Download or read book Fort Sheridan written by Diana Dretske and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-02-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid Chicagos North Shore communities is a national landmarkthe former U.S. Army Base at Fort Sheridan (1887-1993). Fort Sheridan was created out of the civil and labor unrest following the Chicago Fire of 1871, the great Railway Strike of 1877, and the Haymarket Riot of 1886. These events produced an atmosphere of insecurity, prompting Chicagos wealthiest businessmenNorth Shore residents and members of the Commercial Club of Chicagoto levy their influence with the federal government in establishing an army presence in their backyards. Fort Sheridan is a place rich in the traditions of the U.S. cavalry and artillery, of training camps, and the Womens Army Corps. This illustrated history explores the many aspects of Fort Sheridan and takes the reader on a journey through military life.
Download or read book The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers Training Camps written by Fort Sheridan Association and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers Training Camps written by Fort Sheridan Association and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time period of vol. is World War I. Includes photos & annotations of those who died. Also includes the rosters of the 1st & 2nd officer training camps.
Download or read book Rising Up from Indian Country written by Ann Durkin Keating and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sets the record straight about the War of 1812’s Battle of Fort Dearborn and its significance to early Chicago’s evolution . . . informative, ambitious” (Publishers Weekly). In August 1812, Capt. Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn. After traveling only a mile and a half, they were attacked by five hundred Potawatomi warriors, who killed fifty-two members of Heald’s party and burned Fort Dearborn before returning to their villages. In the first book devoted entirely to this crucial period, noted historian Ann Durkin Keating richly recounts the Battle of Fort Dearborn while situating it within the nearly four decades between the 1795 Treaty of Greenville and the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. She tells a story not only of military conquest but of the lives of people on all sides of the conflict, highlighting such figures as Jean Baptiste Point de Sable and John Kinzie and demonstrating that early Chicago was a place of cross-cultural reliance among the French, the Americans, and the Native Americans. This gripping account of the birth of Chicago “opens up a fascinating vista of lost American history” and will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand the city and its complex origins (The Wall Street Journal). “Laid out with great insight and detail . . . Keating . . . doesn’t see the attack 200 years ago as a massacre. And neither do many historians and Native American leaders.” —Chicago Tribune “Adds depth and breadth to an understanding of the geographic, social, and political transitions that occurred on the shores of Lake Michigan in the early 1800s.” —Journal of American History
Download or read book Fort Sheridan written by Laura Tucker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Sheridan is a national historic treasure nestled along the shores of Lake Michigan. It was established as an army base in 1887 and decommissioned in 1993, giving way to its rebirth as a township and forest preserve. Laura Tucker, a six-year resident, avid photographer, and Fort Sheridan enthusiast, has researched and compiled a collection of photographs and facts that highlight the ever-changing uses of the structures and the chameleon-like personality of the fort.
Download or read book The Architects and the City written by Robert Bruegmann and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-08-18 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects architectural history with urban history by looking at the work of a major architectural firm, Holabird & Roche. No firm in any large American city had a greater impact. With projects that ranged from tombstones to skyscrapers, boiler rooms to entire industrial complexes, Holabird & Roche left an indelible stamp on the city of Chicago and, indeed, far beyond. In this volume, the first of two on Holabird & Roche and its successor, Holabird & Root, Robert Bruegmann traces the firm's history from its founding in 1880 to the end of the First World War.
Download or read book Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society written by Illinois State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lessons Learned by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission and the Department of Defense Concerning the 1993 Base Closure Process and a Proposed Land Exchange Regarding Portions of Fort Sheridan Illinois and a Site in Arlington Virginia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Papers in Illinois History and Transactions written by Illinois State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tranasactions of the Illinois State Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creating Chicago s North Shore written by Michael H. Ebner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are the suburban jewels that crown one of the world's premier cities. Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff: together, they comprise the North Shore of Chicago, a social registry of eight communities that serve as a genteel enclave of affluence, culture, and high society. Historian Michael H. Ebner explains the origins and evolution of the North Shore as a distinctive region. At the same time, he tells the paradoxical story of how these suburbs, with their common heritage, mutual values, and shared aspirations, still preserve their distinctly separate identities. Embedded in this history are important lessons about the uneasy development of the American metropolis.
Download or read book Fort Sheridan Illinois Base Closure written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Houses with Names written by Adria Bernardi and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining her other research with interviews of nearly fifty Italian immigrants of her grandparents' generation, Adria Bernardi has crafted a memorable oral history of a community of working-class immigrants. Bernardi tells their story clearly and with care, interspersing transcriptions and translations with her own recollections and interpretations of life among the Italian immigrants of Highwood.
Download or read book A History of Lake County Illinois written by John J. Halsey and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Sixth Field Artillery 1798 1932 written by United States. Army. Field Artillery, 6th and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society written by Illinois State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
