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Roselle, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...clout to persuade the Chicago & Pacific Railroad (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul) to reroute through...
...and gristmills, as well as access to the railroad “milk run. ” The village of Bloomingdale was...
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Schaumburg, IL, David Buisseret(
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) ...suburban towns in that itdid not start around a railroad depot. The area, which was very marshy,...
...though fertile, was swampy, and there was no railroad depot to open the communications with Chicago...
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Schiller Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...known as Kolze. In 1886 the Wisconsin Central Railroad bought a strip of Kolze's land and built a...
...so named because of its scenic landscape. The railroad built a depot in Fairview that was first used...
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South Chicago Heights, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...Brown's Corner was a stop on the underground railroad . Brown's Corner remained well known. By the...
...the depot of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad , voted to become the village of South Chicago...
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St. Charles, IL, David Buisseret(
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) ...about 1859 St. Charles was served by the St. Charles Branch Railroad . But regular rail service did...
...when the Chicago, Saint Paul & Kansas City Railroad established a depot, ushering in a period of...
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Summit, IL, John D. Schroeder(
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) ...Summit has been served by several major railroad lines running through the valley; its importance as...
...junction increased when the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad entered from the east along 63rd Street....
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Westmont, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Road. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad began stopping in Westmont (then Bushville) in 1864....
...He built his factory on the highest point of the railroad so that after bricks were loaded onto a...
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Wheeling, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...In 1886 a line of the Wisconsin Central Railroad came through town, stopping at a station just south...
...had formed a township government in 1850. When railroad workers and laborers began frequenting...
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Calumet Heights, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
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) ...on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south (along 95th...
...In 1881, the New York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad built rail yards at the area's western border,...
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Des Plaines, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...community member, Rand helped to build the railroad by providing timber for a sawmill, and became...
...was named for him. The Illinois & Wisconsin Railroad (later known as the Chicago & North Western...
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Dixmoor, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...Florida. The tracks of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad cut through the center of Dixmoor. From 1907...
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Elgin, IL, David Buisseret(
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) ...to the lead mines of Galena. In 1849, the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad reached Elgin, which later...
...would be served by railroads running along both banks of the Fox River, linking the growing town to...
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Elk Grove Village, IL, David Buisseret(
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) ...a nineteenth-century market town, or around a railroad depot; indeed, it did not come into existence...
...round the future site of Elk Grove Village. No railroad traversed this part of the country, and it...
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Evergreen Park, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
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) ...95th Street crisscrossed the farmland and provided access to markets. The first railroad (now the...
...Grand Trunk Railroad) came through the area in 1873. In 1875, the community built its first school...
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Glenwood, IL, Ian McGiver(
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) ...along the recently completed Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad . Glenwood served as a depot...
...farmers and a home to workers employed in the railroad's nearby switch tracks, round table, and coal...
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Griffith, IN, Jennifer Mrozowski(
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) ...Best Factory Suburb,” as it had numerous railroads crossing through it, including the Erie &...
...steady, with residents attracted to jobs in the railroad industry, at the steel mills in Gary and...
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Kenilworth, IL, Jan Olive Nash(
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) ...residents bought the 40 acres west of the railroad to ensure compatible development. No additional...
...only along Green Bay Road, which parallels the railroad. In 2000, Kenilworth's population was 2,494,...
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Lansing, IL, Dave Bartlett(
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) ...first business, the Union Hotel, was built. The Pennsylvania Railroad came through Lansing in 1856,...
...followed later by the Grand Trunk Railroad. In 1865, Henry Lansing was named postmaster and John...
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Matteson, IL, Ian McGiver(
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) ...Illinois Central and Michigan Central Railroads . They named the new community after then Illinois...
...village, especially near Main Street and the railroad. However, most of the village's stores are...
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Maywood, IL, Jean Louise Guarino(
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) ...the north side of the Chicago & North Western Railroad tracks, which bisected the community. In the...
...factory district along the north side of the railroad tracks. Maywood gained a major institution in...
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