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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....
91 Advice Columns, Beth Bailey( Authored Entry )
...distributors after the Sun-Times Syndicate, they remained associated with the Tribune and the Sun-...
92 Communist Party, Randi Storch( Authored Entry )
...in 1994 in Chicago. A small Chicago Communist Party remained at the close of the twentieth century....
93 West Ridge, Patricia Mooney-Melvin( Authored Entry )
...most of the nineteenth century West Ridge remained relatively rural. St. Henry's Roman Catholic...
...immediate growth. The number of residents remained under 500 until after 1900. No prominent business...
94 Family Planning, Rose Holz( Authored Entry )
...restrictions against contraception and abortion remained. Throughout the sixties, Chicago proved a...
95 Harvey, IL, Joseph C. Bigott( Authored Entry )
...commuters to Chicago. To a great extent, Harvey remained an evangelical Protestant community. The...
96 Lake Forest, IL, Michael H. Ebner( Authored Entry )
...from castles to ranch houses. While the east side remained mostly unchanged (save for new apartment...
97 Local Option, Rachel E. Bohlmann( Authored Entry )
...Loop district. Chicago's dry districts remained spotty until the Eighteenth Amendment initiated...
...a number of suburbs and city precincts remained dry after the 1934 and 1936 elections, including...
98 Lockport, IL, John Lamb( Authored Entry )
...worked in factories in the area. The town's population remained stable until the late 1980s when new...
99 Lower West Side, Gabriela F. Arredondo( Authored Entry )
...Northern railroad tracks. Though the area remained somewhat isolated for much of its history, its...
...grew into a major manufacturing center and remained heavily industrial into the twentieth century....
100 Montclare, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry( Authored Entry )
...reducing the desirability of the area. Lots remained vacant. Undaunted by a lack of new settlers,...
...built in nearby areas. But residential areas remained intact owing to good construction and property...

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