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�From the Director
This edition of Browsing is all about the
hidden gems of DPL. One hidden gem that
many people might not be familiar with is
the fiscally-minded Board of Trustees, who
are elected to rotating open positions every
two years in local elections. The Board of
Trustees serves a very important purpose.
They’re responsible for setting policies for
the Library to execute. In addition, they are
the fiscal stewards of property taxes collected for the Library.
The Library is over 97% supported by property taxes. The Library
Board takes their responsibility very seriously, carrying out the
Library’s mission in the most fiscally prudent manner possible.
This past year, the Board actively examined the Library’s finances
and funding levels. In 2022, the Library levy will be $46,881
less than 2021 due to refunding and reissuing our debt service
bonds. The bond refinance savings of $458,338 over the next
10 years will start in 2022. We worked with the Village of
Deerfield to refinance the general obligation bonds from our
building renovation project in 2013.
I’m grateful for the good stewardship of both the Library Board
and the Village of Deerfield. This is how libraries thrive.
Amy Falasz-Peterson, Library Director
The Library is full of treasures, some “hidden,” some right out in the
open. Some are things you can hold, and some live only in the digital
realm. A few treasures are new resources, and others have been
around for years. Library staff regularly surprise patrons
with info about DPL treasures. Here are some staff favorites!
of DPL
Your Phone = Your Library Card
If you have the DPL App on your phone, then you always have
your library card in hand. Open the app, click on “My Card” and
you’re set for checkout! – Claudette, Patron Services
Youth Art Gallery
No need to travel to visit
one of the most exciting art
galleries in the Chicago area –
just come to the Library! The
Youth Services Art Gallery
features new artwork monthly
from different Deerfield pre-K
through Grade 8 art classes.
Come curious, leave inspired.
– Judy, Outreach Services
Sun Rays for Check Out
Do the short, dark days of winter get your down?
If you’ve been considering light therapy, before
whipping out your credit card, take out your
library card. We have light therapy lamps in
our Library of Things collection.
– Pam, Support Services
Babies Love Books!
Early Literacy Tips via Text
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Sign up for one of our new services, Text4Literacy,
to get early literacy tips straight to your phone.
You’ll get three text messages per week for nine
weeks that are focused on helping your child
(birth - age 8) develop age appropriate skills.
Text REGISTER to 847-861-7727, and follow the
prompts to customize your experience.
– Megan, Youth Services
Are you looking for baby books but
don’t know where to start? Let the
library surprise your baby (and you)
with a wonderful selection of books
from Baby Book Bunch. Once a
month we will have a bag for you to
check out with five selected board
books, as well as an activity or craft
to keep. Visit or call Youth Services
(847-580-3962) for more info.
– Noreen, Youth Services
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�Adult Programs
For full program descriptions, visit the DPL events calendar at deerfieldlibrary.org,
click on “Programs”.
= Please register in advance. Registration opens Wednesday, February 16, 9:00am
at deerfieldlibrary.org, click on “Programs”, or call 847-945-3311.
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= Virtual program (online only)
Author Events
Madeline Miller
Jenny Lawson
Thursday, March 3,
7:00-8:00pm
Bestselling author
Madeline Miller, one
of the leaders in Greek
retellings, will discuss
her works, Song of
Achilles and Circe. R V
Wednesday, March 30,
7:00-8:00pm
Award-winning humorist
and bestselling author
Jenny Lawson discusses
her works, including
Broken (in the best
possible way). R V
These author events are made possible through partnerships with multiple Illinois libraries.
Memory Cafe
Make It!
Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30am
March 2, April 6, May 4
The Memory Cafe is offered to support
and connect those experiencing memory
loss and their care partners. For more
information or to register contact Judy
Hoffman, jhoffman@deerfieldlibrary.
org, 847-580-8954.
Embroidered Bookmarks
Friday, March 18, 2:00-4:00pm
An introduction to hand embroidery
in a fun hands-on session. Materials
provided. R I
Chigiri-e: Japanese
Torn Paper Art
Saturday, March 26, 2:00-4:00pm
Chigiri-e is a
Japanese art
form that uses
torn washi paper
to create images
resembling a
watercolor painting. Materials will be
available for pick-up prior to class. R
Zentangle Workshop
Thursday, May 5, 6:30-8:30pm
Zentangle is an artistic and intuitive
way of drawing beautiful nature and
geometric patterns. Create your
own patterns and designs! Materials
provided. R I
The World’s First Female
Paleontologist: Mary Anning
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Tuesday, March 8, 1:00-2:00pm
Join Anglophile and former UK resident
Claire Evans
for a lively
talk on “the
greatest fossil
hunter the
world has
ever known”
and England’s
Jurassic
Coast, the
UNESCO
World Heritage site she was lucky enough
to call home. R H
Stephen Sondheim: An
Appreciation & Discussion
Thursday, March 10, 7:00-8:15pm
We’ll discuss Sondheim’s work for
the American Musical as literature,
using several key songs for the group
discussion. Register to get a list of songs
we’ll discuss. R I
Adult D&D
Mondays, 6:30-8:30pm
March 14, April 11, May 9
Join us on an adventure through the
roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons.
Bring your own 6th level character or
play with one of ours as you explore
the magical Feywild through the Wild
Beyond Witchlight module. No experience
required! R I
The Migration of the Monarchs
Wednesday, March 23, 6:30-8:00pm
Each year the Monarch butterflies of the
northeast and Canada start an amazing
migration that will take four generations
to complete! How is this possible? R H
PLACE Programs
Saturdays, 6:30-7:30pm
March 26, April 23, May 21
PLACE (Public Library Access and
Community for Everyone) welcomes
adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities as well as
their parents and caregivers. Join us for
an evening of reading, conversation,
friendship, and fun. For more information
or to register contact Vicki Karlovsky,
vkarlovsky@deerfieldlibrary.org.
Guess The Oscars 2022!
Entries accepted online until Sunday
March 27, 5:00pm
Guess who you think will win the Oscar
in 10 categories. We’ll
pick a winner from
the entries with
the most correct
answers. The prize
is a deluxe Roku
streaming device.
Trivia Night!
Only register for one program.
Details on website.
Virtual Trivia Night
Wednesday, April 6, 7:30-9:00pm
Held via Zoom and Kahoot. R V
Thinks & Drinks Trivia
Wednesday, April 13, 7:30-9:00pm
Adults Only
In-person at the
Deerfield Golf Club.
Will use Kahoot,
so bring your phone.
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�Adult Programs
Book Discussions
Copies will be available one month in advance. Please provide email during registration.
What’s Mine and Yours
by Naima Coster
Thursday, March 10, 10:30-11:30am
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Monday, April 25, 7:00-8:00pm
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
by Cho Nam-Joo
Monday, March 21, 7:30pm-8:30pm
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Of Women and Salt
by Gabriela Garcia
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Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann
Thursday, May 12, 10:30-11:30am
Classics Book Discussion
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True Crime Book Discussion
The Five: The Untold Lives of the
Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold
Monday, May 16, 7:00-8:00pm
Classics Book Discussion
Passing by Nella Larsen
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Teen/Adult Book Discussion
The House in the Cerulean Sea
by T.J. Klune
Tuesday, March 29, 6:30-7:30pm
Thursday, April 14, 10:30-11:30am
Thursday, April 28, 7:00-8:15pm
Romance Book Discussion
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial
Mechanics by Olivia Waite
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How’d They Do That? Hollywood’s
Most Iconic Movie Scenes
Thursday, March 31, 6:30-7:30pm
Movie characters have parted the Red Sea,
dodged crop dusters, scaled skyscrapers,
and more, leaving audiences wondering,
“How’d they do that?!” Presenter will be
virtual, with program broadcast on the
meeting room screens. R H
Thursday, April 7, 6:30-7:30pm
Some of the world’s most remarkable outdoor art treasures lie hidden in plain sight
along Chicago’s Lake Michigan waterfront:
carvings in the old limestone revetments
that line much of the lakeshore. R H
Making Change:
A History of LGBTQ Activism
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Thursday, April 14, 7:00-8:00pm
John D’Emilio, retired Professor of
Gender & Women’s Studies and History
at the University of Illinois at Chicago,
will trace the history of LGBTQ activism
from its start in the 1950s, to the early
21st century. R V
Tuesday, May 10, 6:30-7:30pm
We follow the Santa Fe, California,
Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Pony Express,
and Lewis and Clark National Historic
Trails through major landmarks and the
parks that tell their stories. R H
The Immigrant Experience
on Film
Growing and Using Mushrooms
U.S. - Dakota War of 1862
Waking Up Your Bike
For Summer!
Wednesday, April 27, 6:30-7:30pm
Enjoy the film clips that highlight the
extraordinary courage that our ancestors
showed in coming to this country! R V
Thursday, April 28, 1:00-2:00pm
This forgotten struggle ended with the
largest mass execution in U.S. history,
leaving behind a bitter legacy. R H
Great British Baking Tour
Chicago’s Mysterious Lakefront
Rock Carvings
Along the Western Trails in
our National Parks
Wednesday, May 11, 6:30-7:30pm
Love mushrooms? Learn how to grow
your very own mushroom harvest! R H
Thursday, May 19, 6:30-7:30pm
Learn how to prepare your bike for a safe
riding season, then take the road less
traveled! We will also cover basic bicycle
maintenance and repairs. R V
Tuesday, May 3, 6:00-7:00pm
Join UK travel/relocation consultant and
former UK resident Claire Evans for a
delightful culinary tour of the UK inspired
by “The Great British Baking Show”
television series, aired on PBS. Presenter
will be virtual, with program broadcast
on the meeting room screens. R H
All-Ages BINGO
Mindfulness and Meditation
Thursday, May 26, 7:00-8:30pm
The Professor returns to share more
videos, songs, and stories about the
Fab Four. In this second installment, he
spotlights John Lennon and his life and
times. R H
Saturday, May 7, 2:00-3:00pm
Learn tips and resources available to help
you bring mindfulness into your daily life
with facilitator Chris George. R I
Tuesday, May 24, 6:30- 7:30pm*
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and be
ready to call out BINGO at the Jewett Park
Pavilion. All ages welcome and prizes will
be awarded! *Weather permitting. R I
Professor Moptop Presents
John Lennon
Read Around the World Challenge
The year-long reading challenge for Adults and Teens
continues. If you haven’t already started your “travels,”
it’s not too late! Visit the website or Adult Reference
Desk for details.
�Children & Teens Programs
R = Please register in advance. Registration opens Wednesday, February 16, 9:00am
at deerfieldlibrary.org, click on “Programs”, or call 847-580-8962.
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= In-person program
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= Virtual program (online only)
We offer adaptive programs for children with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodations for every program for all abilities. For more information about programs and
services for Youth and Teens please contact Cristina Bueno at cbueno@deerfieldlibrary.org.
STORYTIMES
Storytimes are either in-person
Baby Lapsit
Fridays, 10:00-10:30am
March 4, 11, 18; April 1, 8, 15
Ages 0-18 months
It’s never too early to start reading to
your baby! Join us for stories, rhymes,
and songs for you and your baby. R I
Time for Twos
Wednesdays, 10:00-10:30am
March 9, 16, 30; April 6, 13, 20
Age 2
Two-year-olds will have fun with books,
songs, and activities in this storytime
designed just for them and their
caregivers! R I
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays, 10:30-11:00am
March 1, 8, 15, 29; April 5, 12
Ages 3-5
Three- to five-year-olds have a program
just for them! We’ll listen to stories, sing
songs, and have fun while building early
literacy skills! R I
All Ages Storytime
Mondays, 10:00-10:30am
March 7, 14, 28; April 4, 11, 18
All Ages
Join us on Zoom each
week for an All Ages
storytime! R V
Baby Book Bunch
Pickup available for one week beginning
Mondays: March 7, April 4, May 2
Birth - 2 years
Once a month for three months, we will
have a bag for you to check out with five
selected board books, as well as an activity
or craft to keep. See feature on page 2. R
Youth Advisory Board
Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00pm
March 2, April 6, May 4
Grades 1-5
Do you have a great idea for a program
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or virtual
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Movin’ & Groovin’ Storytime
Thursdays, 10:00-10:30am
March 3, 10, 17, 31
All Ages
Get up and dance in this fun, movementbased storytime. R I
Free to Be You, Me, and
They Storytime
Friday, March 11, 4:00-4:30pm
All Ages
Children learn about gender equity from
birth. Hear stories about gender
expansive kids and make a rainbow craft!
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Character Storytimes with
Meet & Greet
Princess Anna, Thursday, May 5,
4:00-5:00pm
Cinderella, Tuesday, May 10,
10:00-11:00am
Bat Girl, Thursday, May 19, 4:00-5:00pm
Sleeping Beauty, Tuesday, May 24,
10:00-11:00am
All Ages
Join a very special guest each
week for stories, songs, and
game, and take a photo
together at the end. R V
or a book you’d like to share? Join YAB
to make your voice heard at the Library.
