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71 Archer Heights, Jonathan J. Keyes( Authored Entry )
...mostly Caucasian, the character of Archer Heights has remained consistent over much of the twentieth...
...until after the turn of the century it either remained undeveloped swamp and soggy prairie, or...
72 Blues, Adam Green( Authored Entry )
...and the genre’s popularity rose, but most remained in or close to African American neighborhoods. By...
73 Banking, Commercial, Larry E. Schweikart( Authored Entry )
...physical branches. However, electronic banking remained in its infancy and did not mature fast...
74 Richton Park, IL, Ian McGiver( Authored Entry )
...of real-estate development, but Richton Park remained a tiny community surrounded by farms heavily...
75 Skokie, IL, David Buisseret( Authored Entry )
...Without rail connections to Chicago, farming remained the principal source of income for the area's...
76 Birthing Practices, Lynne Curry( Authored Entry )
...of using midwives to assist in childbirth remained popular, especially among Chicago's European...
...summoned if complications arose. Childbirth remained extremely hazardous during the first half of...
77 Bridgeview, IL, Ronald S. Vasile( Authored Entry )
...owned land in the area. The settlement remained a sleepy farming community until the 1920s, when in...
...its large truck terminals, and truck traffic has remained heavy: in 1998 the town had the dubious...
78 Cambodians, Robert Morrissey( Authored Entry )
...to adjust to American life, but poverty remained a major problem, with 49 percent of Cambodians in...
...United States, the Cambodian community has remained a largely separate group in Chicago. In 1999,...
79 Algerians, Stephen R. Porter( Authored Entry )
...through most of the 1980s. Community ties remained mostly informal until a constellation of events...
...activities by the Algerian government, Haddam remained in Chicago until December 1996, when he was...
80 Chicago Public Library, Cathleen D. Cahill( Authored Entry )
...three decades after 1950 the public library remained limited by its financial resources. By 1969, 59...
...unit. The rest of the collections, however, remained without a central building until 1991. In the...
81 Cicero, IL, Betsy Gurlacz( Authored Entry )
...Cicero; others, such as Clyde and Hawthorne, remained as names of railroad stops. In 1889 Chicago...
82 Deer Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry( Authored Entry )
...by oxen to the new location. The community remained quiet and rural, a feature attracting gentlemen...
...and gradual release. FIGURE 1 Deer Park remained a sleepy community until late in the 1970s, when...
83 Finns, Timo Riippa( Authored Entry )
...the Finnish Mission Church in 1908, which remained active into the 1960s. In 1902 Swede-Finns (...
...American Societies. Chicago's Finnish community remained small, reaching an estimated peak of 4,000...
84 Hoffman Estates, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry( Authored Entry )
...Township settled by German farmers which remained sparsely populated well into the twentieth...
...the 1940s. In the early 1950s Schaumburg Township remained without incorporated towns or villages....
85 Merrionette Park, IL, Larry A. McClellan( Authored Entry )
...development. Started in the early 1940s, it has remained a quiet bedroom suburb. It borders the...
...continued volunteer activity. The fire department remained voluntary. The police department started...
86 Mount Prospect, IL, David MacLaren( Authored Entry )
...of residents to 1,225 by 1930. Although the area remained predominately farmland, a small industrial...
87 Pacific Islanders, Tracy Steffes( Authored Entry )
...early as the 1920s, Pacific Islander migration remained extremely limited until after World War II ,...
...continued to migrate to Chicago and many have remained, a large number have also returned to the...
88 Wholesaling, Mark R. Wilson( Authored Entry )
...beginning of the twenty-first century the city remained a wholesaling capital. Chicago's wholesale...
...business before World War II , wholesaling remained an important part of the city's economy during...
...their business continued to grow, and the city remained home to leading wholesalers of commodities...
89 Gays and Lesbians, Chad Heap( Authored Entry )
...community, private parties and personal networks remained the foundation of gay culture. One such...
...1960s, the Near North Side and Near South Side remained important lesbian and gay neighborhoods, and...
...homosexual relations in 1961, the authorities remained intent on eliminating public expressions of...
90 Chicago Area Project, David Wolcott and Steven Schlossman( Authored Entry )
...African Americans. CAP has nonetheless remained an influential mechanism for community organizing....

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