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Dundee Township is named after Dundee, New York, which in turn is named after the city in Scotland. [4] Historically, industry and residential areas straddled the river, with most of the land on the western half of the township devoted to agriculture. Today, the township has become predominantly a suburb of Chicago.
Dundee was hemmed in from development for years. The Fox River formed a natural eastern barrier. To the north and west, the D. Hill Nursery, founded in 1855 by William Hill, specialized in fruit trees. The business grew to include evergreens, some of which were sent to Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]
School of the Art Institute of Chicago founded. Chicago City Cemetery in Lincoln Park was permanently closed, and most of the bodies were moved to other cemeteries in the city. [9] [10] 1867 Construction began on the Water Tower designed by architect W. W. Boyington. Chicago Academy of Music founded. [6] 1868 Rand McNally is formed as a railway ...
The Dundee Township Historic District is a set of sixty-five buildings in Dundee Township, Kane County Illinois. Buildings in the district are found in East Dundee, West Dundee, and Carpentersville. The district represents the development of the upper Fox River Valley from 1870 to the 1920s. Dundee Township became an important industrial area ...
Founded: 1835: Incorporated (city) April 24, 1854 [2] ... Early Elgin achieved fame for the butter and dairy goods it sold to the city of Chicago. ... Dundee Township
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
2011 – Dundee House, the headquarters of the city council, opens. [77] 2013 Dundee is shortlisted for the UK City of Culture in 2017, but loses out to Hull. Dundee and West Dundee in the United States become twin cities. 2014 Dundee granted UNESCO City of Design status, the first city in the UK to receive the designation. [78]