We’ll play games, do a project, and share
ideas! R I
Snacks & Stories: Ugly Cat &
Pablo by Isabel Quintero
Wednesday, March 9, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades 1-3
A not-so-attractive cat and his well-dressed
mouse friend are an unlikely duo sure to
make you laugh with their silly antics and
their search for tasty treats. Books and
snacks provided. R I
The 9th annual Tournament of Books is
here! Vote for your favorite picture books,
early readers, graphic novels, chapter
books, non-fiction, and teen titles. You can
vote online (deerfieldlibrary.org) to make
sure your favorites become champions!
The Tournament runs from February 2 March 15. V
Crafternoons with Cristina
Fridays, 4:00-5:00pm
March 18, April 15, May 20
Grades 2-5
Join Miss Cristina each month for a new
featured craft or make something entirely
different with the materials provided. R I
Minecraft Mania
Wednesday, March 30, 7:00-8:30pm
Grades 1-5
New to Minecraft or want to brush up
on your skills? Learn to play by tackling
challenges and building creations in a
special multiplayer setting. R I
Poetry and Protests
Tuesday, April 5, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades 3-5
Celebrate National Poetry Month by
discussing poems that address important
topics and write your own poem on
something you care about. R I
Tots on the Loose
Thursdays, 10:30-11:00am
April 7, 21; May 5 • Ages 0-5
Get messy, explore art and science, and
make new friends in this toddlerific
playtime! DRESS FOR MESS. R
Parent Cafe: Gentle Parenting
Pre-Recorded; Available beginning
Friday, April 8 • Adults
How do you teach your children about
kindness and respect? Through gentle
parenting! Learn helpful techniques and
explore books that feature gentle solutions
to challenging behavior. V
Earth Day Recycle Art
Wednesday, April 13, 7:00-7:45pm
Grades K-2
Celebrate Earth Day while we make beautiful art using recyclable materials. R I
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�Children & Teens Programs
STEAM Night!
Wendy & DB Concert
Saturday, April 16, 11:00am-12:00pm
All Ages
Dance and sing along to the catchy original
songs of dynamic duo Wendy & DB! R I
Reptiles and Amphibians
Tuesday, April 19, 4:00-4:45pm
Grades K-4
Eeekk! It’s
slimy and
slithery—or
is it? Join the
Lake County
Forest Preserve and compare and contrast
reptiles and amphibians through hands-on
activities. R I
Jackbox Games
Thursday, April 22, 4:00-5:00pm
Ages 7+
Try out your drawing skills as you compete
against others in Tee K.O from JackBox
Games. R V
Family KiDLS: Things That Go!
Saturday, April 23, 11:00am-12:00pm
Ages 5-10 with 1 adult
Explore the science of movement through
activities, experiments, and books! R I
Comics & Cookies
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00pm
April 26: Mythical Creatures
May 24: Memoirs
Ages 8-12
Calling all graphic novel readers! Instead of
everyone reading the same book there is a
chosen theme with suggested titles. Books
and cookies provided. R I
GRAB & GO KITS:
Youth & Teens
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Available starting Mondays, March 14,
April 11, May 9.
Stop by the outdoor Creation Station
or the Youth department for a kit to take
home. While supplies last.
Tuesday, May 10, 6:30-7:30pm or 7:308:30pm
All Ages
Join us for a fun night of experimenting
with STEAM-based technology, like beebots, a wind tunnel, and more! Sign up for
a time slot to drop in anytime during that
hour. R I
Chapters & Chips: Fly on the Wall
by Remy Lai
Wednesday, May 11, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades 3-5
Twelve-year-old Henry Khoo goes on a
(forbidden) solo adventure to prove his
independence to his overprotective family.
Books and snacks provided. R I
All Ages BINGO
Tuesday, May 24, 6:30-7:30pm*
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and be ready
to call out BINGO! Join us at the Jewett
Park Pavilion for an evening of fun. All
ages welcome and prizes will be awarded.
*Weather permitting. R I
Write a Book; Draw a Book;
Make a Book!
Wednesday, May 25, 7:00-8:00pm
Ages 7-10
Dream of being an author? Learn the
different steps to create a book and make
your own! R I
Among Us Game Play
Friday, May 27, 4:00-5:00pm
Ages 7+
Can you uncover the imposter and
complete the mission before it’s too
late? Or are you the imposter sabotaging
the crew? Join us for a few rounds of
the popular digital game. No experience
necessary! R V
Homeschool Programs
Thursdays, March 3, 10, 17;
April 7, 14, 21, 28; May 5, 19, 26
Ages 7-10: 2:00-3:00pm
Ages 11+: 3:15-4:15pm
Homeschool students will enjoy fun
activities, a special book club, and
learn cool stuff in our homeschool
programming. Contact Kary Henry
(khenry@deerfieldlibrary.org) for
more information or to register.
TEEN PROGRAMS
NOTE: For Teen programs, Grades 6-12
are welcome.
Teen Advisory Board
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00pm
March 8; April 12; May 10
TAB members help plan programs, create
content for our website, and keep the Teen
Space awesome! Any hours you contribute
count as volunteer service. R I
Tabletop RPG &
Board Game Night
Friday, March 11, 4:30-5:30pm
Try your hand at tabletop RPGs or play
some old (or new) classics. R I
Teen / Adult Book Discussion:
The House In the Cerulean Sea
by T.J. Klune
Tuesday, March 29, 6:30-7:30pm
Read this Alex Award-winning fantasy
novel and discuss across generations.
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Make Your Own: 3D Wooden
Mythical Creature
Thursday, April 7, 5:00-6:00pm
Dragons, unicorns, griffons, and
phoenixes, oh my! Come build and paint
your own mythical creature and watch it
transform from 2D to 3D as you assemble
the pieces! R I
Popcorn & Paperbacks:
Six of Crows
Tuesday, April 19, 5:00-6:00pm
This month we’ll read Six of Crows, a heist
story of magical proportions. R V
Creative Writing Club
Tuesday, May 3, 4:00-5:00pm
Do you love to write? Come and play
writing games, share with your peers, and
learn some new skills. R V
The Things We Don’t Say
Wednesday, May 4, 7:00-8:15pm
Teens and Adults
Join Hope For The Day as they present a
Peer-to-Peer proactive approach to suicide
prevention and addressing mental health
challenges. R I
Coding for Game Design
Wednesday, May 18, 4:00-5:00pm
Learn how to code for simple game
design using Unity. No coding experience
required! R I
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DIY Book Recommendations
Our staff LOVE to answer this question: “What should I read
next?” But did you know you can dive into this fun search
yourself? Check out Novelist Plus, where you can find
fiction and nonfiction book recommendations, read-alikes,
award lists, and more. Visit deerfieldlibrary.org/onlineresources/#literature. – Stevie, Adult Services
Check Out a Museum Pass
With a DPL library card you have access to free or discounted
passes to a variety of museums and cultural institutions. The
destinations, available through two pass programs, are great
places to visit year-round. For details, visit deerfieldlibrary.org/
museum-passes. – Sam, Adult Services
Exercise Your Brain
Relax With a Vacation Loan
Prefer to travel with a print book, and physical
audiobooks and CDs? You can truly chillax
during your time away with a DPL Vacation
Loan. Available upon request, the vacation loan
runs six weeks before coming up for renewal.
Stop by the front desk to make arrangements.
– Sayaka, Patron Services
Our new online resource BrainHQ offers games that are
specifically designed to improve attention, speed, memory
and navigation. It can be accessed on any computer with
internet access or via the app. Each exercise is broken up
into two minute bites, so it’s easy to fit in anytime. Find
BrainHQ at deerfieldlibrary.org/online-resources.
– Melissa, Adult Services
Deerfield’s Best Used Book Store
The Friends of the Deerfield Public Library sponsor a cozy
used book store right by the front entrance. Browse the
diverse offerings, and you might just find that gem you didn’t
know you needed! Your monetary donations support new
library resources and services. – Stephanie, Patron Services
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Panera fundraiser: Thank you Panera Deerfield and to everyone that participated in
our tasty December fundraiser!
Become a Friend and a Board Member: Do you love the Library? One of the best
ways to show your love is to become a member of the Friends of the Deerfield Public
Library Board. Attend a Board meeting to see what it’s all about.
Meetings: Our upcoming Board meeting dates are March 28, June 27, August 22 and
November 14. Meetings are held in the Library and begin at 7:00 p.m. Community
members are always welcome to attend.
Visit our website for more information: deerfieldlibrary.org/friends-of-the-library
The Friends can be contacted at 847-580-8895 or at friends@deerfieldlibrary.org
The Friends are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group. Contributions may be deductible under IRS regulations.
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�Deerfield Public Library
920 Waukegan Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
Non Profit Org.
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DEERFIELD
Important Library Numbers
• Telephone: 847-945-3311
• Library home page and catalog:
www.deerfieldlibrary.org
Carrier Route Presort
Deerfield Postal Patron
• To ask a reference question:
reference@deerfieldlibrary.org
Upcoming Holiday Closings and Late Openings
The Library Will Be Closed All Day
The Library Will Open at 10am
Sunday, April 17
Monday, May 30
Tuesday, March 15
Tuesday, April 19
Wednesday, May 25
Deerfield Public Library
Amy Falasz-Peterson, Library Director
847-580-8901
afalaszpeterson@deerfieldlibrary.org
Library Board Members
value your opinions!
Ken Abosch, President
847-948-5390
kabosch@deerfieldlibrary.org
Luisa Ellenbogen, Secretary
312-543-7258
lellenbogen@deerfieldlibrary.org
Seth Schriftman, Treasurer
847-770-2530
sschriftman@deerfieldlibrary.org
Mike Goldberg
312-735-1023
mgoldberg@deerfieldlibrary.org
HOUSEHOLD GOODS DRIVE
Benefiting the West Deerfield Township Food Pantry
February 1-28
The West Deerfield Township Food Pantry serves
approximately 375 township residents each
month who find themselves in need, either on
a long-term or temporary basis. One of the great
challenges for the Pantry is supplying clients
with essential paper goods, personal hygiene
products, and cleaning supplies.
The DPL Teen Service Club invites you to drop off donations in the Library lobby
through February. Following are the requested items:
Howard Handler
312-925-2597
hhandler@deerfieldlibrary.org
• Facial tissues
• Body wash
• Cleaning supplies
Kyle Stone
248-762-1309
kstone@deerfieldlibrary.org
• Paper towels
• Deodorant
• Dish soap
• Paper plates
• Liquid hand soap
• Toilet paper
• Lotion
• Laundry detergent
(small size or pods)
Emily Wallace
847-204-5573
ewallace@deerfieldlibrary.org
• Sanitary pads
and tampons
• Shampoo
Library Hours
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Mon–Thurs: 9:00am–9:00pm
Friday: 9:00am–6:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am–5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm–5:00pm
For more information about the Food Pantry and how you can provide support,
visit westdeerfieldtownship.org/food-pantry.
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Among Us
Amy Falasz-Peterson
Batgirl
BrainHQ
Broken (in the best possible way)
Canada
Chicago Lakefront Rock Carvings
Chigiri-e
Cho Nam-Joo
Chris George
Cinderella
Circe
Claire Evans
Claudette Ori
Cristina Bueno
Deerfield Golf Club
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library App
Deerfield Public Library Baby Book Bunch
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Memory Cafe
Deerfield Public Library Outreach Services
Deerfield Public Library Patron Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Public Library Access and Community for Everyone (PLACE)
Deerfield Public Library Read Around the World Reading Program
Deerfield Public Library Support Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Deerfield Public Library Teen Service Club
Deerfield Public Library Tournament of Books
Deerfield Public Library Vacation Loans
Deerfield Public Library Youth Advisory Board
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Art Gallery
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deerfield Public LibraryText4Literacy
Dungeons and Dragons
Earth Day
Emily Wallace
England's Jurassic Coast
Fly on the Wall
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Board
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Book Sale
Gabriela Garcia
Great British Baking Show
Hallie Rubenhold
Hope for the Day
Howard Handler
Isabel Quintero
Jackbox Games
Jenny Lawson
Jewett Park
Jewett Park Pavilion
John D'Emilio
John Lennon
Judy Hoffman
Kahoot
Kary Henry
Ken Abosch
Kim Jiyoung Born 1982
Kyle Stone
Lake County Forest Preserves
Lake Michigan
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
LGBTQ Activism
Light Therapy Lamps
Luisa Ellenbogen
Madeline Miller
Mary Anning
Megan Sanks
Melissa Stoeger
Mike Goldberg
Minecraft
Monarch Butterflies
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Museum Passes
Naima Coster
National Poetry Month
Nella Larsen
Noreen Trotsky
Novelist Plus
Of Women and Salt
Olivia Waite
Olympus Texas
Oregon National Historic Trail
Oscars
Pam Skittino
Panera
Panera Deerfield
Passing
Pony Express National Historic Trail
Princess Anna
Professor Moptop
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Remy Lai
Sam Rosen
Santa Fe California National Historic Trail
Sayaka Suzuki
Seth Schriftman
Six of Crows
Sleeping Beauty
Song of Achilles
Stacey Swann
Stephanie Keough
Stephen Sondheim
Stevie Noguchi
T.J. Klune
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
Ugly Cat and Pablo
UNESCO World Heritage Site
United States Dakota War of 1862
United States National Parks
University of Illinois at Chicago
Vicki Karlovsky
Wendy and DB
West Deerfield Township
West Deerfield Township Food Pantry
What's Mine and Yours
Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Zentangle
Zoom
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�From the Director
I’m writing this upon my return from
our first family vacation in over a year.
