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Burnham, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...zone follow the river which cuts through Burnham. Rail lines still crisscross through the community,...
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Calumet Heights, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
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) ...New York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad built rail yards at the area's western border, and a small...
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Carpentersville, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...bridge with his own funds to accommodate the rail line. By 1912 Carpenter's two companies employed...
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Cary, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...and hotels that sprang up at Cary to lodge rail and pit workers soon bulged with additional tenants...
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Clearing, Clinton E. Stockwell(
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) ...workers to unload and load goods, avoiding the rail congestion closer downtown. This scheme failed,...
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Country Club Hills, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...of Interstates 80 and 57 and several miles from Metra rail stations. Although the area was farmed in...
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Dolton, IL, Dave Bartlett(
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) ...Dolton's growth. The 1850s began a period of rail expansion that has characterized Dolton's physical...
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Downers Grove, IL, Mark S. Harmon(
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) ...its close proximity to Chicago and its large rail siding, the village became a major site for mail-...
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Edison Park, Ann Durkin Keating(
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) ...attend Carl Schurz High School (accessible by rail). The village trustees disbanded the government...
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Fox Lake, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...the center of the Fox Lake community. With rail access, the vacation trade mushroomed and numerous...
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Glenwood, IL, Ian McGiver(
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) ...pass through the village, the nearest Metra rail stop is in neighboring Homewood , and fewer than 1...
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Grayslake, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...in the area, cheap land prices and easy rail transportation to the city served as a magnet to...
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Harvard, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...first mayor was N. B. Helm. In 1939, the Kenosha Rail Line was torn out, marking the beginning of...
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Highland Park, IL, Derek Vaillant(
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) ...for residential settlement. Gurnee surmised that rail offered the best link to Chicago, and that...
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Illinois Central Railroad, John P. Hankey(
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) ...sold its Chicago commuter lines to Metropolitan Rail ( Metra ) in 1988. A year later, IC Industries...
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Lake Zurich, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...residents to support the construction of a rail line linking Lake Zurich to the Chicago & North...
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Leather and Tanning, David Blanke(
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) ...its serviceable water sources, substantial rail facilities, and especially the growth of the...
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Macedonians, Gregory Michaelidis(
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) ...in heavy industry. Many found work in Chicago's rail yards. Others worked in slaughterhouses,...
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Northlake, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...the community to form “Northlake. ” The Proviso rail yards, built in 1929, ran through the south and...
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Norwood Park, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Chicago & North Western Railway, installed a rail line serving the area. For several months there...
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