| 381 |
Villa Park, IL, Aaron Harwig(
Authored Entry
) ...in 1843, while the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad began service in 1849. In 1900, Florence Canfield...
|
| 382 |
Wadsworth, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
Authored Entry
) ...In 1873, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad completed the construction of a line between...
|
| 383 |
Warrenville, IL, Jane S. Teague(
Authored Entry
) ...linked both communities. Bypassed by earlier railroads , Warrenville finally became a stop along the...
|
| 384 |
Wauconda, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
Authored Entry
) ...PLZ&W), into Wauconda until mid-1913. The railroad hauled agricultural products, local passengers,...
|
| 385 |
Beverly Shores, IN, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
Authored Entry
) ...utilities magnate Samuel Insull reorganized the railroad as the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend in...
|
| 386 |
West Town, Steven Essig(
Authored Entry
) ...Workers came to the area in the late 1840s to build railroad lines. Other settlers were attracted to...
|
| 387 |
Whiting, IN, John Bodnar(
Authored Entry
) ...Pap Whiting,” a conductor on the Lake Shore Railroad , had wrecked his train. The refinery altered...
|
| 388 |
Wilmette, IL, Adam H. Stewart(
Authored Entry
) ...In 1854, the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad extended its tracks to Waukegan through...
|
| 389 |
Woodridge, IL, Aaron Harwig(
Authored Entry
) ...largely untouched by the advent of the railroad , which influenced the growth of many DuPage...
|
| 390 |
Woodstock, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
Authored Entry
) ...owned. In 1855 the Chicago & North Western Railroad passed through Woodstock. allowing farmers to...
|
| 391 |
Worth, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
Authored Entry
) ...a train stop for the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad in 1882. A market center began to develop...
|
| 392 |
Yankees, Richard Jensen(
Authored Entry
) ...insurance , law , education, medicine, railroads , merchandising, architecture , mainstream...
|
| 393 |
Boardinghouses, Douglas Knox(
Authored Entry
) ...industrial areas, such as near suburban railroad shops. In some of the more crowded arrangements,...
|
| 394 |
Bolingbrook, IL, Aaron Harwig(
Authored Entry
) ...While other communities developed in proximity to railroads or the Illinois & Michigan Canal, the...
|
| 395 |
Bridgeview, IL, Ronald S. Vasile(
Authored Entry
) ...moved to Bridgeview. The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad played a key role in development of the area,...
|
| 396 |
Buffalo Grove, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...industrial park at Lake-Cook Road and the Soo Line Railroad tracks. In the mid-1980s Corporate Grove...
|
| 397 |
Bulgarians, Daniela S. Hristova(
Authored Entry
) ...laborers who worked in mines, steel mills, or railroad construction. The second wave began with the...
|
| 398 |
Bus System, David M. Young(
Authored Entry
) ...however, because they were too tall to clear many railroad viaducts. When it was absorbed by the CTA...
|
| 399 |
Carpentersville, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...He persuaded the Chicago & North Western Railroad to extend its tracks from East Dundee to the area...
|
| 400 |
Park Ridge, IL, John R. Schmidt(
Authored Entry
) ...When the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad (later the Chicago & North Western) began running...
|
|
|