We have rediscovered a love for the
outdoors. During the past year, we took
advantage of the hidden gems of natural
beauty in greater Chicagoland. However,
this summer, we ventured to Rocky
Mountain National Park. I’m thrilled to
see my children’s reactions to these huge
mountains and their energetic enthusiasm to climb to the top!
We’ve spent a fair amount of time on this trip driving, and
you really get a sense of the vastly different landscape of our
country. Of course, I had to pay a visit to a local library as well.
Sure, we all serve different communities, but I’ve found in my
decades-long career that we all aim to best serve our unique
communities. During my conversation with the librarian, I was
struck by our approach to similar services. This particular library
had a Library of Things collection and they too can’t keep their
Wi-Fi hotspots on the shelf!
For this trip, I relied heavily on our Library’s Libby and Hoopla
apps. If you’re unfamiliar with these services, I can’t recommend
them enough. As a librarian, I am thrilled that my kids also love to
read. (I think if they didn’t, my “librarian” card would be revoked!)
They are thrilled with the comic book selection on Hoopla. On
this trip, access to e-books and videos was a lifesaver. It warmed
my heart to see my kiddos downloading their books to read
on the plane.
I’ve always equated fall with a new beginning. We continue to
look forward and have learned from the past year. We welcome
seeing our community inside the building, while reading and
supporting each other.
Amy Falasz-Peterson, Library Director
Welcome Back to New and Old Favorites at DPL
After a quick pivot when the library building closed on March
13, 2020, the reimagined, reengineered DPL was back up and
running. For many months, it was virtual and touchless only.
popular demand, we are going to continue with Grab & Go.
Check our website for pickup locations at the Library.
Now that we are back to our full schedule, seven days a week,
let’s get more fully reacquainted. Following is info about new
services created during the pandemic, as well as reminders
about returning and ongoing activities. We are so happy to
have you back!
great book or video. Simply fill out a Personalized Picks form
(Adults or Kids/Teens), and a librarian will send you a list of books
or movies/television shows that are carefully curated for you!
Visit deerfieldlibrary.org/get-recommendations.
All Ages
Virtual Programs: Attendance for our virtual programs was in
the thousands! While a portion of our programming will transition
back to in-person, for convenience, some programs will continue
online. Cooking programs turned out to be one of our most
popular virtual experiences. Patrons appreciated being able to
follow along with the chef in realtime in their own kitchen. From
attendee Karen Grage: “Thank you again for all of the programs
you put together for the library. I’ve used my instant pot quite a bit
and still learned things tonight. The program worked really well
over Zoom and we had a delicious dinner!...That was really fun.”
Anytime Videos:
The wide mix of videos
on our YouTube channel
includes programs
for all ages. Some are
recordings of live Zoom
programs, and others are
special programs and
activities created especially for “anytime viewing.” Magicians, crafts,
storytimes, technology instruction, and more. Check it out at:
www.youtube.com/user/DeerfieldLibrary/videos.
Grab & Go Kits: People went wild for our Grab & Go crafts!
They really made an impact during our stay-at home time. Due to
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Personalized Picks: We’re ready to help you find your next
Study Rooms & Computers: Study rooms and computers
are again available in the Youth and Adult departments. The rooms
and computers are available on a first come, first serve basis.
Curbside Pickup: When the building was fully closed, we
averaged 120 touch-free pickups a day. Curbside regular David Julis
shared: “Our family enjoyed the ease and convenience of
scheduling pick-up times throughout the day so that we could
continue to enjoy reading new and different books!” Now that the
building is fully open, the demand for this service is much lower.
But we still plan to continue the service for the foreseeable future,
and it is currently available Monday-Friday, 10 a.m -12:00 p.m.
Adult
Books to Go:
Yes, we can bring
the library to you!
Books to Go is a free
monthly service
for anyone living in
the Deerfield Public
Library service area
who can’t get to
the Library due to
illness or limiting physical conditions.
Contact Ted at 847-580-8983 for more info.
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�Adult Programs
For program descriptions, visit the DPL events calendar at deerfieldlibrary.org,
click on “Programs”.
R = Please register in advance. Registration opens Wednesday, August 18, 9am.
at deerfieldlibrary.org, click on “Programs”, or call 847-945-3311.
I
= In-person program (inside or outside; socially distanced)
H
= Hybrid program (in-person & online)
V
= Virtual program (online only)
Lake Michigan Lighthouses
Cook It!
Sweet & Savory Pie
Thursday, September 2, 6:30-8:00pm
In this baking class, you will prepare
two different small pies—one sweet
and one savory —as you cook along
and interact with the instructor. R V
Fall Photography Scavenger Hunt
September - November 2021
Teens and Adults
Details on Page 8
All-Ages BINGO!
Thursday,
September 9,
5:30-7:00pm
Bring a blanket or
lawn chair and be
ready to call out
BINGO! Join us at the
Jewett Park Pavilion
for an evening of fun. All ages welcome
and prizes will be awarded. Rain date:
September 13. R I
Adult D&D
Mondays, 6:30-8:30pm
September 13, October 11, November 8
Join us on an adventure through the
roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons.
In September, the program will be held
virtually on Roll20, and the next two
months we’ll meet in-person. Details
on website. R
Fermentation Class
Wednesday, October 27, 6:30-8:00pm
Join Andrea Pracht of My Kitchen Clatter
to learn how to make a simple salt-water
brine to bring out delicious, tangy flavors
and a wide range of health benefits from
your foods. R V
Rockford Peaches
and Baseball
Tuesday, September 14,
6:30-8:00pm
Rebecca Tulloch, a
modern Rockford Peach
and manager of the
“League of Our Own”
vintage softball team,
shares the truth and
fiction about the film,
A League of Their Own. R
Friday, September 17, 2:00-3:00pm
Learn some of the essential tools of
Inkscape and SVG files to create a custom
design. We’ll cut on our laser for you, which
can be put into an LED glow stand to
make your very own lamp. R V
PLACE Programs
Saturdays, 6:30-7:30pm
September 25, October 23, November 20
PLACE (Public Library Access and
Community for Everyone) programs
welcome adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities as well as
their parents and caregivers. Join us
for an evening of reading, conversation,
friendship, and fun. For more
information, or to register, contact Vicki,
vkarlovsky@deerfieldlibrary.org. R V
Permaculture Design 101
V
The Power of Nonviolent
Struggle for Social Change
Monday, September 20, 6:30-7:30pm
On the eve of the International Day
of Peace, we’ll explore the history and
philosophy of nonviolent action for social
change. R V
Genealogy One-on-One
Thursday, September 23, 10:00am5:30pm (half hour intervals)
Have you spent the last few months
digging deep into your family history
and hit a wall in your research? Set up a
virtual one-on-one! R V
Wednesday, September 29, 6:30-7:30pm
Learn about the ethics and principles
of Permaculture, and the different
techniques and systems that you
can implement in your own home or
community garden. R V
Medicare 101
Tuesday, October 5, 6:30-7:30pm
Medicare Solutions Network will
present an educational seminar on what
Medicare covers, what it doesn’t, and
your potential out of pocket exposure.
R
H
Trivia Night!
Only register for one program.
Details on website.
Virtual Trivia Night
Wednesday, October 6, 7:30-9:00pm
Held via Zoom and Kahoot. R V
MakerSpace It!
Custom LED Lit Acrylic Lamp
Thursday, September 23, 6:30-7:30pm
Travel the coasts of Michigan and Wisconsin to learn the history and legends of the
lighthouses that guided ships through the
treacherous waters. R V
Creepy 3D Monster
Friday, October 29, 2:00-3:15pm
Using simple, pre-made ‘monster parts’
in Tinkercad, you’ll learn the basics of
navigating a 3D environment. You’ll also
create a totally unique creature that we’ll
print for you with our 3D printer. R V
Thinks and Drinks Trivia
Wednesday, October 20,
7:30-9:00pm
Adults Only
In-person at the
Deerfield Golf
Club. R I
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�Adult Programs
Book Discussions
Copies available at the Adult Services desk
one month prior.
The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
Thursday, September 9, 1:00-2:00pm
R
V
My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Thursday, October 14, 1:00-2:00pm R
Monday, October 18, 7:30-8:30pm R
I
R
I
Classics Book Discussion
The Death of the Heart by
Elizabeth Bowen
Thursdays 7:00-8:00pm R I
October 21: Part One & Two: Chapters I-III
November 18: Part Two: Chapters IV-VIII
& Part Three
Romance Book Discussion
Tempest by Beverly Jenkins
Monday, September, 13, 7:30-8:30pm
R
V
Dune by Frank Herbert
R
I
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
by Michelle McNamara
R
I
The Dark History of
Nursery Rhymes
Thursday, October 14, 6:30-7:30pm
Almost as soon as we learn to speak, we
learn our first nursery rhymes. What is
not widely known is that many of these
rhymes were created about some dark
periods in Britain’s past. Definitely not
suitable for children. R H
Calligraphy Workshop
4
Remaining Artifacts from
“The White City”
Author Visit: Poet Lisa Hiton,
author of Afterfeast
R
I
Thursday, October 28, 6:30-7:30pm
In 1893, for five months Chicago was the
focal point of the entire world. A quick
history of the White City and where you
can still find what remains will be sure to
awaken your curiosity. R H
Titanic: Millionaire’s Special
(Call of Cthulhu One-Shot)*
Origami with June Yamasaki
True Crime Book
Discussion
Monday, November 15, 7:00-8:00pm
Friday, October 22, 12:00-1:00pm
“Ride” the virtual train into Chicago’s
Union Station as you discover the
building’s relationship to Hollywood,
then “walk” through Illinois’ oldest pet
cemetery. R H
Tuesday,
November 9,
6:30-7:30pm
Ojibwa author Kim
Sigafus will discuss
the tribes that
once inhabited
Illinois. She’ll share
an in-depth look at a typical day in the life
of a Native in the early 1800s, including
Native harvest and music. R H
Saturday, October 30, 1:00-4:00pm
Step into the shoes of a first class Titanic
passenger invited to a private showing
of one of the world’s greatest curiosities
aboard the massive ship. *This is a roleplaying game. R I
Teen/Adult Book
Discussion
Tuesday, October 26, 7:00-8:00pm
Journeying
Through the
American
Indian Way
of Life
Chicago’s Union Station and
Illinois’ Oldest Pet Cemetery
I
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Thursday, November 11, 1:00-2:00pm
in ink to
create the
broad and
narrow
strokes
that give
calligraphic
letters their rhythm and grace.
Saturday, October 16, 2:00-4:00pm
Learn to use a wedge-shaped pen dipped
Friday, November 5, 1:00-2:00pm
Learn how to fold two traditional and
classic models, the swan and the fourpointed box, called a ‘star box’. Both
models will introduce beginners to
basic folds that are used throughout
origami. R I
Navy Nurse POWs in WWII
Saturday,
November 6,
2:00-3:00pm
Learn about the
heroic twelve
U.S. Navy nurses
taken prisoner
of war by the
Empire of Japan
in 1942. R H
Saturday, November 13, 1:00-2:00pm
Poet Lisa Hiton, winner of the Dorset
Prize for Poetry, will discuss her poetic
process and read from her new collection
Afterfeast (Tupelo Press, 2021). Hiton
grew up in Deerfield and is the founder
and co-director of Queer Poem-a-Day at
the Deerfield Public Library. Books will
be available for purchase following
the event. R I
Veterans’ Tour of Deerfield
Cemetery
Saturday, November 13, 2:00-3:00pm
This behind-the-gates tour showcases
the veterans buried in the cemetery
and their amazing stories. The tour
is presented in cooperation with the
Deerfield Cemetery Commission. Rain
or shine. NOTE: The tour meets at the
Cemetery gates. R I
NOT QUITE: Asian Americans
and the “Other”
Wednesday, November 17, 6:30-7:30pm
Dr. Cheng explores several major themes:
the meanings of home(land), racial
profiling and the image of the perpetual
foreigner, and anti-Asian racism under
the pandemic. R V
Silent Cinema
Tuesday, November 23, 2:00-3:30pm
Discovering the Silent Cinema is a
slide presentation followed by film
clips with piano and theatre organ
accompaniment! R H
�Children & Teens Programs
For full program descriptions, visit the DPL events calendar at
deerfieldlibrary.org, click on “Programs”.
All Ages Bingo
R = Please register in advance. Registration opens Wednesday, August 18,
9am at deerfieldlibrary.org, click on “Programs”, or call 847-580-8962.
