Neighborhoods

The story of Jefferson Park begins with hunters and American Indians that used trails on these lands for commuting all around the later Chicago land …

The history of Canaryville is mostly intertwined with neighboring Back of the Yards neighborhood as they both are part of the overall New City neighborhood.  …

The Hegewisch community was first settled by Potawatomi Natives.  In the year 1837 the area became annexed as a part of Hyde Park Township.  When …

I am not going to put in historical info on this neighborhood that can usually be found on the Encyclopedia of Chicago page or Wikipedia …

These lands were settled in the year 1834 by German farmers John and Katherine Ebinger.  The Ebingers got along Native Americans in the area and …

In the year 1848, this land was first settled by Nicholas Kransz.  Kransz farmhouse, known as the Seven Mile House, was located at present day …

Yes, Chicago has an east side; however, it isn’t what you think.  There is technically no east side of Chicago, Chicagoans just know the “East …

These lands were settled in the year 1839 by Peter Lubdy who built a farm on this land and farmed it very well.  In the …

During the earlier nineteenth century there wasn’t any rich history about the Clearing area as it was just barren land with scattered Dutch and German …

For this Beverly page I will not go into the entire history of Beverly, and I will just keep this one short and to the …