| 1793 |
True Value Hardware, (
Business Dictionary
) ...the company employed about 1,000 people in the Chicago area. In 1997, after Cotter & Co. merged with...
...became known as the TruServ Corp. Based in Chicago, TruServ was a member-owned cooperative supplying...
...$4 billion and nearly 2,000 employees in the Chicago area. See also Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co....
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| 1794 |
Batavia, IL, Marilyn Robinson(
Authored Entry
) ...The Windmill City. ” Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 , quarries in Batavia shipped Niagara...
...produced most of the newsprint used by the Chicago Tribune, and the Western Paper Bag Company made...
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| 1795 |
Tax Strikes, David T. Beito(
Authored Entry
) ...Between 1931 and 1933, Chicago and Cook County experienced one of the largest tax strikes in...
...budget of over $600,000 and a radio show in Chicago. But it suffered a demoralizing blow in October...
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| 1796 |
Torrens Title, John T. Durkin(
Authored Entry
) ...a substantial improvement over past systems. The Chicago fire of 1871 destroyed Cook County real-...
...estate records. As Chicago and Cook County were expanding rapidly, providing an adequate...
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| 1797 |
Traction Ordinances, Harold L. Platt(
Authored Entry
) ...Passed in February 1907 by the Chicago City Council, the traction ordinances represented the...
...The roots of the controversy lay in Chicago's tremendous growth in size and population following the...
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| 1798 |
DePaul University, Sarah Fenton(
Authored Entry
) ...institution with campuses in the heart of Chicago and its outlying suburbs, DePaul is also (since...
...its founding Vincentian fathers traveled to Chicago from LaSalle, Illinois, and established a church...
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| 1799 |
Bungalows, Joseph C. Bigott(
Authored Entry
) ...houses built throughout the United States. In Chicago, a few architects had begun to design and...
...of all residential structures in metropolitan Chicago were less than 10 years old, many of them...
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| 1800 |
Capital Punishment, Jess Maghan(
Authored Entry
) ...murder, arson, horse stealing, and rape. In Chicago, a bitter legacy of justice is found in the 171...
...penalty remained a controversial issue in Chicago's legal and civic community. Execution by lethal...
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| 1801 |
Coal City, IL, Brandon Johnson(
Authored Entry
) ...the vast coal reserves that lie just south of Chicago. Peter Lansett, a Canadian , has been credited...
...made Coal City a major contributor of coal to Chicago. By the twentieth century, the manufacturing...
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| 1802 |
Deerfield, IL, Thomas A. Auger(
Authored Entry
) ...area and used the nearby Des Plaines , Fox , and Chicago Rivers as a means of transportation. Jacob...
...as timber, venison, and wheat to the markets in Chicago as well as to bring supplies to the area. In...
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| 1803 |
Elmwood Park, IL, Tina Reithmaier(
Authored Entry
) ...eastern section of Leyden Township between Chicago and the Des Plaines River . Native Americans made...
...area, which was then known as Orison. The Chicago & Pacific Railroad laid tracks in Leyden Township...
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| 1804 |
Fermilab, Adrienne W. Kolb(
Authored Entry
) ...Accelerator Laboratory (NAL). Continuing Chicago's tradition of scientific discovery that began with...
...nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942, NAL became an international center for...
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| 1805 |
Fort Sheridan, Eleanor Hannah(
Authored Entry
) ...Designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Holabird & Roche, Fort Sheridan occupied over 600 acres...
...purchased in 1887 by the Commercial Club of Chicago and donated to the federal government with the...
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| 1806 |
Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program, Paul Fischer(
Authored Entry
) ...of class-action law suits filed against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and the U.S. Department...
...throughout the country as well as within the Chicago area. What began as a controversial experiment...
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| 1807 |
Glen Ellyn, IL, Jane S. Teague(
Authored Entry
) ...nearby mineral springs were discovered, and Chicago's infamous Madam Rieck purportedly moved her...
...Glen Ellyn. In 1891 Glen Ellyn, advertised as Chicago's newest suburb and health resort, became the...
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| 1808 |
Jungle, The, James Diedrick(
Authored Entry
) ...emerged from a seven-week investigation of Chicago's slaughterhouses. Researching the book in 1904,...
...to a nightmare on the “killing floors” of the Chicago packinghouses. Jurgis Rudkus and his bride Ona...
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| 1809 |
Kitchenettes, Wendy Plotkin(
Authored Entry
) ...described a newly constructed small apartment in Chicago, first appearing around 1916 in Uptown , at...
...80,000 conversions of this type had occurred in Chicago, leading to a 52 percent increase in units...
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| 1810 |
Lake County Discovery Museum, Ian McGiver(
Authored Entry
) ...Established by German immigrant Curt Teich, the Chicago-based Curt Teich & Co. operated from 1898...
...World Wars, Teich's Irving Park Road plant on Chicago's North Side sometimes printed several million...
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| 1811 |
Merriam Center, Howard Rosen(
Authored Entry
) ...located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde park , was home to the International City...
...belonged to Louis H. Brownlow and University of Chicago political scientist Charles E. Merriam....
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| 1812 |
Museum of Contemporary Art, Judith Russi Kirshner(
Authored Entry
) ...organization supported by a dedicated group of Chicago collectors and patrons to a national...
...of Mies van der Rohe as well as the tradition of Chicago architecture , the $46 million structure is...
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