Thursday, September 9,
5:30-7:00pm
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and be ready to call
out BINGO! Join us at the Jewett Park Pavilion for an
evening of fun. All ages welcome and prizes will be
awarded. Rain Date: September 13. R I
I
= In-person program (inside or outside; socially distanced)
V
= Virtual program (online only)
We offer adaptive programs for children with disabilities, and will make
reasonable accommodations for every program for all abilities. For more
information about programs and services for Youth and Teens please contact
Cristina Bueno at cbueno@deerfieldlibrary.org.
STORYTIMES
Storytimes are either virtual V or in-person
outdoors. Outdoor storytimes are weather
dependent and may be moved to virtual.
Time for Twos
Wednesdays, 10:00-10:30am
September 8, 22, 29; October 6, 13, 20
Age 2
Two-year-olds will have fun with books,
songs, and activities in this storytime
designed just for them and their
caregivers! R V
Stories in the Wild
Thursdays, 10:00-10:30am
September 9, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21
Ages 0-5
We are taking Storytime outside! Please
BYOB (bring your own blanket) and
enjoy a live, in-person Storytime. R I
Tots on the Loose
Mondays, 10:30-11:00am
September 13, October 4, November 1
(Rain Dates: 9/14, 10/5, 11/2)
Ages 0-3
It’s outdoor playtime! Shake your
sillies out and make new friends in this
toddlerific program featuring stories, art,
and fun. R I
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays, 10:30-11:00am
September 14, 21, 28; October 5, 12, 19
Ages 3-5
Yes, it’s outdoors! We’ll listen to stories,
sing songs, and have fun while building
early literacy skills! R I
Grab & Go Kits:
Youth & Teens
September 13-18 / October 18-23 /
November 15-20
Stop by the outdoor Creation Station or
the Youth department for a kit to take
home. While supplies last.
Make Your Own:
Solar-Powered Vibrobug
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Baby Lapsit
Wednesday, September 15, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades 1-3
Back by popular demand! Harness the power
of the sun to make these hand painted (by
you) wooden bugs dance around! R I
Fridays, 10:00-10:30am
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22
Ages 0-24 months
It’s never too early to start reading to your
baby! Join us for stories, rhymes,
and songs. R V
Animal Adaptations
Nature Storytime
Comics & Cookies
Saturday, September 18, 1:00-1:45pm
PreK-Grade 2
Join the Lake County Forest Preserves
for a special outdoor storytime in
Jewett Park. R I
Indigenous Storytelling
Monday, October 11, 10:30-11:15am
Grades K-5
Honor Indigenous People’s Day with
stories and an earth-friendly activity.
The Chicago area is located on the
traditional unceded homelands of
the Council of the Three Fires: the
Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi
Nations. R V
Stories, Songs, and Stretches!®
Wednesdays, 10:30-11:00am,
November 3, 10, 17; December 1
Ages 3-5
Move your body and rest your mind
with these special storytimes. R V
Youth Advisory Board
Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00pm
September 1, October 6, November 3
Grades 1-5
Do you have a great idea for a program or a
book you’d like to share? Join YAB to make
your voice heard. Each month we’ll play
games, do a project, and share ideas! R I
Wednesday, September 22, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades K-5
The Lake County Forest Preserves lead an
outdoor interactive program on animals in
the wild. R I
Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00pm, Ages 8-12
September 29: Sci-Fi
October 27: Horror/Spooky
Calling all graphic novel readers! Instead of
reading the same titles, there is a chosen
theme with suggested titles. The list will be
emailed in advance. Cookies available for
pick-up. R V
Snacks & Stories: Desmond Cole
Ghost Patrol Series
Tuesday, October 5, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades 1-3
Let’s discuss Andres Miedoso’s The Vampire
Ate My Homework. Can Desmond stop the
very hungry homework-eating vampire on
the loose? Books and snacks provided. R V
Chapters & Chips: The Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste
Tuesday, October 19, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades 3-5
We’ll discuss how eleven-year-old Corinne
must call on her courage and ancient magic
to stop an evil spirit and save her home.
Books and snacks provided. R V
How to Draw Zombies
Wednesday, October 20,
4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3+
Learn to draw creepy cool
zombies with cartoonist
Paul Merklein. R V
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�Children & Teens Programs
Parent Cafe:
Great Books to Give
Mini Pumpkin Decorating
Contest
Pumpkin Drop-off: October 1 - 24
Voting: October 25 - 31
Youth & Teens
Get creative, decorate a mini pumpkin,
vote for your favorites, and possibly
win a prize! Will yours look like a book
character, will it be spooky, funny or
simply artistic? Pumpkins available in
Youth Services while supplies last.
Mini-Pumpkin Painting
Monday, October 11, 2:00-3:00pm
All Ages
Come and get creative with us outside!
R
I
Little KiDLS
Saturday, October 23, 11:00-11:45am
Ages 3-5
Rock On! We’ll explore rocks and minerals
through books, games, and a craft. R V
KiDLS
Saturday, October 23, 1:00-2:00pm
Ages 7-10
Learn about rocks and minerals, how
crystals are formed, and the mysteries
buried in the Earth. A special Rock, Paper,
Scissors tournament will be held with
prizes! R V
Sensory Halloween
Sunday, October 24, 2:00-3:00pm
Ages 3+
Practice trick-or-treating in a safe,
friendly, and gentle environment.
Designed especially for children with
sensory or developmental needs to learn
social skills and have fun wearing their
costumes to the library! Treats will be
allergy friendly toys only. R I
Paint-Your-Own Alebrije
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Tuesday, November 2,
4:00-5:00pm
Grades 3+
Learn about and
paint your own
hand-carved
alebrije under
the instruction of
Indigenous artist Carlos Orozco from
Oaxaca, Mexico. R V
Starts Tuesday, November 9
Anytime Program on our
YouTube channel
Join Ms. Kary for a discussion of the
best picture books, chapter books, and
non-fiction titles...great for gifts or to
read together!
Printmaking: Creative Cards
Wednesday, November 10,
4:00-5:00pm
Grades 3-5
Let’s use a printmaking technique to
create a set of cards we can mail out to
friends and family! R V
Snacks & Stories:
Jo Jo Makoons
Thursday, November 11, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades 1-3
Let’s discuss Dawn Quigley’s Jo Jo
Makoons: The Used-To-Be Best Friend
which celebrates a spunky seven-yearold Ojibwe girl who loves who she is.
Books and snacks provided. R V
Create Your Own:
Tea Light Clay Flower
Tuesday, November 16, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades K-2
With the
nights getting
darker lets
light up our
homes with
a colorful tea
light holder. R V
Virtual Family Trivia Night
Thursday, November 18, 7:00-8:00pm
All Ages
Join Miss Noreen & Miss Megan for a
fun hour of family trivia. Get a bowl of
popcorn and join the fun! R V
TEEN PROGRAMS
Note: For Teen programs, Grades 6-12
are welcome.
Ufit College Consulting
Saturdays, Drop-in between 1:00-4:00pm
Sept. 4, Oct. 2, Nov. 6, Dec. 4
Get your college admissions questions answered
(for free!). Open to middle and high school
students and their parents. R I
Teen Advisory Board
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00pm
Sept. 14, Oct. 12, Nov. 9
TAB members help plan programs, create
content for our website, and keep the Teen
Space awesome! Hours you contribute count
as volunteer service. R I
DIY Aquatic Terrariums
Friday, September 10, 4:30-5:30pm
Do you have trouble keeping plants alive? That’s
why we’re making these aquatic terrariums, with
a special plant that simply lives in water! R I
Popcorn & Paperbacks:
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Monday, October 11, 5:00-6:00pm
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Native
American Heritage Month by reading a book by an
indigenous author. Books, snacks provided. R I
Music Production Workshop
Wednesday, October 13, 5:30-7:00pm
Learn music production basics from industry
professionals and make your own music. R I
Teen/Adult Book Discussion:
Dune by Frank Herbert
Tuesday, October 26, 7:00-8:00pm
Whether you choose to read the original, or watch
the movie, join us for a lively discussion. R I
Paint-Your-Own Alebrije
Tuesday, November 2, 4:00-5:00pm
Learn about and paint your own hand-carved
alebrije under the instruction of Indigenous
artist Carlos Orozco. R V
Fanfiction Workshop
Homeschool Programs
Friday, November 5, 4:00-5:00pm
Get prompts, trade work, and talk about fandom!
Thursdays, September 9, 23, 30;
October 7, 21, 28; November 4, 18
Ages 7-10: 2:00-3:00pm
Ages 11+: 3:15-4:15pm
Homeschool students will enjoy fun
activities, a special book club, and
learn cool stuff. Contact Kary Henry
(khenry@deerfieldlibrary.org) for
more information or to register.
DIY 3D-Printed Funko Pops
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Wednesday, November 17, 5:00-6:00pm
Create the Funko Pop of your dreams with 3D
templates from our Makerspace. R I
Escape Room: Escape the Underworld
Monday, November 22
1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm (choose one time slot)
Show us your skills at this Greek mythology
themed escape room. R I
�Welcome Back to New and Old Favorites at DPL
Library Lifeline: This service is for seniors and adults with
disabilities. These free one-on-ones and check-ins are provided
via phone, email, Skype, or Zoom. For more information contact
Vicki at vkarlovsky@deerfieldlibrary.org or leave a message at
847-580-8938.
PLACE Programs: PLACE stands for Public Library Access and
Community for Everyone. These social and educational programs
are for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as
well as their parents and caregivers. See page 3 for details about
the monthly evenings of friendship and fun.
Youth & Teens
Read-Along Collection: This brand new collection will
include Playaway picture bookpacks,
as well as Wonderbooks and Vox
Books. These new titles combine a
traditional printed picture book with
a built-in audio recording, perfect for
kids who can’t read to themselves
yet, or for anyone who wants to
listen to a story! Each book can be replayed dozens of times
without being recharged. And don’t worry about recharging
them yourself—we’ll take care of that when it is returned.
Launchpads: A great way to keep kids engaged and learning
all year round. Each tablet comes pre-loaded with themed
educational games and activities for specific age groups. Stop
by and check them out, and feel free to ask the Youth staff for
recommendations.
Stay & Play: To support safe play, loose toys and games are
still put away. Instead, while in the library, one family group at a
(cont. from page 2)
time can use a Stay & Play box. There are many different themed
boxes with a variety of creative activities. You might want to
check out one of the boxes with kinetic sand! The boxes are kept
at the Youth Services desk, and are quarantined after every use.
Teen Book Discussions: Deerfield teens continued to be
active readers throughout the pandemic. Book group regulars
Liam and Lucas Ford shared that the move from in-person to a
virtual platform still provided a fun time and generated lots of
interesting discussions. When asked for a book recommendation
from the past year, they gave four thumbs up for Black Wings
Beating by Alex London.
DPS 109 Partnership: Literary Scavenger Hunt!
DPL School Outreach Coordinator Kary Henry partners with
DPS 109 school librarians throughout the school year on a
variety of engaging projects. During this unique school year,
one new online adventure Wilmot students (grades 3-5) got to
participate in was a literary scavenger hunt!
During the live 30 minute online hunt the rules were:
Don’t leave the house to find the object, don’t take anything
breakable, and put everything back where it belongs. After
Kary showed the cover of a book popular in their school
library, and told them the related object to find, students ran
to find a fitting example and back to the screen to share.
What did they go looking for? One example, for a book about
the Titanic, the students had to find something that could
float. One of the most surprising items presented: When the
students went in search of something that makes noise, one
student returned with his baby brother! Everyone got a laugh
out of that – even the little brother!
This is just a handful of what we have to offer. But you library lovers know that! Feel free to be in touch with any questions.
One of the best ways to stay up to date on services and programs is by subscribing to our e-newsletter.
Subscribe at deerfieldlibrary.org/newsletters.
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
The Friends of the Deerfield Public Library would like to welcome
our new Board members: Susan Roman, June Walton, and
Andrew Johnson. They have some great new ideas for our group.
Thank you to our members for their continued support in our
efforts to fund Library programs. Some of the most recent
projects include: funding for the Summer Reading Program,
Grab & Go kit materials for the Kindness Rock Garden, and the
Queer Poem-a-Day podcast series.
Please continue to visit the Friends’ Book Corner. Thanks to our
volunteers it is freshly and fully stocked. If you are interested in
volunteering, we can use your help. See contact info below.
Our next meeting is
scheduled for Monday,
August 23, 7:00 p.m.
All are welcome to attend.
Consider becoming a
Friend: If you love your
library, one of the best ways
to show your love is to become a member of the Friends of the
Deerfield Public Library. The easiest way to make that happen is
to join online on our website. If you prefer, you can print out an
application form and mail it in.
Visit our website for more information: deerfieldlibrary.org/friends-of-the-library
The Friends can be contacted at 847-945-3311 x8895 or at friends@deerfieldlibrary.org
The Friends are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group. Contributions may be deductible under IRS regulations.
