript building. Simple in its construction, it’s not likely to ever win any architec...

    As Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind, our forefathers used it to heat their homes and power the locomotives tha...