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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cook County, Illinois
Adjacent to Cook County, Illinois
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Kennicott House was built in 1856 by John A. Kennicott, a prominent Illinois physician, horticulturist, and educational and agricultural leader. Kennicott moved to the Grove from New Orleans with his family in 1836 shortly after the birth of his . . . — — Map (db m55575) HM
On Dixie Highway at Hickory Road, on the right when traveling south on Dixie Highway.
Dixie Highway was the first national road linking industrial northern states to agricultural southern states. Several governors met in 1915 to consider an improved road to Miami. Ten states lobbied for inclusion, resulting in eastern and western . . . — — Map (db m87086) HM
On Dixie Highway at Hickory Road, on the right when traveling south on Dixie Highway.
Following a path worn by buffalo, Native Americans traveled the length of the eastern border of Illinois. French fur trapper-traders utilized the same trail. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, a fur trader for John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Trading . . . — — Map (db m87082) HM
On Halstead Street (Illinois Route 1) at Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Halstead Street.
Opening on July 3, 1926, with the American Derby and a $100,000 purse, Washington Park Racetrack, built by Washington Park Corporation and Illinois Jockey Club, became a home for the nation's finest thoroughbreds. Colonel Matt Winn and the American . . . — — Map (db m87089) HM
Near South Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) south of Forest View Terminal Drive.
For hundreds of years, early travelers and settlers had to carry their canoes, belongings and trade goods overland through the Chicago Portage between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago River. You are standing where Marquette, Jolliet and . . . — — Map (db m157678) HM
On Dempster Street (Illinois Route 58) at Fernald Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Dempster Street.
Harrer Park fronts on Dempster Street and reaches north to Park View School, covering some 20 acres of land. The park was named for George Harrer, the first president of the Village of Morton Grove. He helped organize the first local government . . . — — Map (db m94523) HM
George Gabel opened an Indian trading post on this site in 1847. In 1856 he sold the property to John Dilg who had arrived in the Chicago area in 1850 and settled on Waukegan Road in 1854. Dilg and his wife, Maria Magdalena Gabel Dilg operated the . . . — — Map (db m94518) HM
Built in 1949 by Morton Grove Post 134 of the American Legion, Dept. of Illinois. This has been the post's home and base for veterans of military service of all eras to work together and provide help to their comrades and others with needs.
The . . . — — Map (db m94522) HM WM
On Forest Ave 0.1 miles south of Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
The site of present-day River Forest was once home to prehistoric Native Americans, who constructed large effigy mounds throughout the region. Soon after the American Revolution Chippewa, Menominee, and Potawatomi Indians moved onto the landscape, . . . — — Map (db m94461) HM
On Spring Cove Drive at Wise Road, on the right when traveling north on Spring Cove Drive.
Wise Road is named for the Wiese Family, who once farmed nearly 80 acres of land at the corner of Wise Road and Spring Cove Drive. The road was named "Wiese Road" for many years. It is unknown whether the "e" was dropped accidentally by the Cook . . . — — Map (db m148601) HM
Near Cottage Grove Avenue 0.2 miles south of 183rd Street.
In the spring of 1934, Camp Thornton opened on this site as a home to young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). At first, the men slept in tents in grass and weeds three feet tall. Later they built their own military style barracks with . . . — — Map (db m148602) HM
Near Linden Avenue 0.1 miles west of Sheridan Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The piece of ornamental concrete to your left features a nine-pointed star, a symbol of the Baha'i Faith. It was produced in the 1920s to test how a newly developed system of precast concrete panels would perform in Chicago's extreme weather. The . . . — — Map (db m126788) HM
On Scott Avenue at Old Green Bay Road, on the right when traveling north on Scott Avenue.
One branch of the Green Bay Trail traversed this region. Originally an Indian trail, after 1816 the route connected Fort Dearborn at Chicago with Fort Howard at Green Bay. Couriers faced hunger, cold and Indians to carry dispatches on a round trip . . . — — Map (db m66618) HM
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