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Forest Park Illinois Mini History in 1969 Guide
Forest Park grew from Harlem named settlement to village in 1884 and renamed Forest Park in 1907. The 1969 Illinois Guide notes cemeteries on the Des Plaines riverbank and a rail roundhouse near Des Plaines Avenue. The U S Naval Ordnance Station was a major employer amid commuter growth.
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Illinois
Forest Park
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
Des Plaines River
Madison Street
Cermak Road
Waldheim
Haymarket
Chicago
Near West Side
Woodlawn
Showmen's League of American
Gary
The
Des Plaines
Chicago and Galena Union
Chicago and North Western
Des Plaines Avenue
River Forest
Henry Quick
Harlem
New York
Harlem House
U.S. Naval Ordinance Station
Roosevelt Road
Federal Writers Project