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920 Waukegan Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
Non Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Deerfield, IL
Permit No. 196
DEERFIELD
Important Library Numbers
• Telephone: 847-945-3311
• Library home page and catalog:
www.deerfieldlibrary.org
Carrier Route Presort
Deerfield Postal Patron
• To ask a reference question:
reference@deerfieldlibrary.org
Upcoming Holiday Closings and Late Openings
The Library Will Be Closed All Day
The Library Will Close at 3pm
The Library Will Open at 10am
The Library Will Open at 1pm
Monday, September 6
Thursday, November 25
Wednesday, November 24
Tuesday, August 24
Tuesday, September 28
Thursday, November 18
Wednesday, October 13
Deerfield Public Library
Amy Falasz-Peterson, Library Director
847-580-8901
afalaszpeterson@deerfieldlibrary.org
Library Board Members
value your opinions!
Ken Abosch, President
847-948-5390
kabosch@deerfieldlibrary.org
Luisa Ellenbogen, Secretary
312-543-7258
lellenbogen@deerfieldlibrary.org
Seth Schriftman, Treasurer
847-770-2530
sschriftman@deerfieldlibrary.org
Mike Goldberg
312-735-1023
mgoldberg@deerfieldlibrary.org
Howard Handler
312-925-2597
hhandler@deerfieldlibrary.org
Kyle Stone
248-762-1309
kstone@deerfieldlibrary.org
Emily Wallace
847-204-5573
ewallace@deerfieldlibrary.org
Library Hours
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Mon–Thurs: 9:00am–9:00pm
Friday: 9:00am–6:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am–5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm–5:00pm
Fall Photography Scavenger Hunt
September – November 2021 • Teens and Adults
Flex your photography skills for a season-long nature photo
scavenger hunt. Participate in different themes to capture
Deerfield and the Chicagoland area in its autumn colors.
Open to teens (Grades 6-12) and adults. Submissions will
be displayed in the library. The community will vote on their
favorite photos and the winner will receive a grand prize! Please
email photography@deerfieldlibrary.org to submit your photos
digitally, or drop off physical copies at the Media or Youth desk.
Couldn’t Have Done it Without You!
Hats off to all our wonderful S.T.A.R. volunteers for making the library’s summer so productive and fun! Faced with a different type of volunteering than in previous years (virtual and
touch-free), teens lent their talents to creating art pieces, including book covers, writing blog
articles and Instagram Spotlight reviews of books, and putting kits together for programs.
Ten teens served as Book Buddies, partnering with a young student and reading together on
Zoom. Our teen volunteers really helped to color our world with reading this summer!
Many thanks to the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library for their sponsorship of a huge
rainbow of summer projects. This included sponsorship of the month-long Queer Poem-aDay project (deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday), supplies for the Kindness Garden kits,
and prizes for the Summer Reading Program. Their support made it possible to provide our
community with a wide variety of new insights and experiences.
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Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletters
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Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield Public Library
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September - November 2021
1893 Chicago World's Fair
A League of Their Own
Afterfeast
Alebrije
Alex London
Amy Falasz-Peterson
Andrea Pracht
Andres Miedoso
Andrew Johnson
Beverly Jenkins
Black Wings Beating
Call of Cthulu Roleplaying System
Carlos Orzco
Charles Yu
Chciago Union Station
Council of the Three Fires
COVID-19
COVID-19 Pandemic
Cristina Bueno
David Julis
Dawn Quigley
Deerfield Cemetery Commission
Deerfield Golf Club
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Anytime Videos
Deerfield Public Library Book Buddies
Deerfield Public Library Books to Go Home Delivery Service
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Curbside Pickup
Deerfield Public Library Deerfield Cemetary Tours
Deerfield Public Library Electronic Book Collection
Deerfield Public Library Grab and Go Kits
Deerfield Public Library Instagram
Deerfield Public Library Kindness Rock Garden
Deerfield Public Library Launchpads
Deerfield Public Library Library Lifelines
Deerfield Public Library Personalized Picks
Deerfield Public Library Public Library Access and Community for Everyone (PLACE)
Deerfield Public Library Queer Poem a Day
Deerfield Public Library Read-Along Collection
Deerfield Public Library S*T*A*R Volunteers
Deerfield Public Library School Outreach Coordinator
Deerfield Public Library Stay and Play Boxes
Deerfield Public Library Summer Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Deerfield Public Library Virtual Programs
Deerfield Public Library Youth Advisory Board
Deerfield Public Library YouTube Channel
Deerfield Public School
Deerfield Public School District 109
Dorset Prize for Poetry
Dr. Cheng
Dune
Dungeons and Dragons
Elizabeth Bowen
Emily Wallace
Frank Herbert
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Funko Pop
Hollywood
Hoopla
Howard Handler
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Interior Chinatown
International Day of Peace
Japan
Jewett Park
Jewett Park Pavilion
Jo Jo Makoons
June Walton
June Yamasaki
Kahoot
Karen Grage
Kary Henry
Kate Elizabeth Russel
Ken Abosch
Kim Sigafus
Kyle Stone
Lake County Forest Preserves
Lake Michigan
League of Our Own Vintage Softball Team
Liam Ford
Libby by Overdrive
Lisa Hiton
Lucas Ford
Luisa Ellenbogen
Matt Haig
Medicare
Megan Sanks
Michelle McNamara
Michigan
Mike Goldberg
My Dark Vanessa
My Kitchen Clatter
Noreen Trotsky
Oaxaca Mexico
Odawa Nation
Ojibwe Nation
Paul Merklein
Permaculture
Potawatomi Nation
Prisoners of War
Rebecca Tulloch
Rockford Peaches Baseball Team
Rocky Mountain National Park
Roll20
Seth Schriftman
Susan Roman
Ted Gray
Tempest
The Death of the Heart
The Jumbies
The Midnight Library
The Vampire Ate My Homework
The White City
Tinkercad
Titanic
Tracey Baptiste
Tupelo Press
Ufit College Consulting
United States Navy
United States Navy Nurses
Vicki Karlovsky
Vox Books
Wilmot Elementary School
Wisconsin
Wonderbooks
World War II
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Lyman Wilmot House
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An account of the resource
This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
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Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield Public Library
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2002
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English
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Canada, With Particular Reference to the West (Map)
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Photocopy of maps of Canada with Highlighting
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Reproduction Drawings Limited
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English
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DPL.0013.029
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Amherstburg Ontario Canada
Ancaster Ontario Canada
Athabaska Canada
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Barkerville Canada
Barrie Ontario Canada
Bath Ontario Canada
Bay of Fundy
Bay of Quinte
Belle River Ontario Canada
Bellingham Montana
Blenheim Ontario Canada
Boston Massachusetts
Brandford Ontario Canada
Brandon Canada
Breton Canada
British Columbia Canada
Brockville Ontario Canada
Brome Quebec Canada
Brooks Canada
Browning Montana
Buffalo New York
Burlington Ontario Canada
Burnaby Canada
Burnhamthorpe Ontario Canada
Buxton Ontario Canada
Calgary Canada
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Camden Ontario Canada
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Cape Breton Island Canada
Cape Vincent New York
Cardston Canada
Cataraqui Ontario Canada
Charlottetown Canada
Charlotteville Ontario Canada
Chatham Canada
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Chip Lake Canada
Chippawa Ontario Canada
Cincinnati Ohio
Clarke Ontario Canada
Cleveland Ohio
Clyde Canada
Cobourg Ontario Canada
Colchester Ontario Canada
Collingwood Ontario Canada
Columbus Ohio
Concord Massachusetts
Conestogo Ontario Canada
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Cornwall Ontario Canada
Dawn Mills Ontario Canada
Dawn Ontario Canada
Dawson Canada
Dawson Creek Canada
Delta Ontario Canada
Detroit Michigan
Detroit River
Digby Canada
Donatville Canada
Dover Center Ontario Canada
Drayton Valley Canada
Dresden Ontario Canada
Drumheller Canada
Duluth Minnesota
Duncan Canada
Dundas Ontario Canada
Edmonton Canada
Edwardsburgh Ontario Canada
Elara Ontario Canada
Eldon Canada
Elgin Ontario Canada
Emerson Canada
Esquimalt Canada
Essex Ontario Canada
Etobicoke Ontario Canada
Farnham Quebec Canada
Flamboro Ontario Canada
Flint Michigan
Fort Erie Ontario Canada
Fort Lennox Quebec Canada
Fort Malden Ontario Canada
Fort Saskatchewan Canada
Fort Wayne Indiana
Fountain City Indiana
Fredericton Canada
Ft. William Canada
Galesburg Illinois
Ganges Harbour Canada
Ganonoque Ontario Canada
Gasfield Ontario Canada
Georgian Bay
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Golt Ontario Canada
Granby Quebec Canada
Grand Island
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Guelph Ontario Canada
Guysborough Canada
Halifax Canada
Hamilton Canada
Hamilton Ontario Canada
Harrisburg Pennsylvania
Harrow Ontario Canada
Hartford Connecticut
Harwich Ontario Canada
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Howard Ontario Canada
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Iowa
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Jordan Ontario Canada
Kalamazoo Michigan
Kamloops Canada
Killarney Canada
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Kitchener Ontario Canada
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Maidstone Canada
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Montpelier Vermont
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Montreal Quebec Canada
Moose Jaw Canada
Morrisburg Ontario Canada
Mount Forest Ontario Canada
Mount Hope Ontario Canada
Nanaimo Canada
Napanee Ontario Canada
New Brunswick Canada
New Canaan Ontario Canada
New Hampshire
New Haven Connecticut
New Jersey
New Westminster Canada
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Newfoundland Canada
Niagara Falls New York
Niagara Falls Ontario Canada
Niagara on the Lake Ontario Canada
Niagara River
North Battleford Canada
North Boy Canada
North Dakota
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Northwest Territories Canada
Norwich Ontario Canada
Nova Scotia Canada
Oakville Ontario Canada
Oberlin Ohio
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LYMAN WILMOT HOUSE
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601 WilmoL Road
Deerfield, Illinois
The origi^31 pioneer house, probably a cabin, was built ca. 1840, with
additions and revisions over the years. It is, I believe, the oldest
occupied building in Lake County, an opinion confirmed by the Director of
Archives of Lake County Museum, Wauconda, Illinois. The only older
standing structure being a log cabin erected, three years earlier which has
been moved and is a part of a historical village in a Deerfield,park.
At a later date, but still early, a coach house was added to the property
and used for the Wilmots' wagons, carriages, and horses.
The structures still show early detail, especially hand-hewn beams and a
stone'foundation in the house cellar.
A unique feature of the coach house is a tower section which once contained
an inside water tank. And in the house, still to be seen after more than a
hundred years, are the initials scratched in a windowpane of Roswell
Wilmot, one of Lyman Wilmot's sons.
After the deaths of Lyman and Clarissa Wilmot in the 1890s (they are buried
m Deerfield Cemetery), the property passed into the hands of various
members of the family and others to the present day. Although changes have
been made m the.property - to be expected in 155 years - it still retains
integrity as a pioneer home. Much of Wilmot1s original acreage has been
sold off over the years, but the remaining property, the size of three
normal house lots, is very impressive and is unique in the community on a
street bearing the historic Wilmot name.
Lyman Wilmot was.a seventh generation descendant of immigrants from England
who came to America m 1637 and were among the earliest settlers of
Connecticut. He was born in Boone County, New York, in 1806.
In 1834 Lyman's brother Jesse Wilmot journeyed to what is now the Deerfield
another on the western edge of the present village.
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�-2its superintendent and his wife taught. The school bears their name to
this day. My children attended this school at one time and my grandchildren
do now, where they are "celebrities" to their friends because they live in
"Mr. Wilmot's house."
The Wilmot family were ardent supporters of the North's cause during the
Civil War. They were dedicated abolitionists and their home became a stop
on the Underground Railroad where slaves were harbored on their way to
Canada. One escaped slave was sheltered by them throughout the war.
The Lyman Wilmot family was significant in the founding and early develop
ment of the community of Deerfield, and their still-standing historic
residence - evolved as it may be - is probably the oldest occupied building
in Lake County.
This record of the pioneer Lyman Wilmot family was presented to the
Deerfield Historical Society by Richard Hart of Riverwoods, Illinois, an
owner of the property in June, 1995
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�The Wilmot homestead is located at 601 Wilmot Road. The original
house consisted of a kitchen and living room with a "ladder" stairway
to the space above them - the sleeping loft. One of the stories perpetuated
about the home is that it once was an underground station for runaway
slaves during the Civil War. Lyman Wilmot was known to have been an
abolitionist.
Several additions have been made through the years. In the 1920's
the sun porch shown below was added. This became the main entry to
the house.
The other structure on the property is the coach house, built to
house the coaches, or horse-drawn carriages, owned by the Wilmots. Three
garages are now on the ground level. The second floor was originally
a hay loft; it is now an apartment.
Attached to the coach house is a
shop, and an office that was formerly a greenhouse.
�SETTLING IN
The title of "disputed" first settler in Deerfield is held by
Jesse Wilmot. He came by flatboat up the north branch of the Chicago
River (that's the trickle under the bridge on Deerfield Road by the
Garden Apartments) and spent the winter of 1834 here alone, As he was
just scouting the area, he was not considered a settler.
