Let’s celebrate three men resting in Chicago cemeteries that gave us all snack pleasure. The words from the 1908 tune that we all sing at the ball park “buy me some peanuts and crackerjack” says it all! Continue reading “Popcorn Peanuts and Crackerjack”
Year: 2018
The “Empty Mausoleum” wired for Electricity
On the main road at section “O” of German Waldheim /Forest Home Cemetery sits a huge but unoccupied mausoleum. It was even wired for electricity, supposedly for interior lighting and even future outdoor lighting. Go figure!
The so called “Empty Mausoleum” was originally built and owned by Ernst Johann Lehmann, who established Chicago’s successful Fair department store in 1875. Continue reading “The “Empty Mausoleum” wired for Electricity”
Celebrating Hot dogs and Bicycles!
Chicago cemeteries have more than their fair share of famous people. At Rosehill Cemetery, on Chicago’s north side, you will discover many hundreds of successful businessmen. Lets meet two of them:
Native American burials under LaSalle Street!
The Chicago Tribune of August 8, 1897 describes “Indian Braves under the pavements of LaSalle Street and neighboring thoroughfares.”
So, we were not the first here in Chicago to live and die. The Potawatomi’s were here long before us, living in villages along Lake Michigan, and Chicago’s rivers. They buried their dead close to or adjacent to their villages, along the branches of the Chicago River and along the Des Plaines River banks. The Potawatomi were forced out of the area under the 1833 treaty. Therefore, we might assume that most all Native American burials in the Chicago area occurred before 1833. There is not a complete record of these burials, but I will share here what I have found in records. We start in the downtown area.
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Chicago and Cook County Cemeteries 