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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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Lily Lake, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...their products to Chicago on the Great Western railroad (established in 1885). In 1990 residents of...
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Marengo, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...with the coming of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad in 1851. An important commercial center for...
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Mayors, Melvin G. Holli(
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) ...principal in the nation's first transcontinental railroad . He built the city's credit reputation as...
...time president of the Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad. As president of the Board of Trade, Chicago's...
...year. The disputed mayoralty and the violent railroad strike of 1877 brought about a sea change in...
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Peotone, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...established Peotone around the Illinois Central Railroad in the late 1850s. The Rathje family built...
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Porter, IN, Erik Gellman(
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) ...name. Industry followed the construction of railroads through the area. A number of brickyards were...
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Lake Bluff, IL, Michael H. Ebner(
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) ...appreciated its assets: lovely beaches, a railroad , and the cachet of North Shore. Guests summered...
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Publishing, Book, Connie Goddard(
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) ...got its start printing timetables, and the railroads also made possible Chicago's early emergence as...
...arrived in 1846, two years before the first railroad; a few years later his Literary Emporium on the...
...McNally started in 1856 and soon began printing railroad tickets and timetables, which eventually...
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Residential Hotels, Paul Groth(
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) ...to living in the off-season from field work or railroad construction) the only available homes were...
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Richton Park, IL, Ian McGiver(
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) ...After the arrival of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1852, developers established a depot and...
...the Sauk Trail. In 1926, the Illinois Central Railroad electrified its suburban lines, with Richton...
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Riverdale, IL, Dave Bartlett(
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) ...1850s as farmers and lumbermen. In 1852 the Illinois Central Railroad came through Riverdale, and by...
...1880 a total of six railroads crossed the area. Industries that followed—including distilleries,...
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