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is Edgebrook, and just south of Edgebrook
is Forest Glen, both communities
with an early history entwined in the
life of Billy Caldwell, son of an Irish
officer and a Pottawatomie Indian
woman.
The two communities, both of which
have wide stretches of forest preserves
were built on reservation land which
was given to Caldwell by the government.
Caldwell Woods was named in his
honor.
Norwood Park, which still has a section
of curvilinear streets which were
laid out in the 1860's as part ofa village
development, was annexed to Chicago
in 1874.
Last, is the O'Hare Field area which
is like an island unto itself, covers 73
acres and has its own special police unit.
Assistant Editor Anne Lunde, of the
Edison-Norwood Review, who is writing
a history on the Norwood Park area,
was kind enough to share some of the
information she uncovered in her research
with the Star Magazine.
According to Miss Lunde, although
Chicago was settled by 1830, very few
settlers ventured in any direction for a
period of time because they were afraid
of the Indians for a number of years
following the Fort Dearborn Massacre.
Milwaukee Avenue, which was
situated on a sand ridge, about 60 feet
above lake level, became an important
trail in the mid-1800's. Early settlers,
like the Indians before them found that
Milwaukee, while sometimes muddy,
was the only passable land route going
northward to Wisconsin.
As a result, a number of inns sprung
up along the route to provide food and
drink for travelers and farmers going in
and out of Chicago with their produce
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Officers in 16th District relax while waiting for roll call.
and other goods.
In 1845 Norwood Park experienced a
cyclone. The Ebinger family which had
settled in the area 10 years before in
1834, took refuge in the local cemetery.
Upon returning to their home, they
found every window blown out. They
then journeyed down to John Kinzie's
store (somewhere in the Chicago Loop
area) where they purchased his entire
stock of glass much to the chagrin of
other settlers who had to wait many
months for another shipment.
In 1850, Milwaukee Avenue was laid
out as a plank road. One story relates
how an aggressive inn-keeper wined
and dined the surveyor in an attempt to
Captain Joseph Mueller and Sergeant John Seamans conduct
inspection of officers at 3rd watch roll call.
change the direction of the road to his
advantage, and says Miss Lunde, there
is a place on Milwaukee Avenue that is
called "whiskey point" where the incident
alledgedly took place.
Another early wheeler-dealer, by the
name ofA. J. Snell acquired a great deal
of wooded land in the area and accumulated
a fortune selling the railroads logs
for railroad ties and fuel. He also set up
a toll road with several booths along
Milwaukee Avenue and became a millionaire
from the profits. Some resentful
citizens, one day dressed up as Indians,
attacked and burned down the toll booth
at Fullerton Avenue.
In the years that followed the area