Meehans and Lambs are listed as early settlers, but one historian
gives credit for first permanent residency to the Cadwells.
Jacob
Cadwe11 and his family came from Vermont and settled here in 1835.
As they settled around what is now the corner of Waukegan and Deerfield
Roads, the town became known as Cadwell Corners, That name, remained
until 1849-50 when there was a vote to rename the town. Many German
and Irish settlers had arrived by then. Irish people wanted another
Erin. John Millen (who was from Deerfield, Massachusetts) suggested
Deerfield as it seemed to fit the area with its abundance of wild deer.
When the vote was taken, Deerfield won by four votes.
Meanwhile Jesse Wilmot returned with his family and settled on land
that is now around Greenwood Avenue. He convinced his brother to
investigate the area, and Lyman did just that in 1837. He then returned
to New York for his family and finally settled in the fall of 1840 on
240 acres of wild land around what is now Wilmot School. Here Lyman
and Clarissa Wilmot raised six sons and three daughters.
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Wilmot, Deerfield, was,a station on the Underground Rah- f
. road, the pre-Civil War route by which slaves rumujig away
from the Sou.a v^ispirited to Canada?-^ Deerf{?ld . • ,
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small part, was a station. The'rest : of thO : house •^ 'V.'hlch
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station: Stopping place, on.Freedom Road,
a new main section, with attached porch; , the garage arid its
attached greenhouse .also have been added;,.One value f of;
the onetime ‘‘station’Viriightbd'tjiat it'string a?: a lessoilte
Deerfleldians’not to be impatient when- they are‘'waitmg''at
the Milwaukee Road station for a commuter traih that Is 5
minutes late. In Wilmot’s day, ^riders” ori the'Underground .
Railrodd;Sometimes had to wait days or evert'1weeks in-his
house’ until’the moment.seemed;favorable to■' hide'-’therii^under a load of hay, in a' wagon, "and move to the next %
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home of the Wilmots, who settled here botween 1839-40." The orig
inal home served as an underground/station for run-away slaves. Ly;; man ;y/ilmpt was one-of the most successful farmers in Lake County.
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visits the original Wilmot home, on Wilmot Road, during a visit to
Deerfield last week. Welcoming him is present owner of the house,
Robert Young. Constructed in the late 1830’s it is one of the oldest
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12 StSK^elery
3’. O'Plain Cemetery
f8. Louis Gastfield Home (7542;
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John Millen home (1839)
Philip Brand home (1844)
& 12. Cadwell homes
Cadwell School (1848)
Alfred Parsons home (1843)
Philip Vedder home (1844)
Job Galloway home (1840)
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19. Andrew Meier home
20. Fred Fritsch home (1842)
21. Jasper Ott
22. Jacob Ott
23. John Jacob Ott Sr.
24. Lorenz Ott
25. Jacob Luther
26. Martin Luther (1835)
27. Jennings’ homestead
28. Stewart family
29. Dose home .
30. Vincent's Grist Mill
31. Wilmot School (1847)
32. Jame Duffy (1844)
33. Patrick Carotan (A841)
34. Ludlow home
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35. Michael Meehan home (1835)
36. James O’Connor home
37. Dorsey home
38. Dawson home
39. Bartholamew Boylan
40. Michael Dawson
41. Michael Fagan
42. Dennis Lancaster
43. Michael Vore
44. McIntyres & Tullys
45. James Mooney
46. Philip Ott home (1836)
47. Roderbusch home
48. St. Mary's of the Woods Cemetery.
Here, in 1674, Father Marquette
erected a cross, preaching to the
Indians.
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Hollister nnd Robert Bennett,- Constable*
John Bennett and R. P. Buck. This Town*
shi|) bos n school fund of $3,839 43. The only '
Post office in this Town is Flint Creek— J.
J. Bullock, Postmaster.
. '-n1® vuluation of property iu this Town for
was
thereon waSC/a kT""* °f
C°mpUted
iir peculiar location, has nevor, hithorto
iclod them the benefits of q pul)lic thorhfure through their midst; in consequence
vhicli, they have been kept somewhat in
back ground in u'business point of view,
ceping their lands at a low value, whilst
completion of this'Rail Road cannot fail
oubliug the'vahic ofihp.ir'rcill estite.
'he population of this Town, like that of
other Towns of the County, is made up
n various poVtions of the civilized world ;
as a community, the inhahitauts arc
■keel lor their temperate and indu'utrioui •
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t well as for their perseverance and
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TOWN OF DEERFIELD.
. 1-J“«r(ield is n fractional Township and lies
in the south-east corner of the County, nnd is
north by Shields, on the east
>y Bake Michigan, on the south by Cook
Cpunty, and on the west by Vernon.
J he.first settlement of this Town was comme. cod "i tho spring of 1836, by Jacob CadCaleb
'3 E°nS,l S,1?di*on °-. Philemon,
Uieh.Hirum,. and Edwin, who emigrated
from Norfolk, in the State of New York, in
the spring ofIS35. Among the balance oI
the early settlers of this Town, were Horace
inuTng the curly settlers of thisTown, v/cro
toll A.Whitfr,'JoshuaA.llarudon,JohnElls•t;
. II. Freeman, Amos Flint, I,. H.
e, ..ohert CtuUncc, Robert Bonnet, Jnred
nstock unci FrceU'iun Martin.
’hevfirst Town meeting in this Town was
1 ot the Ifouse ofNoble R. Haves. John
hillock Nvas chosen moderator, and Noblo
lays, clerk. The first set of Town ofti; wdVe ns follows : Supervisor, Philctus
erly ; Town clerk, Noble R. Hays ; AssesJacob McGilvra; Collector, Rob. Conmee;
:rseer of the Poor Francii Kelsey ; Coni*
sioners of Highways, James Jones, Lewis
3ute, Harvey Lambert ; Constables, ChesBehnett aqu Wallace Bennett; Justices of
Peace/ Innis Hollister and Robert Bcn*he present Town oftlcors are us follows :
ler-visor, Lewis II. 'Bute ; Town Clerk,
ri Sears; Assessor, Joshua lluindon’;
lector; John Juckson ; Overseer of 'thu
■r, "Robert 'Bennett ;• ComihisAftnc'rD 'of
hwHys, Ilaryey Lambert, Jumea Jones and
r "Wheeler; Justices of tho'Peace, Ittuis
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Dll3 lownship is mostly timbered .land
having no P-rairies, except a small skirt of he
Grand Prairie extending up a short distance
•into the south-rrost- portion of it.
There nro some two or three sWish
•streams passing through tins Town, flbwim.
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HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY.
Bartlett, followed him west in 1836, locating
near Libcrtyvillc.
Richard and Ransom Steele came to the
county in 1S34, made claims and erected a house
about two and one-half miles south of Libcr
tyvillc. Returning cast for their families in the
early winter, they occupied the new home in
February, 1835. In this house, June 20, 1835,
Albert B. Steele was born. He was the son of
•Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steele, and was the first
white child born within the limits of what is
Sclllcrs Increase—River Claims Preferred—First
Census Taken—Partial List of Pioneers—
Trappers Who Departed When Permanent
Settlers Came—Stories of the Early Residents
—How They Came and Where They Located
—Wynkoop's Deer Park.
Richard and Ransom Steele, came to Lake
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claim in the same neighborhood in 183.1, as did
Andrew S. Wells.
Jacob Miller came out from Chicago in 1834
and built a sawmill near the mouth of Mill
Creek, not far from the town line now separating
Warren from Newport; went back to the city
for the winter, and returned to the mill early
in 1835. He also erected a flouring mill, the first
in the county, as far as can be ascertained.
William Green prospected on the east side
of the river, in Libcrtyvillc, in 1834, but did
not permanently locate there until 1837.
Jesse Wilmot built a home in Deerfield in
1834, and) “bached" it for a year. Lyman, his
brother, spent the summer with him, then re
turning cast, where he remained until 1840, after
which, until his death,_ he resided in this county.
Joseph Flint located a claim in Cuba town
ship, probably in 1834, which was occupied by
his bachelor son, Amos Flint, who died in 1837
or 1838. The log house, whioh was jointly oc
cupied by an aunt, Mrs. Grace Flint, and V. H.
Freeman and family, burned during their first
winter,' leaving them in a pitiable condition.
Timber was plenty, however, and but little time
elapsed before a temporary shelter replaced the
burned structure. Flint Creek, in Cuba, still
bears the name of the pioneer of .that township.
Joseph Flint is understood to have returned cast
immediacy after locating the claim. Thomas
Ballard, who came to Vernon in 1835, also lost
a house by fire, but before his family or furniture
had been moved in.
It is probably true that Captain Wright’s was
the only family to spend the entire winter of
1834-5 in Lake County, although it is claimed
by William E. Sundcrlin that his uncle, Pclcg
Sunderhn, and family spent that season in their
log home tin the York House neighborhood north
west of Waukegan.
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claims taken up were almost entirely along the
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agreements that when the land was surveyed and
sold they would deed to each other any that
might be within the lines staked out as "claims."
These agreements were usually carried out, al
though some litigation resulted,
The river
claims were quickly taken and those bordering
the lakes or small streams, especially when it
happened that there was a grove located near,
were usually the next ones to be secured. Those
living along the river suffered most with chills
and fever—those banes of pioneer life— and the .
prairie settlers found some compensation for
being compelled to at once dig wells because of
at least partial exemption from the ague. The
agreements to deed back and forth any land
embraced in a claim, regardless of section lines,
accounts for the irregular shape of many farms
in various parts of the county, and explains the
long, narrow subdivisions so common along the
Des Plaines.
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It is not easy at this late day to make a
complete and accurate list of all who came in
1835. to separate them from those who came
a year or two later, or to state just the locali
ties where they settled. A few remained but
a short time, although a majority made this
their permanent home. The following list prob
ably embraces most of those who came in 1835:
In Vernon there were James Chambers, Clark
Knights, Alonzo Cook, Moody Rowd, Henry
Walton. Jonathan Rice. William Easton. B. F.
Washburn. J. M. Washburn*, Mathias Mason.
Asahcl Talcott, Roswell Rose, Andrew S. Wells,
Henry Wells, William Whigam. John Gridlcy
and his sons. Elisha. George and John T. Gridley. William Easton and his sons. Robert and
John Easton. John A. Mills. Erastus Bailey,
Matthew Hoffman and Moses Putney.
In Libcrtyvillc there were Richard Steele.
Ransom Steele. Davis C. Steele. Henry B. Steele,
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Alderman of that city. He was a member of the Aztec Club which was formed in 0
the City of Mexico by the officers of the army at the close of that war; also a
member of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the American Revolution, and other so
cieties. He was the author of "Turnley’s Narrative from Diaries, it u
The Turnleys,” and several other books and many speeches, lectures and poems
He died
in 1911.
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HENRY S. VAIL
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He was married, March 3, 1880, to Miss Jennie C. McCulloch, after making his
home in Highland. Park in 1878. He was one of the organizers of the Law and
Ureter'League.
LYMAN WILMOT
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October 6 1S55 Mr. Wilmot came to Lake County in 1840, locating in the
own of Deerfield. He died November 12, 1896.
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WARREN HENRY WILMOT was bom in Deerfield, Lake County, 111.,
October 6, 1855, the son of Lyman and Clarissa (Dwight) Wilmot. He received
is education in the district schools and Northwestern College at Naperville 111
He has been twice married: to Miss Minnie E. Vining in 18S0 and ten ’
later to Miss Eva P. Vant. He has served
*
and ten years
as
Supervisor
of
West
Dccrfield'fmmTgoJ
Schools and
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' 10S HeeHlty-P tS>MrSliy f°,r thE NortI,ern DistrIct of IlSis, October 22,
kegan Council v
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’r Republican ticket, and is a member of WauW A157’ (A‘ K * A‘ “'>* A‘ °- ** L°^’ No- 676/
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THE WILMOT FAMILY
some mention or Ri!'1 ?0,r,I<1 1,0 coinploto without
a. prominent part in** thi "1?fam ly wl,,ul‘ Played. such
yet or this lanraVimn ° affa,rs ,°r the community, and
Portrait and ninJA1”! «y *1° «je>«ber-remains here. The
"Lyman Wilmot Vho'fJlinf bum °f Lalt0 Couuty says:
dent and leading )
f fifty-one years has been a rcslNew York nadthe
r°» ,the to,wn °r Decrfiekl, claims
birth Is i , (hi Lb C,°i1l,s nativity. The place or his
the data s J«.y O22niOSf0?O,OfrVIme> *ro,om* County' and
Hnnnni. /n.
,r
1S0G. His parents were Jesse and
His lithe?::."0,0 WlAl,not* boLh Motives or Connecticut.
