Winnetka's Geological History
Gazette Article by: Charles W. Shabica, Ph.D.
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 1999
During the past 14,500 years as the Laurentide ice sheet receded from the Great Lakes Basin, the surface of Lake Michigan fluctuated between 45 feet higher and 200 feet lower than today.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=255 · Nov 11, 13:15
Mapping Native American Trails
Gazette Article by: Chris Fullerton
Appeared in the Gazette: Summer 1998
Winnetka (“beautiful land”), Indian Hill, the Skokie Lagoons—throughout the village one can find reminders of the area’s earliest inhabitants in the names of places once settled by Native Americans. One resident of Winnetka, Albert Frederick Scharf, looked for more than just names to mark the early presence of Native Americans. He spent most of his life searching for their trails and artifacts.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=165 · May 18, 13:53
The Changing Landscape of Winnetka
Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring/Summer 2006
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=225 · Jan 18, 21:05
The Changing Landscape of Winnetka
Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll
Appeared in the Gazette: Fall/Winter 2005
In the 1830s, the Midwest experienced a large influx of Germans. This migration had many causes. Some left Germany for religious reasons, others due to a collapse of the country’s agrarian economy between the 1820s and 1840s, and others left because of political changes. The Schmidt family emigrated from Koblenz, Germany in 1839.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=221 · Jan 18, 20:29
Stable Beaches in Winnetka
Gazette Article by: Charles W. Shabica, Ph.D. and Dana Vale Shabica
Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1999
In the last three issues of the Gazette, the history and development of the Winnetka lakefront were presented in the context of regional coastal evolution.
Scientists and engineers have shown that, unlike the sandy coast of New Jersey or the South Shore of Martha’s Vineyard, Illinois lakefront erosion can be stopped.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=209 · Dec 27, 21:18
Lakefront Issues – Present and Future
Gazette Article by: Charles W. Shabica, Ph.D.
Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 1999
Living on the Illinois shore of Lake Michigan in a community like Winnetka has great advantages tempered by a few – but important – problems. Since the mid-to-late 19th century, scientists and engineers have faced the challenge of balancing the need for safe access to the lake against damaging this powerful and evolving system.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=204 · Dec 27, 17:05
Winnetka’s Changing Lakeshore
Gazette Article by: Charles W. Shabica, Ph.D.
Appeared in the Gazette: Summer 1999
One hundred years ago, shipping on the Great Lakes was the primary mode of interstate transportation in the Midwest. On the North Shore, sailing vessels carrying passengers, coal, lumber, and even Christmas trees routinely put in to the half-mile long Dempster Street pier in Evanston.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=201 · Dec 27, 15:22
"U" is for Underground
Gazette Article by: Phil Hoza
Appeared in the Gazette: Spring/Summer 2001
Clearly, the “U” word most applicable to Winnetka is not “Ugly.” One of the main reasons why that’s true is because so many of the necessary mechanical systems that make life here so comfortable exists “underground.” This was a city planning decision that can be traced back to Winnetka’s earliest settlers.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=189 · Dec 26, 19:33
"R" is for Ravines
Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll
Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1999
North of Tower Road and south of the Glencoe border on Sheridan Road is the winding, wooded ravine of Hubbard Hill. Known to Winnetkans simply as “the ravines,” this section of Sheridan Road is one of the most scenic areas in our village…
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=186 · Dec 26, 19:16
"G" is for Green Bay Trail
Gazette Article by: Laurie Starrett
Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1996
Eleven or twelve thousand years ago, it is likely that woolly mammoths traveled along an Ice Age migration path that formed the original Green Bay Trail.
http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=175 · Dec 25, 09:59