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Park Ridge

(Encyclopedia) Park Ridge, city (1990 pop. 36,175), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago, on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1873. It is chiefly residential. Several national and international…

Harvey

(Encyclopedia) Harvey, city (2020 pop. 20,324), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb S of Chicago; inc. 1895. Its manufactures include steel castings, metal…

Blue Island

(Encyclopedia) Blue Island, city (2020 pop. 22,549), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential and industrial suburb of Chicago, on the Little Calumet River;…

Calumet City

(Encyclopedia) Calumet City, city (2020 pop. 36,033), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, near Ind.; settled 1868,…

Bensenville

(Encyclopedia) Bensenville Bensenville bĕnˈsənvĭl [key], village (2020 pop. 17,740), Cook and Du Page counties, NE Ill…

Berwyn

(Encyclopedia) Berwyn Berwyn bûrˈwĭn [key], city (2020 pop. 57,250), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of…

Elmer Jacob BURKETT, Congress, NE (1867-1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1905-1911Party: RepublicanBURKETT, Elmer Jacob, a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska; born on a farm near Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, December 1, 1867;…

Kiritimati

(Encyclopedia) KiritimatiKiritimatikərĭsˈməs [key], largest atoll in the Pacific (1990 pop. 2,537), 222 sq mi (575 sq km), in the Line Islands, one of the island groups that compose the Republic of…

A History of Women in the U.S. Military

From Continental Army Soldier Deborah Samson to the first female Army Rangers, Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, American women have been serving in the U.S. Military for hundreds…

Cicero, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Cicero, town (2020 pop. 85,268), Cook co., NE Ill., an industrial and residential suburb adjoining Chicago; inc. 1867. A largely white…