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Sailing and Boating, Geoffrey Baer(
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) ...Before there were airports , expressways , and railroads , Chicago was a water city. The city grew...
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Scots, June Skinner Sawyers(
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) ...Adams Street was a stop on the Underground Railroad ; James MacLagan, pastor of the First Scotch...
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Shedd Aquarium, Dennis A. Meritt, Jr.(
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) ...to 1964), the aquarium pioneered the use of a railroad car to transport fishes and invertebrates...
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Skokie, IL, David Buisseret(
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) ...the Skokie Valley line of the North Shore Railroad (what became the Skokie Swift in 1964). Although...
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Stickney, IL, Ronald S. Vasile(
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) ...The village is named for Alpheus B. Stickney, a railroad executive who played a central role in...
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Subdivisions, Carolyn Loeb(
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) ...from the city core. Beginning in 1848, railroad connections led to new development at stations along...
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Thornton, IL, Dave Bartlett(
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) ...and has an interchange with I-80. The first railroad (later the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, now the...
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Tinley Park, IL, Dave Bartlett(
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) ...in 1850. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad arrived in 1852 and became an important asset...
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Bellwood, IL, Patricia Krone Rose(
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) ...south, the Proviso yards of the Union Pacific Railroad to the north, and the suburbs of Maywood to...
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University Park, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...opened in 1969, and the Illinois Central Railroad made its first commuter extension in 40 years to...
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Villa Park, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...in 1843, while the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad began service in 1849. In 1900, Florence Canfield...
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Wadsworth, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...In 1873, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad completed the construction of a line between...
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Warrenville, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...linked both communities. Bypassed by earlier railroads , Warrenville finally became a stop along the...
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Wauconda, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...PLZ&W), into Wauconda until mid-1913. The railroad hauled agricultural products, local passengers,...
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Beverly Shores, IN, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
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) ...utilities magnate Samuel Insull reorganized the railroad as the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend in...
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West Town, Steven Essig(
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) ...Workers came to the area in the late 1840s to build railroad lines. Other settlers were attracted to...
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Whiting, IN, John Bodnar(
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) ...Pap Whiting,” a conductor on the Lake Shore Railroad , had wrecked his train. The refinery altered...
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Wilmette, IL, Adam H. Stewart(
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) ...In 1854, the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad extended its tracks to Waukegan through...
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Woodridge, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...largely untouched by the advent of the railroad , which influenced the growth of many DuPage...
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Woodstock, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...owned. In 1855 the Chicago & North Western Railroad passed through Woodstock. allowing farmers to...
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