• vine N Y Ai.b?rn
3' 177°- and died In Colcs177R rt'iJ”. 0?loobcr 1J* isi°- HIs wire, born June 10,
and AnJCn in,1S53- They were the parents or five sons
and one daughter. The sons made tho remarkable record or having all lived to celebrate their golden, weddings,
brn.prt while„1?ne' the subject of this sketch, has cele- '
h s ml1
llby wedding or the sixtieth anniversary of
vaV m. P
Stopben B- the eldest of the five brothers,
■uni diVrt m rU,aryi,
mrUTied Mlss
Clauson,
years- I niv* m- ' M' 1,S77,1 :l1 1,10 !l80 °r sovonty-nlno
1799 am
?" y dil”elUc''- wns l,0''“ November 2.7.
1803' \vPfidoJCn July 14, iSO4; Amos, born March 3,
1 1 d. Bc,tSy Crawford, and died in 1S78, at the
ago °f seventy-six years; Asahcl was born March 24,
?n'!i0 ve Smith, and died in-St. Paul, Minn.,
" Millch' 18S?* at ,the aeo of eighty-four, having long
been a practicing physician; Lyman ia now cighty-fivo
i^nS °r,agc: : css' 1,10 youngest, was born September 13,
IIvh?A m n*
' afw‘fe Blftabeth Luther, and Is now
Missouri’ th° ag° °C cighty"one years in Carroll County,
hair months old. Roswell 0., born July 12, 1847, wa
married November 20, 1S70. to Miss Miranda C. Adams
and resides in Hodgldss, Delta County,' Colo. Dwigh
JunoC,n ml AandUSr n’ 1849' marrled L,zzIe Scholes
S intn SS ’ and i os Ides In Evergreen Colo. Ho wa
E Cn PII7n rSC,;lallV° l° the Colorado Legislature
Sr ifiE mr ln ia,nuary 19’ 1852« was married Decern.
hiCqm?M,1pi7|C' t0 E?,\v n ICIttell» and their homo is nov
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Eb,??g0; W^ren Henry, born October 6, 185 5
Is now a resident ot Deerneld. The children 'ofder thai
pSeli!* Wer° b0rn ,n Ncw York aad those younger h
"Mr. Wilmot was engaged In farming In the town o
Greenwood, Steuben County. N. Y.. until 1837. when leav
‘ag b,s (am,,y» ho first came to Lake County on a pros
pcctlng tour, arriving at his destination on the 20th da\
°f fjay‘ JefQ* his younger brother, had preceded hin
this county in 1835, and had located In-what Is now
the town of Deerfield. Mr. Wilmot visited his brothei
and traveled over Northern Illinois Cor several monthand In November following returned to New York. h
the fall of 1840, ho emigrated from that state to Lain
hnUM.nr TUl !SJanV,y' com,ng ])y Loan» to Buffalo when
J.1® ansTei-red the teams to a steamboat and took pa*
Doornoi.1 (i!,lc«agr0,i Ari’lv,ng at that Port they drove t{
Dcoi field, their future homo. In February, 1S41 he pu r
wi,aiM,di°neJlUndreid aVd sIxLy acres of wild land, t<
which he afterwards added until he now has two hun
J red and forty acres., HIs farm is largely prairie am
for tlhft n^f°#i«eCtl0n 32, Where he has madQ his home
*®r J he past fifty-one years. It is considered one of tin
of thoam^ ° rarm3 Jn_ Dcorfleld. and tho owner is on.
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m°st successful and leading agriculturists' oLal o County. In polItlc'araentimonUheils an earnest Re
publlcap. In early life he was an anti-slavery Whig ant
ins? Mo ™ accord with the original Abolitionists H(
lost his vote at the presidential election of 184 0 by rea
n°«! °, „1S removal t0
West that year. When the
Republican party was organized he was one of thos.
who took part in its formation In Northern Illinois H(
lias-never been a seeker Tor public ofilce and has server
only in minor local positions. lie was Moderator at the
lust town meeting held in Deerfield, and has served aAssessor for that town. During the draft he accepted
inwn'° / ?V?°iPl,.lar po?,tion of enrolling officer for hi*
IhrcateiietL * ° * 16 mad° enem,es and even had his life
"Lyman Wilmot. whoso name heads this record hav
ing lost his father when a child of four years, and his
mother being in poor circumstances, was obliged to
leave home at the early ago of ten and make his own
way in the world. He began as a farm hand. Ho was
obliged to work hard, enjoyed few comforts and no
luxuries. Ills educational advantages were limited to
a few months' attendance at tho district schools In tho
winter season. When ho arrived at tho ago of twentyfive he found that he had accumulated enough of this
world s goods to set up a home Tor himself and was marvied March 17, 1831. in his native town to Miss Clarissa
Dwight,
a daughter of Israel and Sarah (Porter)
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Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot have been blessed with a large
family, numbering six sons and live daughters- Vlrlrii
the eldest was born June 9, 1834. in Greenwood/Steuben
County, N. Y., murticd Surah Esther Hunter and resides
in Humcslon, Iowa. He served in tho ;Unlon Army In
tho lato war as a mumbor oT the Fifty-fifth Illinois Reir!
rnent, ci,listing October 5.18C1. He was under Shcrmln
In his march to the sea. and was mustered out in Dccom
bor. 1SG4. Adelia. born November 1. 1835. died Novem
ber S. of the same year. Adelia, the second or that
name, was born December 20. 1S3G, and became the wife
of Philip Glitzier July 29. 1857. He is numbered among
the early settlers of Deerfield Township and Is now de
ceased. Ills widow resides In Denver. Colo. Levi Davis
born January 4. 1839, married Sarah A. Hodgkins and’
resides at Ilodgklss. Delta County, Colo. Ho was also a
soldier of the lute war. enlisting on the lGth of Julv
1SG1. In the Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, was wounded
at the battle of Old Lake, La., being crippled for life
and was mustered out at Springfield, 111., ]„ October*
•.S G 4. Lyman II.. born in Deerfield, III., April ’5 ls4 l ’
^_.,s single and resides on the old homestead. Mary horn
.
hv»?vio’«Wn!m0ti andm!lls w,r® aro members of the Presbytej Ian Church. They celebrated • their ruby or sixl'
w®d(llng annivorsary in March of the present year
Doth aro well preserved and enjoy, as they deserve7 th*
high, regard of all who know them. They have reared
J
family of children, of whom nine are livln" and
.usc ul and r®epected members of society -•
The Wilmot school and Wilmot road were named fnr
Lyman Wilmot. who was a leader in and example to 1
—"”y*, HIs name should ever be honored In Deer'
field by letalnlng it on school and road. No such fanev
.SIS S^!lll°son-WnUe'-- »?•
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�> he vn 0n‘‘ ^ Yopk1S35' W01° G'° «r.t HUbr.
an ‘imiu,?°
I?liern<!,d' The Cadwell homestead,'' on ?
n
1
trail which Is now the Waukegan Road," Is
at present occupied by Miss Loretta Heman.
Jesse Wilmot, who married Elizabeth
came up
the north branch of the Chicago River inLuther,
1 S3*1 and spent
the winter alone
brother I vnn„' Whoro U\c vII,a6e »ow is. In 1837, his
wife pi
cnme and ^ 1840 Lyman brought his
in n C,a,,slsa Dwight, to the 240 acres of "wild land *
In the vicinity or the Wilmol school.
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and the Vemi 1'1?racc Lamb's la'ld
to the south.
u c Person, r fa,'m' ”ow Georeo Truitt's home, and
comb's (n^w Hoed's?,sI„'deU'6 'n,U' CXtentlC(’ west t0 HoU
east to Lewis Gastficld's, south •
to the Lamb farms.
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f’ Ly,nai; W»mot, thc elder, was a practical nurse
y
ber ministrations were also those of a country
r Physician. All who remember her recall her "water
j cure treatments in the years from 1S4 0 to 1880. She
£ always wore a black lace cap, and used a large doc\°ls
for diagnosis. I-Icr tall, slender figure appear?ta home meant comfort to the stricken, and ease of
t0 y°rried Parent- Mrs- Lange, and Mrs. Lewis
v Todd, and Mrs. Wilmot were the women who assisted
vat the arrival of infants, when physicians, graduate
-V' *<iCS’ ^nd anaesthetics were not considered necessities.
Miss Josephine Woodman has had a maternity home
f m her home for over twenty years, and it is now
i;*«5KCnfCt* as, ^iC J°sePbinc Woodman Maternity Home
; ?.he bas a bed *or but one patient. . Mrs. Albert Hagi
Sfjrs* Tl^odore Taylor, and Mrs. Fred Bleimehl (who was
iAlrs CntchJey), and Mrs. Carolyn Becker, have been
rpractlcal nurses.
ss iw*?.f:^U-s,rvery0uct?v,tlesmlne- Th" ‘3
Mrs.. Wessljng's recollection of the early history of this
locality are vivid ones. She was sixteen when Abraham
• Lincoln was assassinated, and she saw his body lying in
state in the courthouse in Chicago. She and her brother.
Silas, were In the Wilmot school when Lyman Wilmot
brought the sad news of Lincoln's death. .
The second day of the Chicago Are Mrs. Wessling was
on her way to Chicago, with her father and mother, to visit
her husbands cousin, Henry Wessling, and to see her broth
ers, Silas and George Brand, who lived in the Martin
btangcr tavern, when they met a man whose horse was so
covered with foam as to make the color or the animal In
distinguishable. I-Ic had ridden as far as Niles to tell the
people that Chicago was burning.
Philip Ott and Alfred Parsons wero In land buying business. From the letters of the former to the latter/one from
Hoopole Grove dated July 8. 1853, says: '‘You have boi^U
°tf bl\t U 13 aU wet land, except G acres, but
[vr\l
n Good grass land, and will by and by sell
ncll. Mi. Gloss, whom wo mot on the road to Prophets
nUn lp«f«W*trdiil0 !®t# ,b°UKht thc Dailey place for $350, and
'..r bmicht Vnlnri 3 P(on Sender's »-oad In Deerfield.
<5200 fm- n,f°P
0fC Jci3*?e w,lmot’ very good land for .
?2°0 foj the Company, and Intend to buy SO acres more off
the I-Icnry Place which will corner with the 40 acres that
you entered, and I think will bo of good valued us
look very good. Corn is eight Tcct high."
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In comparison of land values, in 1917 the Wilmot school
board paid ?G02 an acre for Wilmot land. To the south
nm-olC M1}101’
sold a 120-acre farm for $200 an
f", wna
-it WOO an acre tor the flrst ten
S a^s.^blfe
same WlfmSTanc]
R°°° n"
:E
many
of the
On his way to the dedication of the Calvanlstlc or Refoi med Lutheran Church on Dundee Road about 184S
he went through the Frey farm, and remembers a little
snow bird s nest full of eggs in tho snow. The congrega
tion and visitors at the dedication ceremony were
"packed.In like herrings." Samuel Ott was the first
Sunday School teacher in the Wilmot School, assisting
Lyman Wilmot who was superintendent.
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T!1^ GUTZLER FAMILY
October*?ia^Qn©Gutz,ier was born ,n Sundhausen, Alsace,
was born rno
h,s w,f0* Margaret Elizabeth Hetzcl,
Germans n?,Crsthclm’ A,sacc* April 1G. 1S0U. They were
fntl sky that Phi'iip°k'! Gu“# -U,0m
W#“U,y ,,0°"|C’
had riding horses and other
u^l.rIes ln his home country.
when5 ,'LrVV?S, an,only daughter of wealthy parents, and
broi.rhV\
famlly came t0 Deerfield, Mrs. Guttler
She S oil USCi°U ,,ncns 5l,Hl silks, and a short time before
these shriii?;? ,Dece,nbuJ’ 7* 1351. she directed that some of
Lcrs
1 Ul be saved for eaeli of her four surviving daugharrJval ,n Deerfield, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gutzif,*
r1ronJ Je5jse Wilmot (brother of Lyman Wilmot)
of aUv^r'money aU< s,xly’acrc farm. paying for It two pecks
WnVl? mother of Philip Jacob Gutzlcr came with them.
iVsn \m.C, 3 not known t0 kcr descendants. She died about
Nnrih M
or elghtjr-eight. and was buried in tho first
ivoitli Northficld Cemetery.
Another member of the Gutzler household was old Grctel.
V. i huousekceper, who came to America with them. Grctel
cued about March. 18G0. She had some money "out," und
oy the will of Philip Gutzler (who died January 7. 185G)
as to be given a home with his.son, or have another found
.r her. A small house was built for Gretel across the
road, and after she died It became the property of Mr. Hess.
The will also provided that the eldest son (or one of the
two elder sons) should care for the younger Gutzlcr chil
dren, and pay to each one thousand dollars, when lie or she
became of age. Philip Gutzler, the eldest son, fulfilled these
requirements and acquired the homestead, eighty acres of
woodland, also sonic money invested.
Philip Jacob Gutzler, his wife, who was Margaret Eliza
beth Hetzcl, and their daughter, Salome (born in Gertshelm, July 9, 1837, and died In Deerfield in December, 1S50),
were burled in the old Evangelical Association Churchyard
In North Northficld. 111. About, fifty years later (about
’.905) under the supervision of Philip Jacob Gutzler’s daughter, Mrs. Lydia Himmel, the three caskets wero disinterred
intact and removed to the newer cemetery half a milcT'east
of the church.
