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Forest Park in WPA Illinois guide lauded as travel stop
The 1939 Federal Writers' Project Illinois guide spotlights Forest Park on Tour 12A. It highlights local cemeteries Waldheim and Forest Home, the Showmen's Rest plot in Woodlawn, and the Forest Park Baseball Museum. Roosevelt Road to Harlem Avenue marks the entry, with references to Haymarket monument and local landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Greece
Bermuda
California
Cape Cod
Illinois
Forest Park
College Library
Henry Horner
U.S. 30
Indiana Line
Chicago
Geneva
DeKalb
Chicago Board of Trade
Union Stockyards
Field Museum of Natural History
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Adler Planetarium
Shedd Aquarium
University of Chicago
Roosevelt Road
Harlem Avenue
Haymarket
Waldheim
Des Plaines Avenue
U.S. 330
A. Weinert
Engel
Fischer
Parsons
Spies
Forest Home Cemetery
Woodlawn
Cermak Road
Showmen’s League of America
Gary
Ind
W. Madison St
Joe Tinker
Hines Hospital
Maywood
Broadview
Glen Ellyn
Wheaton
Mooseheart
Rochelle
Ashton and
Dixon
Henry Hyde
Altenheim