Tag Archives: Steve Adams

The “Winnetka Heights” Neighborhood

Gazette Article by: Steve Adams and Cindy Fuller Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 2005 • High land where nature has provided a perfect setting for homes. • Beautifully wooded with forest trees. • New school soon to be built on twelve acres near by [The Skokie School]. • Convenient to the only municipal golf course […]

Winnetka: What’s in a Name?

Gazette Article by: Steve Adams Appeared in the Gazette: Fall/Winter 2006 A search of other U.S. communities named “Winnetka” results in Winnetka, Calif. and Winnetka Heights, Texas. That raises the question of how these towns were named and what, if any, connection they have to Winnetka, Ill.. Winnetka, California Born on a farm near Wabash, […]