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Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll Appeared in the Gazette: Fall/Winter 2006 The Prairie School of Landscape Design, Part One The post-Civil War era proved highly beneficial for Chicago. The city had become the most active railroad hub in the country and a center for industries such as meat-packing, lumber and milling, manufacturing of farm equipment […]
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Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll Appeared in the Gazette: Summer 2003 Of the many women who helped settle Winnetka, Dr. Alice Barlow-Brown exerted influence on many of our current institutions. Born in 1869, Dr. Barlow-Brown was a woman ahead of her time. Known primarily for founding the Winnetka Woman’s Club (WWC) in 1908, she was […]
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Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2001 Ann Hibbard Burnham Smith, born in her family’s log house on July 14, 1920, died August 27th in Exeter, New Hampshire. She was the last resident of the oldest standing structure in Cook County, the Schmidt-Burnham Log House. Mrs. Smith was the youngest of […]
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Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2002 The sport of fox hunting has recently been in the spotlight in the United States and the United Kingdom. But did you know that Winnetkans participated in the sport in the early to mid-1900s? The Longmeadow Hounds, a foxhunt in Northbrook, was originally started […]
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Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2004 The Beginning What did the first residents of Winnetka find when they traveled north from Chicago and settled on the shores of Lake Michigan? This article begins a series of articles discussing the changing face of the landscape of the North Shore. What was […]
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Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2004 Much has changed in Winnetka over the past 100 years, as is revealed in these photographs of Elm Street. Notice the different street surfaces. Although macadam pavement of streets began in Winnetka in 1895, this c. 1904 photograph shows a mud street compared to […]
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Gazette Article by Bean Carroll, 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 and in Cook County, reminiscent of […]
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Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll Appeared in the Gazette: Spring/Summer 2002 Several years ago when the Minnesota Historical Society reopened its exhibit area, a unique approach was taken to interpret its history from “A to Z.” Various objects and topics were depicted by “letters,” and visitors moved through the gallery “alphabetically.” The editorial board of […]
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Gazette Article by Bean Carroll, Fall/Winter 2002 In 1854, the first trains arrived in Winnetka. With the building of the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad, Winnetka began its long history of train travel to and from Chicago. At the beginning, there were only two tracks in the Village with two trains a day. At that time, […]
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Gazette Article by: Bean Carroll Appeared in the Gazette: Fall/Winter 2003 Several years ago when the Minnesota Historical Society reopened its exhibit area, a unique approach was taken to interpret its history from “A to Z.” Various objects and topics were depicted by “letters,” and visitors moved through the gallery “alphabetically.” The editorial board of […]
