The Question of East and West Rogers Park
by Hank Morris People are frequently confusing Rogers Park as East Rogers Park and West Ridge as West Rogers Park. There is some basis in fact for these names. But, […]
by Hank Morris People are frequently confusing Rogers Park as East Rogers Park and West Ridge as West Rogers Park. There is some basis in fact for these names. But, […]
by Mary Jo Doyle Named after Philip McGregor Rogers, Rogers Ridge, as it was called for a time, was originally 600 acres of land located along the Chicago & Milwaukee […]
by Hank Morris Confusion existed (and apparently still exists) about the location of the western boundary of Rogers Park. The original plat marked the boundary line at Ridge Avenue. And, […]
by Colleen Taylor Sen Edward Joseph Kelly (1876-1950), the 46th Mayor of Chicago, was born in Chicago and in the 1920s served as Chief Engineer of the Sanitary District of […]