Categories: Gazette
Gazette Article by: Betsy Landes Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 2003 What do Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, the Skokie Lagoons, Marian Anderson, the Key West Highway, and Winnetka’s railroad tracks all have in common? Distinguished Winnetkan Harold LeClaire Ickes is the link. He was born near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on March 15, 1874. After his mother’s […]
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Gazette Article by: Claudia Norris Kapnick Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1996 The dictionary defines a curmudgeon as a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old person. Although some Winnetkans may aspire to such a title, one actually lived here and publicly declared himself as such. This figure is none other than Harold L. Ickes, political reformer […]
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Gazette Article by: Cindy Fuller Appeared in the Gazette: Summer 1995 House of the Season: Private Estate for Prominent Public Servant Approaching Hubbard Woods via Sheridan Road in 1916, you would have passed by a “private road” leading to a “country estate” tucked away in the woods. Today the former home of Harold L. Ickes […]
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Gazette Article by: Dr. Charles Shabica Appeared in the Gazette: Fall/Winter 2012 The Skokie Lagoons are a nature preserve on the Skokie River that extends from Glencoe to Winnetka and is owned and managed by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (FPDCC). Within the system are seven inter-connected lagoons totaling 190 acres that are […]
