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1481 English, June Skinner Sawyers( Authored Entry )
...descendants have been a significant presence in Chicago since the early nineteenth century. Great...
...English-born inhabitants constituted 3 percent of Chicago's population by 1890. Trying to...
...bit of the old country's traditions, members of Chicago's English community formed, in the spring of...
1482 Hoboes, Chad Heap( Authored Entry )
...Chicago became the “Hobo Capital of America” during the late nineteenth century, as migratory...
...white men, this mobile community established a “hobohemian” district in Chicago. Its “main stem”...
...a stretch of West Madison Street from the Chicago River to Halsted Street, where inexpensive...
1483 Norridge, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry( Authored Entry )
...Norridge shares 70 percent of its border with Chicago, but prefers not to be identified with the...
...Road. In 1948 Norridge was about to be annexed to Chicago when a local improvement association moved...
...to incorporate as a village, stymieing Chicago's efforts at annexation . The 1950s ushered in an era...
1484 Northwest Ordinance, David Buisseret( Authored Entry )
...the Illinois River, working up toward the site of Chicago. Meanwhile, the United Tribes had in 1816...
...corridor of land stretching southwestward from Chicago; between these Indian Boundary Lines a canal...
...link up with the Bounty Lands. By 1830, the site of Chicago itself had been surveyed, as the eastern...
1485 West Lawn, Douglas Knox( Authored Entry )
...9 miles SW of the Loop. West Lawn is west of Chicago Lawn , from which it is divided by the Grand...
...resumed with World War II . The nearby Chicago Municipal Airport ( Midway ) expanded. Industrial...
...automobile manufacturing after the war. In 1946 the Chicago Housing Authority constructed housing in...
1486 Douglas, Adrian Capehart( Authored Entry )
...the Baptists who opened the first University of Chicago in 1860. At the beginning of the Civil War (...
...of the area, businessman Jesse Binga opened Chicago's first black-owned bank in 1908. During the...
...housed in the Jordan, Overton Hygienic, and Chicago Bee Buildings, and at night they went to clubs...
1487 McHenry County, Craig L. Pfannkuche( Authored Entry )
...pushed out along Indian trails radiating away from Chicago in search of farm sites. To the north and...
...along well-established Indian trails from Chicago. County voters established a township system of...
...of railroads brought great changes. The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad blanketed the county. One...
1488 Implementation Map (Congress Parkway), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1489 Implementation Map (Civic Center), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1490 Implementation Map (Roosevelt Road), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1491 Implementation Map (Grant Park), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1492 Implementation Map (Northerly Island), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1493 Implementation Map (Consolidated Railroad Station), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1494 Implementation Map (Two-Level Riverfront Drives), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1495 Implementation Map (Michigan Avenue Bridge), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1496 Implementation Map (Link Bridge), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1497 Implementation Map (Municipal Piers), ( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1498 Lantern Slide Show, Page 1, Carl Smith( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Promotion Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1499 Lantern Slide Show, Page 2, Carl Smith( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Promotion Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
1500 Lantern Slide Show, Page 3, Carl Smith( Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature) )
...Promotion Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...

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