Chicago Ridge - Hardcover

Maurer, Ed Jr.; Chicago Ridge Public Library

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531668801 ISBN 13: 9781531668808

Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Chicago Ridge has never lost its small-town feel, with generations of families building long-standing businesses and residents cultivating a sense of civic pride. Developed around Stony Creek and the Wabash Railroad and located 15 miles southwest of Chicago, Chicago Ridge acquired its name after eight trains of fill were used to build up the grounds of the Columbian Exposition, leaving a "ridge" in the landscape. Transformed into a feeder canal, Stony Creek proved alluring to settlers in the 1840s. With the expansion of the Wabash Railroad in 1882, German and Dutch immigrants established farms along the railway. The village incorporated in 1914 and benefited from the economic influence of a slot-machine factory and nearby racetrack. The 1950s arrived with an increase in population and the expansion of road networks. Residents joined civic organizations and stood behind one another, much as they do today.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1531668801
• ISBN 13: 9781531668808
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 130
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