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In 1864 an Irish immigrant named Thomas Skerritt laid claim to a 640 acre homestead that encompassed most of present-day Englewood. Thomas Skerritt is now referred to as the “Father of Englewood.” Other homesteaders followed in Skerritt’s footsteps and settled in the area.
Englewood was incorporated and the name was changed from Orchard Place. J.C. Jones was elected mayor over Thomas Skerritt by a slim margin. Jones first act as new mayor was to clean up the disreputable establishments.
History. Landscape map of Englewood, Logandale and surroundings. The recorded history of Englewood began in 1858, when gold was discovered on what came to be called Little Dry Creek by William Green Russell, an early settler of the High Plains.
May 4, 2020 · In its earliest years, Englewood was settled by German and Irish immigrants working on rail roads and at the Union Stock Yard. The area was annexed by the City of Chicago in 1889, and in more recent history, fueled by declining property values, densely built apartments, and a rapidly expanding Black Belt from the east, Englewood became a ...
Side 1: Dearborn Street began as a path and oxen trail worn by the William and Mary Goff family that moved to Lemon Bay in 1878. When Herbert, Howard, and Ira Nichols platted Englewood in 1896 they used the trail as the southern boundary of the residential area. They named it Dearborn.
Oct 26, 2015 · Englewood: Like many Chicago neighborhoods, South Side Englewood stole its name from an East Coast city. In 1868, local wool merchant and Board of Education member Henry B. Lewis suggested to...
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Englewood Historic Archive. The mission of the Englewood Historic Archive is to collect, arrange, and preserve books, photographs, maps, manuscripts, narratives, ephemera, newspapers, memorabilia, and other materials relative to or illustrative of the past and current history of Englewood, Colorado. The Archive is home to over 40 collections.
