Maywood

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 08/06/2004
ISBN: 9781531618643
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d