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Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society

RPWRHS goes to IRM

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embers and guests of the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society “rode the rails” on Sunday, August 8, 2010 in a special trip to the Illinois Railway Museum. Located in Union, Illinois—which is just a quick and scenic hour and a half drive west of Chicago—the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) harbors the largest operating demonstration railroad showcase in North America.

Our visit was enhanced by an impressively detailed book, The Trains That Ran Through Rogers Park which was written by our own resident expert Hank Morris, who also served as our guide through the exhibits.

Lecture at IRMThe IRM had several trains, trolleys, and streetcars actually running on its tracks on the museum campus. When we arrived, a two-car North Shore Line interurban train was waiting to take us over the museum’s 5-mile main line. Later, the museum operated a diesel-powered 1920s-era passenger commuter train over the main line, where we saw that no matter how many years have passed, some things never change. In today’s CTA we don’t have wicker seats or windows that we can open, both of which made for a comfortable ride, but we do still have the occasional wisecracking conductor and a few inexplicable delays while the conductor scurries around to attend to some minor (or not) mechanical failure. Still, we got where we were going, and we enjoyed the camaraderie of our fellow passengers and train aficionados.

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 August 2010 12:13 Read more...
 

2010 House Walk a Success

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2442 Morsehe Society's annual house walk, this year located in the Indian Boundary Park neighborhood, provided a number of firsts and marked continued success for the popular, annual event.

This year’s tour was held on Sunday, May 2. The event highlighted Indian Boundary Park and surrounding homes, including the historic Park Castles and Park Gables co-ops. Over 160 patrons took part in the tours, which began at noon and continued until 5:00pm.

 

Indian Boundary Park opened in 1922 as the centerpiece of the Ridge Avenue Park District. The 13-acre park was designed as a pastoral landscape with picturesque gardens, a lagoon with a small island, rolling lawns, and meandering paths.

Last Updated on Friday, 07 May 2010 11:19 Read more...
 

New Board of Directors Elects 2010-2011 Officers

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t the Annual Meeting on Wednesday, February 10, the members in attendance elected the 2010-2011 Board of Directors.
Last Updated on Sunday, 14 March 2010 12:52 Read more...
 

February 2010 Annual Meeting Wrap-Up

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he Annual Meeting of the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society was held on Wednesday, February 10, at the Devon Bank, at 7:00 p.m. Once again, we would like to thank Devon Bank for graciously hosting us for this annual event, as it has in so many years past.
Last Updated on Sunday, 14 March 2010 12:51 Read more...
 

New Committee Structure

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n Monday, February 22, which was the first monthly meeting after the adoption of our new bylaws, the Board of Directors unanimously approved a change in the makeup and structure of our committees. It seemed logical that several prior committees overlapped other committees. This produced a level of duplicated work and some confusion as to which committee held sway on a particular topic.
Last Updated on Thursday, 04 March 2010 16:22 Read more...
 

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Chicago, IL 60645
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