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Turks, James S. Kessler(
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) ...weekend Turkish-language school. In addition, Chicago has also been the site of a Turkish consulate...
...Turks constitute a small proportion of Chicago's population, with an estimated total of 5,000...
...arrived in the United States in general and Chicago in particular prior to World War I is difficult....
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Ugandans, Tracy N. Poe(
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) ...Ugandan immigration to Chicago has taken place in four waves. The first,...
...who came to study at the University of Chicago , Loyola University , and the Illinois Institute of...
...cabinet member Luyimbazi Zake settle in the Chicago area during this period, establishing Chicago's...
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Beverly Shores, IN, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
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) ...interurban rail line initially known as the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend, which began to...
...provide through-service from South Bend to Chicago shortly after 1900....
...Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull reorganized the railroad as the Chicago, South Shore & South...
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Beninese, Tracy Steffes(
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) ...in size in the 1990s, Beninese began to move to Chicago and other major cities in search of economic...
...encouraging friends and family to follow. In Chicago, many Beninese women established African...
...educated migrants from Benin and Europe came to Chicago in the late 1990s for graduate education and...
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Clubs, Patriotic and Veterans', Barbara Truesdell(
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) ...to have substantial membership and influence in Chicago and around the country was the Grand Army of...
...Senate bid against Lyman Trumbull. The GAR in Chicago, as in the rest of the country, lobbied for...
...Day. They responded to disasters such as the Chicago Fire by organizing relief campaigns. Chicago-...
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Motoring, James Akerman(
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) ...transportation hub and merchandising center, Chicago played an important early role in the promotion...
...in 1893, and on Thanksgiving Day 1895, the Chicago Herald staged a well-publicized test race through...
...the city's streets. Six years later the first Chicago Automobile Show was held, yet only one out of...
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Paraguayans, Stephen R. Porter(
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) ...community of Paraguayans to settle in the Chicago area began migrating in the middle 1960s from the...
...portion of Caraguatay's residents had migrated to Chicago, and especially New York, by 1980....
...many had worked in agriculture, some came to Chicago skilled in carpentry and metallurgy. All came...
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Peruvians, José R. Deustua(
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) ...messengers during the Inca Empire), which contains information on the Peruvian community in Chicago....
...census and survey data, the Peruvian community in Chicago numbered approximately 10,000 to 20,000 in...
...Miami; and in the area around Los Angeles. In Chicago most Peruvians have located on the Northwest...
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Company Housing, Anna Holian(
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) ...an even more hands-off approach in developing the town of Gary, Indiana , in the 1900s. Through the...
...George M. Pullman, who in 1880 founded the town of Pullman on Chicago's southern suburban fringe. As...
...it sold lots and built houses for employees of the steelworking industries south of Chicago....
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Good Government Movements, Jon C. Teaford(
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) ...party organization consolidated its grip on Chicago and was only periodically bothered by good...
...mid-twentieth century when he observed, “Chicago ain't ready for reform yet. ” From the sidelines,...
...ruled. i3737 Municipal election campaign poster, 1894. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
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Portage Park, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...on the park. A gymnasium was added. In 1959 the old pond was replaced by an Olympic-sized concrete...
...off place for locals and it served as a temporary town hall. The township became part of the city of...
...inhabitants could paddle their canoes from the Chicago River to the Des Plaines on a minor portage...
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Lake Villa, IL, Douglas Knox(
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) ...subdivided the farmlands of many of the old mansions, including Ernst Lehmann's Lindenhurst Farm,...
...the settlement “Lake City,” but as there was already a town by that name in Illinois, the first post...
...vacationers did pass through Lake Villa, the town itself grew slowly, incorporating in 1901. By 1910...
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Harvey, IL, Joseph C. Bigott(
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) ...of manufacturers to establish factories in town. The Illinois Central Railroad tracks divided the...
...The founders envisioned Harvey as a model town, a blend of capitalism and Christianity. The...
...residents a variety of house plans. By 1900 the town contained 5,395 residents, a bank, and 11...
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United Charities, Scott Lien(
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) ...the social service effort throughout metropolitan Chicago. UCC operates an array of social services,...
...United Charities of Chicago (UCC), one of the city's most visible...
...organizations, is a direct descendant of Chicago's first citywide charity association, the Chicago...
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Venezuelans, Robert Morrissey(
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) ...Although Chicago has never attracted many Venezuelan immigrants, a small but viable community has...
...in the city beginning in the 1950s. Chicago's earliest Venezuelans included Chico Carrasquel, White...
...city during the 1950s. Venezuelan migration to Chicago accelerated during the 1970s and 1980s. Many...
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Wrigley Field, Richard H. Brown(
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) ...i3324 Wrigley Field, 1950. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...A mecca for baseball fans, a Chicago landmark, and the heart of “Wrigleyville,” fabled Wrigley...
...Field originated in 1914 as home of the Chicago Whales in the short-lived Federal League. When that...
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Bolivians, José R. Deustua(
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) ...produced a national jubilee, and Bolivians from Chicago, elsewhere in the United States, and back...
...including the national anthem. Bolivians in Chicago try to recreate their culture and traditions in...
...Among the smallest of Chicago's Latino ethnic groups, Bolivians are also less residentially...
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Zoroastrians, Paul D. Numrich(
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) ...federation's first president was a leader of the Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Chicago....
...of the Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Chicago. One of the association's first tasks was to...
...Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Chicago has played an important role in the institutional...
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Argentinians, Beatriz Badikian-Gartler(
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) ...along with restaurants , have helped to reverse the earlier invisibility of Chicago's Argentinians....
...Argentinian immigrants have generally identified with Euro-American ethnic groups in Chicago....
...The majority of Argentinians in Chicago are Roman Catholics and Jews . Immigrants from Argentina...
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Knights of Labor, Richard Schneirov(
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) ...would inspire subsequent labor movements, both in Chicago and across the nation. i3451 Labor leaders...
...members. This flyer advertises a speech by Chicago's Albert Parsons in St. Joseph, Missouri. Source:...
...in 1869, the Knights of Labor spread to Chicago after the 1877 railroad strikes . Initially viewed...
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