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Waterfront, Dennis H. Cremin(
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) ...heart of the city, such as the Illinois Central Railroad line that was run in the 1850s along the...
...to the lake, and in 1852 the Illinois Central Railroad was allowed to enter the city on an offshore...
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Hungarians, Eva Becsei(
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) ...of the Illinois Central and Nickel Plate Railroads. Burnside became even more prominent in the 1920s...
...groups working in the district's mills, railroads , and large factories. In most families women went...
...the West Side, the factories of the Northwestern Railroad attracted immigrant workers. Although the...
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South Loop, Dennis McClendon(
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) ...built houses along Michigan and Wabash Avenues. Railroads entering Chicago in the 1850s established...
...remaining residential character. By 1900, railroad tracks filled the area from State Street to...
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Wayne, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...after Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne). The first railroad arrived in 1849, and Solomon Dunham arranged for...
...business districts in both locations. Three railroads etched their way through the township by 1888,...
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Western Springs, IL, Tom Sterling(
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) ...located along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad between Chicago and Aurora, encompasses...
...and post office for the entire area. The CB&Q Railroad built a line through Western Springs in 1863,...
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Crete, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...was a key stopping point on the Underground Railroad , and strong abolitionist sentiment led to a...
...in 1869, the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad came through Crete, connecting to markets in...
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Deportation and Repatriation, Francisco E. Balderrama(
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) ...worked in a variety of industries, including railroads, meatpacking plants, and steel mills. Mexican...
...trucks, public and private agencies preferred railroad transportation, because the trains were more...
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Glen Ellyn, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...of settlement shifted to the south when the railroad came through the village in 1849. Although no...
...Lewey Q. Newton deeded a right-of-way to the railroad and offered to build a depot and water tank at...
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Grant Park, Max Grinnell(
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) ...for over 40 years. Initially, the Illinois Central Railroad ran parallel to the park in the Lake....
...Landfill eventually brought the railroad tracks into the park. Aaron Montgomery Ward brought suit...
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Gurnee, IL, Mark Howard Long(
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) ...neighbor to the east. The arrival of the railroad in 1873 not only linked Warren with the regional...
...its name. The depot at Warren was named for railroad land agent and former Chicago Mayor Walter S....
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Hazel Crest, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...by the activity along the Illinois Central Railroad , especially with the upcoming World's Columbian...
...Following World War I, the Illinois Central Railroad decided to raise the track level across the...
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Arlington Heights, IL, David Buisseret(
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) ...New York, persuaded the Illinois & Wisconsin Railroad to make a stop here, and laid out a town...
...products as well as vegetables to Chicago on the railroad. The little town at the depot slowly grew,...
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Mokena, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...settlement. By late 1852, the Rock Island Railroad had completed its line from Chicago through Will...
...that of many Chicago suburbs that began as railroad stops. One of the earliest buildings was the...
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Monee, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...Valparaiso Moraine. In 1853 the Illinois Central Railroad established a station at Monee. The town...
...ground level. However, to lower the tracks, the railroads cut through the center of Monee in 1922,...
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Old Mill Creek, IL, Elizabeth S. Fraterrigo(
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) ...creek. The placement of the Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad several miles east of Millburn stunted the...
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Englewood, Clinton E. Stockwell(
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) ...forest with much swampland. In 1852 several railroad lines crossed at what became known as Junction...
...They worked initially on truck farms, the railroads, and later at the Union Stock Yard . By 1865...
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Beecher, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...and the arrival of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad in 1905. Beecher changed very slowly in...
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Channahon, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...Michigan Canal , but its growth slowed as railroads replaced waterway connections. More recently,...
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"L", Dennis McClendon(
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) ...spelling was used by all of the city's elevated railroad companies, and by local trade journals and...
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Hainesville, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...in Lake County . When the Milwaukee Road Railroad set its construction camp at Round Lake in 1899,...
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