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Description: Save Bensenville Local History website created by Janis Arquette sometime in the 1990s, covering the history of Bensenville from the 1880s to the 1970s. At the time of capture, website is outdated and some links on the site are broken.
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Subject: Transportation, Schools, Business, Emergency services, Quilting, O'Hare, Settlers , Religion, Railroads, Community, Government
Creator: Janis Arquette
Publisher: Bensenville Community Public Library
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Date: circa 1990
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Contributor: Martha Kirker Jones
Rights: For fair use/educational reproduction. This image may be used with attribution for research, study and educational purposes. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact the Local History Center in Bensenville Community Public Library, 200 S. Church Rd. Bensenville, IL 60106. Phone:(630) 766-4642; email: archives@benlib.org
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_001
Description: A brief history of Bensenville's evolution from a farming community to an industrial suburb next to O'Hare International Airport, 1833-1969. Article includes census information.
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Subject: Population growth, Transportation, O'Hare, Community, Settlers , Immigration
Creator: The Chicago Historical Society
Publisher: The Chicago Historical Society
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Contributor: Kenneth Ritzert. “Bensenville.” In DuPage Roots, ed. Richard Thompson, 1985., Knowing Our History, Learning Our Culture. Videotape. Bensenville Community Library, 1993. 42 min., Martha Kirker Jones. Bensenville. 1976.
Rights: The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are copyrighted by other institutions and individuals.
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_002
Description: Kenneth Ritzert writes about the five periods of Bensenville history, addressing the Indian period, the early settlers, the railroads, the transition, and the O'Hare challenge.
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Subject: Indian removal, Settlers , Churches, Transportation, Industry, Agriculture, Incorporation, Railroads, Schools, VFW, O'Hare
Creator: Kenneth Ritzert
Publisher: The DuPage County Historical Society
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Rights: ©Kenneth Ritzert
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_003
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
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