| Author: | Douglas Deuchler | ISBN: | 9781439631430 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | August 6, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Douglas Deuchler |
| ISBN: | 9781439631430 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | August 6, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Ten miles west of Chicago on the west bank of the Des Plaines River sits Maywood, a village that was founded in 1869 by seven New England businessmen who established the Maywood Land Company. This prairie community, carefully laid out along the railroad, experienced a population boom after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Soon industry arrived, followed by a variety of ethnic groups. Maywood was one of the few early suburban communities with an African-American neighborhood.
Ten miles west of Chicago on the west bank of the Des Plaines River sits Maywood, a village that was founded in 1869 by seven New England businessmen who established the Maywood Land Company. This prairie community, carefully laid out along the railroad, experienced a population boom after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Soon industry arrived, followed by a variety of ethnic groups. Maywood was one of the few early suburban communities with an African-American neighborhood.
