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Current Information on Hillside, Westchester, Bellwood and Broadview	Current Information of Local Communities
A Brief Historical Who's Who	Early Residents and Settlers
Early Area and Village Histories	Torode Homestead Displaced By TriState    Torodes Woods and Savanna Views    Salt Creek      America in the mid-1800's      Early Settler History 1832-1850    Life in "Proviso" (1850 - 1900)    Proviso Township Land Ownership in 1863      Proviso Township Maps (Maps of the township over the years)    Broadview Landowners in 1870     York Township Ownership -- 1870s      Lincoln and Early Growth South and West of Chicago     Bellwood: Village of Bellwood  - Early History    Bellwood Churches and Schools  Broadview: Village of Broadview  Forest Park (Harlem): History of Forest Home and German Waldheim Cemeteries   Jewish Waldheim Cemetery (Forest Park)   Woodlawn Cemetery (Forest Park)   Concordia Cemetery (Forest Park)   http://fpshome.northstarnet.org Forest Park's website with links to their historical, library and village sites.  Hillside: Village of Hillside - Early History    Village of Hillside Police and Fire Departments - Early History   Covell's Quarry  La Grange/La Grange Park: Early History of the La Grange - La Grange Park Area La Grange -- 1930s and Later   LaGrange Park 1930s and Later     Early History of the La Grange Park   Early History of the La Grange   Early Map of La Grange Park  Early History of the La Grange-LaGrange Park Schools Maywood: Village of Maywood  Checkerboard Field  Maywood -- The Story of Company A and Bataan   Western Spring: Western Springs   Westchester: Development Efforts in Westchester  -- a photo collection --  Westchester Park District  Early Village History by Charles N. Field   District 92 1/2   (from School Board Records 1929-1949) Martindale Estates News
Photographs and Drawings of the Franzosenbusch Prairie House over the Years	Franzosenbusch House Through The Years
Timeline of the 'Franzosenbusch' Area	History Overview and Timeline
House History	Local History
Electric Trains of the Area's Past  The text of contract between the Chicago Rapid Transit Company and the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad company creating the Chicago, Westchester and Western Railroad (the company established for the Westchester branch)	Westchester's Rapid Transit Line     Westchester Rapid Transit Contract
Aerial Photographs of Hillside, Westchester, Bellwood and LaGrange Park as they looked in 1938	Area Aerial Photographs
History of Area Churches	Area Churches
History of Area Cemeteries	Cemeteries
Newspaper and Magazine Articles of By-Gone Days:
-Articles from the Westchester Tribune, Special Edition, September 28, 1926 has been added	Westchester Tribune September 28 1926
-Articles from the Greater Chicago Magazine, June 1929	Greater Chicago Magazine June 1929
-A 1957 newspaper article about the Torode homestead and its fate	Torode Homestead Displaced By TriState
-Newspaper articles from Maywood's Herald	Maywood Herald -- Checkerboard Field
-Articles and pictures from The Martindale Estates News	Martindale Estates News
-Westchester Tribune, 1951, Nixon Development efforts	Development in the 1950s
-Newspaper account of Merritt Braga, mayor of Broadview for 42 years	Merritt Braga, Chicago Tribune Article and more Merritt Braga archives continued
-Samuel Insull's purchase of land for the British Old People's Home	1922 Suburban Life Citizen article
LaGrange Citizen articles converted from microfilm -"LaGrange Citizen" article on the "Proviso Mystery" -- the creation of the Village of Westchester	Can Remain On Farms - LaGrange Citizen_February 19, 1925 Mystery In Sale Of Farms - LaGrange Citizen_F_October 24, 1924 Who Is Buying Farm Lands - LaGrange Citizen_October 23, 1924
-Road improvements in the 1920s on Wolf, Cermak (22nd Street) and Mannheim Road (formerly Fifth Avenue)	Survey For The New Bridge_ LaGrange Citizen_ January 28 1921 Vote To Straighten Roads_LaGrange Citizen_April 15, 1921 Mannheim Road Has 9 Different Names_"LaGrange Citizen" newspaper, March 14, 1929 To Complete Wolf Road Paving In 1929_ LaGrange Citizen_October 10 1929
"LaGrange Citizen" articles about Western Springs	Western Springs, Early History Of Village, LaGrange Citizen, Dec 1921 Death Trap In Preserves, LaGrange Citizen, Aug 8 1929
"LaGrange Citizen" article about the LG/LGP community	To Straighten Wolf Road, LaGrange Citizen, Sep 2 1926 New Shoe Store To Open, LaGrange Citizen, Jul 6 1927

A note about the historical content on this web site:
We are constantly searching for cross references to verify our historical information.  Whenever we find such info we will endeavor to let you know about it.  In the meantime the reader is cautioned to apply common sense in realizing that the remembrances of individuals and even the writings of historians are not always totally accurate.
 

Last Modified:  05/03/2007