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Resort remains a landmark Steitz’s has been a fixture on the Chain since 1938 By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
Traveling along Grass Lake Road, west of Highway 59, a sign in the style that is often seen in Germany – but with both American and German Flags flanking its sides – announces “Steitz’s: Landmark of the Chain since 1938.” A turn onto the narrow Bluff Lane leads up a steep hill to a bluff where Steitz’s Restaurant is positioned overlooking the south end of Bluff Lake. A step into the simple white building is a step back in time, when small restaurants and bars along the waterfront, provided a place where visitors to the resort areas could enjoy a sandwich and a drink. The restaurant is a living museum of the history of the area with memorabilia from both the Seitz family’s early years and the history of Antioch. From the early 1900s, the Chain O’ Lakes area was known as the place to spend warm summer days boating, swimming, and fishing. It was also known as the place to go for access to gambling, illegal alcohol during prohibition, and where members of the Chicago mafia enjoyed getaways. One such Chicago mobster was Leo Mongoven, reputed to be one of the bosses of gam-
bling including slot machines in Northwest Chicago. Allied with William Skidmore, who owned a large mansion on Pistakee Bay, and controlled much of the northwest Chicago mob’s activities, Mongoven was made the “front man” for the mob’s activities at Bon Air Country Club, controlled by Skidmore.
Mongoven also owned a country getaway on the south end of Bluff Lake. It was from this location that Mongoven stored an arsenal of guns, slot machines, bootleg liquor, and ran a gambling house. In this secluded hilly area, Mongoven enjoyed freedom from unwanted visitors. That is until the Steitz family entered the
area. The Steitz family purchased property adjacent to Mongoven’s and in 1938 the family opened a taproom, boat livery and fishing lodge. Mongoven did not like sharing the community roads with the visitors to the Steitz Resort
See STEITZ’S, Page 5
SANDRA LANDEN MACHAJ Hi-Liter
Steitz Resort owner John Steitz III and manager Kristina Christiansen gather in the original bar that has served the resort since its early days.
Lake Villa man accused of manslaughter He’s charged in fatal shooting of friend
A celebration in Round Lake turned deadly on March 13, when a 19-year-old man from unincorporated Lake Villa allegedly fired a shotgun inside a moving vehicle, which killed a Round Lake Park man celebrating his birthday. Joey Gonzalez has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and two other felonies related to the incident, a Lake County Sheriff’s Office news release states. Joey Gonzalez to According the Sheriff’s Office, a preliminary investigation revealed Gonzalez, along with four adults were celebrating the birthday of a man identified as David J. Graham, who was driver of the vehicle. When Graham pulled over near West Monaville Road and West Old Monaville Road, both he and Gonzalez exited the vehicle, and started to fire a shotgun in the air. After they fired the shotgun, both reentered the vehicle, with Gonzalez in the backseat and Graham driving. “Gonzalez, who was sitting in the backseat, was holding the shotgun and it discharged inside the vehicle,” the release states. “When this occurred, Graham was shot in the head.”
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VOLUME 05 • NUMBER 44
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017