| 1851 |
Wheeling, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Road, had become a stagecoach route between Chicago and Green Bay, Wisconsin. This prompted Joseph...
...of bicycling prompted races between Wheeling and Chicago with as many as a hundred participants. In...
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| 1852 |
Whiting, IN, John Bodnar(
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) ...officials selected a site south of down- town Chicago on Lake Michigan filled with large sand ridges...
...massive that it could be seen from downtown Chicago. The damage caused the company to modernize the...
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| 1853 |
Woodridge, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...suburban development that took place outside Chicago after World War II. In less than 40 years,...
...and construction decreased travel times to and from Chicago and opened up new areas for development....
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| 1854 |
Home Building and Sanborn Insurance Atlases, Richard Harris(
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) ...as Samuel Gross did on Alta Vista Terrace in Chicago's Lake View Community Area, they left their...
...mark. Many Chicago areas were developed with a singular vision. Riverside was the province of the...
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| 1855 |
Clarendon Hills, IL, Tom Sterling(
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) ...Loop. Clarendon Hills, a commuter village along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad , roughly...
...as much as 70 feet above Lake Michigan. When the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad began service...
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| 1856 |
Congress of Industrial Organizations, Steve Rosswurm(
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) ...the CIO were the Memorial Day Massacre , when Chicago police officers attacked striking Republic...
...who accounted for 100,000 to 125,000 of Chicago-area CIO members, on average, throughout much of its...
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| 1857 |
Darien, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...suburban development that occurred outside Chicago after World War II. Darien is often associated...
...grew up along a stagecoach route between Chicago and Ottawa (paralleled by Interstate 55 today). An...
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| 1858 |
Deer Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...farmers followed, and in 1854 the Illinois & Wisconsin Railroad (Chicago & North Western Railway)...
...laid track from Chicago. When the railroad sought to buy land surrounding the station in hopes of...
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| 1859 |
Des Plaines, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...a network bringing commuters and visitors from Chicago to Des Plaines and beyond. The Des Plaines...
...Illinois & Wisconsin Railroad (later known as the Chicago & North Western Railway) came through Des...
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| 1860 |
Elmhurst, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...local gathering place. In 1849 the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad arrived, and the community was...
...Hammerschmidt and Henry Assman founded Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Company near the village's western...
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| 1861 |
Forest Park, IL, Jean Louise Guarino(
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) ...park for residents and city dwellers. In 1856, the Chicago & Galena Union Railroad opened a shop and...
...hanged in 1887 for their presumed role in Chicago's Haymarket Riot. In 1893, these men were honored...
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| 1862 |
Hanover Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Grant Highway and later Lake Street) as far as Galena. In 1872 the Chicago & Pacific Railroad (...
...later the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul) laid tracks on the property of Edwin Bartlett after he...
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| 1863 |
Highland, IN, Jennifer Mrozowski(
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) ...from Dyer to the Little Calumet. In 1883, the Chicago & Atlantic Railroad tracked through the area....
...cities such as Gary , Hammond , and East Chicago . Highland benefited from the nation's attraction...
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| 1864 |
Long Grove, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...Civil War and industrial opportunities in Chicago drained away most of the area's remaining Yankee...
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| 1865 |
Michigan City, IN, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
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) ...City–bound Eastland rolled over in the Chicago River , other modes of tourist transportation took...
...utilities magnate Samuel Insull upgraded the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad. Both the...
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| 1866 |
Model Cities, D. Bradford Hunt(
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) ...delivery, and citizen participation. In Chicago, Model Cities generated significant controversy,...
...to existing city bureaucracies, including the Chicago Transit Authority , the Board of Health, the...
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| 1867 |
Morton Grove, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...years later land along the North Branch of the Chicago River and the Skokie marshes was designated...
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| 1868 |
Mount Greenwood, Clinton E. Stockwell(
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) ...1927 Mount Greenwood voted for annexation to Chicago, hoping for improvements such as sewers, water...
...farm in the city, which wasdeveloped as the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. The...
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| 1869 |
Northbrook, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...a stopover for travelers going to and from Chicago and Milwaukee. German farmers bought land in the...
...Town. In 1872 a single track was laid and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad began to haul...
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| 1870 |
Portage, IN, James B. Lane(
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) ...supplied milk, livestock, produce, and sand to Chicago buyers. The area maintained its rural flavor...
...line linked residents to Gary , Hammond , East Chicago , Crown Point , and Valparaiso . During world...
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