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<STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Some highlights in the history of Glenview, Ilinois<BR><BR>1833 - Indian Treaty; first white settlers arrive<BR><BR>1836 - Grove settled by Dr. John Kennicott<BR><BR>1840 - Stagecoach hotel built on Milwaukee Ave. (formerly Nelson Printing)<BR><BR>1841 (circa)- First public school built (Waukegan Road near the river)<BR><BR>1846 - Grove post office established<BR><BR>1851 - Plank road built (Milwaukee Road)<BR><BR>1853 - Post office established at Glenview and Waukegan Roads<BR><BR>1854 - Grove School established<BR><BR>1860 (circa)- First church built (800 block of Shermer)<BR><BR>1868 - First Rugen school (replaced old Cammack School)<BR><BR>1872 - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad built to bring building supplies into Chicago after the Great Fire<BR><BR>1874 - Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran School established<BR><BR>1876 - First Rugen General Store open<BR><BR>1878 - Glenview House built<BR><BR>1892 - Railroad adds a second track; commuter service built<BR><BR>1893 - Swedenborgian community (The Park) established; area's first planned community<BR><BR>1895 - Oak Glen renamed Glen View<BR><BR>1897 - Glen View Golf Club established<BR><BR>1899 - Village Incorporated (vote was 59-51)<BR><BR>1901 - Civic improvements made: wooden sidewalks, gas streetlights and Waukegan Rd. stone bridge built<BR><BR>1901 - First high school (New Trier) opens<BR><BR>1903 - First telephone exchange<BR><BR>1903 - Second Rugen School built (on Shermer)<BR><BR>1905 - Glenview Public School built (Waukegan Road - site of present Village Hall)<BR><BR>1911 - Volunteer Fire Department organized<BR><BR>1912 - Concrete sidewalks poured<BR><BR>1914 - Milwaukee Avenue paved<BR><BR>1916 - Village water and sewer system established<BR><BR>1917 - Jackman Bear Fountain dedicated; Glenview Days Festivals begun<BR><BR>1920 - Glenview State Bank established<BR><BR>1921 - Glenview Road paved<BR><BR>1926 - First Glenview Boy and Girl Scout Troops established<BR><BR>1927 - Glenview Civic Bldg. (former Village Hall, now Park District Headquaters dedicated)<BR><BR>1927 - Pickwick Golf Course built (now Station links)<BR><BR>1928 - OLPH parish school completed<BR><BR>1929 - Curtiss-Reynolds-Wright Airfield built<BR><BR>1930 - Glenview Library established<BR><BR>1931 - Council-manager form of village government adopted<BR><BR>1933 - International Air Races (held in conjunction with Century of Progress) at Curtiss<BR><BR>1935 - Roosevelt Park completed by WPA<BR><BR>1937 - Naval Reserve Aviation Base Chicago established at Curtiss - Navy and civilian aviation share facilities<BR><BR>1942 - Navy undertakes major expansion and implementation of aviation training programs<BR><BR>1942 - Swain Nelson Nursery undertakes manufacture of bombsights and other military devices in their greenhouses (now Glenview Park District greenhouses on Glenview Road)<BR><BR>1943 - More than 15,000 pilots from Naval Air Station Glenview complete carrier qualification aboard the training<BR>1944 &nbsp;&nbsp; "aircraft carriers" USS Wolverine and Sable<BR><BR>1945 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help School built<BR><BR>1949 - Glenview's first air mail delivery via helicopter<BR><BR>1950 - Dial telephone service comes to the service<BR><BR>1954 - Junior High School (now Springman) built<BR><BR>1956 - Glenkirk School established<BR><BR>1957 - Kraft Foods Company comes to Glenview<BR><BR>1961 - St. Catherine School opened<BR><BR>1962 - Glenbrook South High School opened<BR><BR>1964 - Scott Foresman moves main office to Glenview<BR><BR>1972 - Park District Ice Center built<BR><BR>1973 - New Glenview State Bank built<BR><BR>1974 - First policewoman hired by Glenview Police Department<BR><BR>1974 - New police station built on Waukegan Rd.; existing fire station remodeled<BR><BR>1974 - Vote to purchase and develop the Grove<BR><BR>1977 - Glenbrook Hospital opened<BR><BR>1982 - Present Village Hall dedicated<BR><BR>1984 - Public Works Center built<BR><BR>1988 - Patten House dedicated<BR><BR>1994 - Present train station built<BR><BR>1995 - Naval Air Station Glenview decommissioned<BR><BR>1997 - Following the death of last member of the Wagner family, the final working farm in the village is for sale<BR><BR><BR>Reference sources: </FONT></STRONG>
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<LI>Roots: A Glenview Story </LI></UL>Prepared by: Beverly Dawson, Donald Long, Dorothy Murphy, Ruth Nielsen, Virginia Peterson, Jean Voght - Glenview Area Historical Society Library Committee<BR><BR><FONT face=verdana size=1>Glenview Area Historical Society, 1121 Waukegan Road, Glenview, IL 60025 847-724-2235 Email: <A href="mailto:berdaw@juno.com"><FONT color=#800080>berdaw@juno.com</FONT></A> </FONT>

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