[2] The area was previously settled by the Potawatomi people, including a camp on the south end of the lake.

Jack Benny, Glenn Miller, and Lawrence Welk all performed as guests in the pavilion.

Mundelein Park District purchased the land in 1965 for $22,000 and open a sports complex lake slough off the road of Illinois Route 83/60.

[4] The Irish Mill Inn is a bar located in Diamond Lake on Illinois Route 83/60.

Reports are conflicting on the opening of the bar—a newspaper listing says the establishment obtained its liquor license in 1933, however, township records state the bar was built in 1943.