History of DuPage County

DuPage Roots

CONTENTS

Preface  

PART ONE Overview by Richard A Thompson  

      1 Earth Making - Natural History To 10,000 BC

2 The Planting - The Pioneer Epoch To 1850  

3 The Uprooting - The Civil War Era 1850-1870  

4 The Tap Root - Into the Modern Era 1870-1920  

5 The Transplants - Post World Wars 1920-1950  

6  Succession Community - Since 1950  

PART TWO Local Highlights edited by Richard A Thompson  

       Addison Pearl Morris & Vivian Krentz           

Bensenville Kenneth Ritzert

Bloomingdale Thomas J Perkins Jr & Patti Lee Perkins  

Carol Stream Jean Moore     

Clarendon Hills Celia Perry Shockey  

Darien Anita Elbe and Eisenhower Junior High Social Studies Department      

Downers Grove Virginia A Stehney  

Elmhurst Margaret Franson Pruter  

Glen Ellyn Janice Perkins 

Glendale Heights Amy E Crisler 

Hinsdale Shirley Stitt  

Itasca Joyce M Usher  

Lisle Marilyn W Cawiezel 

Lombard Margot Fruehe  

Naperville Helen Fraser  

Oak Brook Etta S Chapek  

Roselle Charles Southern  

Villa Park Irene S Martin  

Warrenville Mary Curtis  

Wayne Tannisse T Blatchford  

West Chicago Jerry Musich  

Westmont Sharon Heiden 

Wheaton Edith E, Back  

Winfield Adrienne Rose  

Wood Dale Mary Lou Mittle  

Woodridge Joel and Laurie Kagann  

Bibliography               

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