Franklin Park
Franklin Park

Author: Daniel B. Pritchett

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780738541358

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The Treaty of Prairie du Chein, which relocated the Potawatomi Indians and other local tribes west of the Mississippi River, created opportunities for settlement along the Des Plaines River. Several families began to farm on land that they purchased from Claude La Framboise, Alexander Robinson, and the State of Illinois. The totality of this land extended from Irving Park Road to Grand Avenue and west to Mannheim Road. The confluence of the first two railroads constructed in this area after the Civil War attracted a developer named Lesser Franklin. The German immigrant purchased and subdivided four farms and subsequently began the configuration of a village. Franklin Park was incorporated in 1892. The succeeding 50 years, showcased by two world wars and the Great Depression, shaped this town into the fourth-largest industrial community in Illinois, a title it still holds today.

Making a New Deal
Making a New Deal

Author: Lizabeth Cohen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9780521428385

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The lives of Chicago workers are traced in the mid thirties to reveal how their experiences as citizens, members of ethnic or racial groups, wage earners and consumers, converged to transform them into New Deal Democrats and CIO unionists.

Reference Guide to North Dakota History
Reference Guide to North Dakota History

Author: Dan Rylance

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Over 6000 citations (printed before 1976) about North Dakota history. Includes citations on geology, geography, natural history, conservation, climate, forts, Indians, military, exploration, fur trade, Dakota Territory, government, politics, wars, the counties and cities, education, religion, sports, women, health, agriculture, business, transportation, etc.

Nebraska History
Nebraska History

Author: Michael L. Tate

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1995-08-22

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13:

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The first systematic bibliographical tool ever assembled for the state of Nebraska.

Congressional Record
Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher:

Published: 1967-03

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)