Philip Gutzler was born In Gcrsthcim, April 2, 1830. and
camo to Deerfield with his parents In 1841. He attended
the Wilmot School, and lived the usual life of a boy on the
.farm. When he was nineteen the whole United States was
electrified by the rumor of astounding gold discoveries In
our newly acquired territory of California. It was almost
without inhabitants, and the field was open to all who could
get there. The wildest excitement and activity prevailed
throughout the country, and every city and village throbbed
with feverish Impulse to rush to the "diggings." The
boys on the farm "out west," as Illinois was then called,
did not escape-the contagion.
Tho maps then published showed all of the territory west
of the state of Missouri as a blank across which was printed
the words "Great American Desert." The difilculty of
reaching this unknown country restrained thousands from
the attempt, so that those only who possessed natural
courage or adventurous proclivities actually made the great
plunge.
In 1851, Philip Gutzler could no longer resist the golden
lure, and being then or age, felt that he was free to go,
and, in company with several other young men or the neigh
borhood (among whom were Jacob Ott and Ills nephew.
Jacob Ott. Philip Ott. Andrew Meier, George Arnold, Philip
Lehman and one of the Luther boys), started bn the Jour
ney. The "Argonauts” had several routes from which to
choose: A tedious sea journey around Cape Horn, a partly '
sea and partly land route across the Isthmus of Panama,
or Nicaragua, or Mexico, or following westward the buf
falo trails which were already outlined by the bleaching
bones of beasts and men who had succumbed to the hard
ships of the desert, or had been killed by tho Indians. Tho
• Dcorflcld party choso the routo across the Isthmus of Pan
ama.
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The ocean voyages, with the poor accommodations of tho
uotnrlnuiily lundoqunln vnminln. worn a much drnadod part
*»f llio JournXsy; but ail ho ulwayu wau n good a uullor, Philip
Gutzlcr was In better health and spirits than tho majority
or the paaoengoro when they came to anchor In tho Harbor
of Chagreo.
Travel ucroiiii the liilhimm wan by cniiouu, or buugon, up
tho Chagres River, following about tlio samo lino as the
Panama Canal, was dug- sixty years later. Part of the
distance tho men walked and over some of the way they
wero carried In chairs strapped on the backs of the natives.
These natives, who beforo the "Gold Rush" were exception
ally honest people, by two years' contact with American
radians, had been changed to thieves and murderers, and
the whole route across tho Isthmus was Infested with Amer. lean, English and Spanish highwaymen, who pounced upon
defenseless travellers at every opportunity. After crossing
the Isthmus there was another sea journey (which some
times took three months) beforo they passed through the
Golden Gate, and stepped ashore upon the "Promised Land.”
Philip Gutzler’s next five years were spent In the vicinity
of San Francisco, Sacramento, Monterey, and Santa Cruz.
For five years tho "rush" continued. Some of the dis
coveries were wonderful, but the greater number of people,
wrought to a pitch of nervous frenzy by the myriad reports
flying about, were too easily Influenced to leave a locality
of moderate wealth to plunge into the unknown beyond the
mountains.
After months of fruitless searching for the proclaimed
‘Inexhaustible focus of gold," they would return those who
had not succumbed to privation—poverty stricken and rag
ged, to find the claims they had left already occupied.by
fresh arrivals.
This sort of work was too uncertain to suit Philip Gutzler,
so after two years of Indifferent success at placer mining,
lie started-to grow wheat. Some of the time that he was In.
California flour was as high as one dollar a pound, and
many a man mined half a day to pay the price of a loaf
of bread.
Sugar cost a dollar a pound, and butter two dollars and
a half.
The producer’s profits were certain and though not large
compared to that of the most fortunate gold seeker’s, at any
rnto Inrgo onougli to prove tho wisdom of his choice.
Philip Gutzler prospered until ho had a severe attack of
typhoid fever. With .this, and its attendant ills, he was
sick for a year. A man nurse was employed when the
most ordinary labor cost ten dollars a day. Eggs >vere
ono dollar each, and milk seventy-five cents a quart. This
year’s sickness cost Philip Gutzler a small fortune, but,
even with such* great expense, the years spent in Californfa
pyi>—l profitable.
The first letter to reach him from his Illinois home told
of his mother’s death, and after being away five years, he
was called home by the death of Ills father. By that time
a railroad had been built so the Journey was not attended
with so many hardships.
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On his return It was arranged that Philip should tako his
father’s farm, care for the younger children of the family,
and as his six brothers and sisters became of age, to pay
each one thousand dollars.
On July 29, 1857, Philip Gutzler married Adclla Wilmot
daughter of Lyman and Clarissa Dwight Wilmot. The re
mainder of his life was spent on the old homestead where
ho led tho active life of a successful farmer. Plls last six
years were marred by falling health, and on. June 30, 18S2,
he died at the age of fifty-two, respected as a man of the
highest honor. After his death the farm was sold to George
Stryker.
Michael was tlje second son or Philip Jacob Gutzler and
his wire, Margaret Elizabeth I-Ictzcl. Michael was born
June 15, 1833,, In Gcrsthcim. Alsace. He married Mary
I weed, November, 1855, In Waukegan, III. They made their
home In Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Mary Elizabeth (always called by her second name) was
Vjri1
1®; 184*; married John Stryker on March 27,
iSGO. 1 hey lived ln Northficld. then in Ravenswood, III
whero Mrs. Stryker died December 27. 1914. She was burled
In Grnccland Ccmotcry.
, *r.ayy’ b0Trn October 30. 1842, In Deerfield, III,, married
111 StorHngJI?|UCt ° CbIctlE:o' January 5, 1859. She died
Anna Lydia (always known as Lydia), who was born
S°“il0r,7n-,,,o*.<"-J,,llDoonrfioMl
Chl«eo.
EviuigoUca,
‘-ha
auperfect w !iv cs^lh rtii °t 1 Tosc whTch°K
�m
Clil«:n(r0 Novci!*’i** 1
rc?!;r
'vo,mi,,» a,,d “Nor her death In
managed ably to
^^rand
s,“u"
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wont to a place In ,„e
tl"** when the toucher "bourdo 1 uro iid'u„!i AT wwro fho
mio of Adel la's pupils asked ir Ji
o ,u?lU ono morning
house next week. 1 “Next week?*
c?mo to tIle,r
better do. Ma says she wants vo„ fflYe>i m£*m’ and *a
and tho flour aro all gone ’’ 1 7
1
0 befor0 tho ^
gTSM?
Sho attended ^ifso^ooli1 ^Iattl0)! b°™ “ay 24. S'
western Uni versify <?]?«?; afwr)vard &0'ne to the Northa»d Cook Counties’
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1,1 various places ImLalco
Eanlzed the 0 A O Snfl,1Ci; frIand-’ E*nma Hall. or:
°‘ln llm hshd a l0ne’ °*<sten1e In Deerfldd!'' 1 “t,rar* eQ'
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where she married Elmer'E "hllMc?
CoIoradoHattlo Gutzlcr Miller dfnd rLM . ’ November 14. 1888.
after she heeame°adIjWdCemb0r
1888' 'C33 lbaa a
tended schoSserit„GLaker^3 Vor» >avcU 23. 1802. Ho at■■led Anna L. Hodman or hI^ aild
c,llcaEo. Ho mareast 31, 1SS-1. They movedTn ?° “• I_ ,cnry Col"u>'- I"-. An-
wGo°rf Henry''^ut’m^ 'S ^ f3°Utb
dale Mich EanV°°HnA?ad0my and ^Ulsdale College, H'Us
USs! He mm rled MarJ"Si a aa“la™" ia Colorado In
Stryker) of Doorfinid n
oStijlcci (daughter of George
make hla
l1i8?°i. ?? returncd ^
G. 1920.
en,c,d ,n lsy3- and died hero January
tended locaKsc lio»|“ ! ml NmLl
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3‘ 1SG'k Ho at'
In l.artncrshl,,
h'
" ,."°Sor" Ulli/«‘sUy. llo was
when George rotui-nclto iim, * 2?0,'?c- l" CoIoiad°. and
et the ranches and’stock
L°Vl Look «
vlllc^Coforado, GOctobo;n28r‘lsS7NOD
thou'- y-
n
'n Lcad--
Franco. In tho Argonno Forest!
°n the batt,c,1<:Id3 •«*
citizens. ?lol*d*id'V?n h'ls tomn c0m>n>nilty’s most useful
March 31, 1927. Ho was
nadlum' Colorado,
llenver, „„ Ulu (Iay l.ororo hm'ii xt^thl'"? n"!, 9°mcloryversary.
M,xly-thhd birthday annl-
neafl'relg'ueen.qa,!fLru3nu!uair0V0'’1'le,r 27> 18CG' When
Northwestern University ho
u\°}£slng atudcnt In
January 2S. lSSd
llc is buwl^ d,pbLhci^ ^ Evanston.
Frances Willard, the noted tomnl..in Dcc.rn°ld Cemetery.
Sunday School tiacher
tcmpcrance advocate, was his
is a g^dua?eCofC
7' 1875- She
vcrslty: graduate of ScotL S^io^ 'n" ^ l> Pcnvcr Un«*
She was married on I<>br^
°C E,O0utIon.
SkInker of Denver. Colorado ^vh'ero 9<.h«t0 Gco,’e(' M«>->’ay
furnished the details of tills* most iniorno^ rf3,dc3lory, also some new material iov thl iS fJStI"er tamlly '"*•
Adella Wlhnot (who married^hnin rutlrtfv'i
Bi?ryyears of age when she came fro
v01 p was but four
wltli her parents In 1840. Her colon hi York ,to Dcc,’dcld
tho Bradley. Dwight Porte. PvS
ancestry Includes
and Bancroft fnml ies^ whiio M,/1„e7l-xNe'vbcrry. Willis,
berry library In Chicago a ul in
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other libraries containing
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In the neighborhood of the Wlhnot *’ ’ and tho quiltings
and Doarfleld Scliools.
nnd of one hostess who reached
111 o acme of clocaiico hv
providing little dishes ,U saucers/°
SCt l!,0,p cups ^hllj
they drank tea from their
S ch ool°h c fat ho i^Took °h c r *t If.lj her ty vl Uodte ° the WiImot
in tho Academy. This was such n Ion 1° pur.BU0 a courso
It was necessary for them to rcinal i Sn!'0,,F .J®l,Pncy that
in Half Day (a distance reached In
/ n,g U at an
In an automobllo today). After-sunnof. M,nu half nn hour,
about tho fireplace and talked, while Two nli®,”10*1 ^athorcd.
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Old WOHlAn pIioMa.i
corner. Hnn
One old ________
woman ...
told that
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was na hn'"'
baby •
wns so small that she could Ho
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father's hand and rest”lic!• “)»oad 'on1 h°l,,Ul^ falm of her.'
Tho other old c-ono. Intently i, to°ostod
Cor a
ishinent, Inquired. "And did you i|VQS-* r (l ,n eroat aston-.
ness came thc reply. "They .said I did n,w!‘ 1>e,rcct serious-
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Aldersou were very religious More* ri,nI „m0t a?d John
century later when Lyman mido^ils last visit to"^^? 1.“
i'X*., 10y °nce.1,ad held- Then John Aldorson said? "iS
toi tune was not meant for us for if «#« i.n,i
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never could have served my Lord and &«.«??■ .SCCUTrcd it I
satisfaction that they haS°noTwhlwd\heath!n0ghf0ra ^hV0*
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tease l.rm'about''l,olHga" old mamiT" Sl?le,\ 1Slla’ llked ‘®
loads and slow traveflnc U ^vnl r ' ,In tho days of bad
many of tho household suinlfM rS!,,,d ^J^enient to buy
Jew happened to stoo at nli wn ^,0»nl l,eddlei's. One day a
Ste.t£"vf‘“
looting sheath/ It was obvIo s M,^^ U,,der the ^
woiild bo useful for many things
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nearly stranded by''im^'efforts tT'kn ,nl?"<led and was
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Dcei-nold of tho "Safety first" Wen.^
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�.d;Mon's Club with u membership of 17. Like the J. O. Tt.
Club ibis organ!-/.alion has for its purpose Christian
P% T sorvlco nml fellowship. Two inonihoru of the club uro
l OHO
The president of Iho
. oMcom la tbo Sunday School,
•allduh In a mmulior of the church council Tbo uidwrlng
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:BMiJt *1 tho divine niwvlr.im In In charge of the Young Mon h
2- ui ?W.j Club. Two inciuliui'H iiorvu uu mauagum of U»o ill. 1’nul it
Honihl. The club was organized In Iho spring of 1!)G.
>' v.i tM Tbo present olllcors of Iho organization arc: l'Toyd Bock,
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President; Alfred Schwab, Treasurer; Alfred Johnson,
set-'Mjft g®. Socrctary.
As
•■•lloth clubs meet every Sunday morning for religious
Instruction, and one evening a month, for business, soiemand fellowship.
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• iftffi& Tlio Evangelical Association Church in Amorica was
;ory, v,g£ &$$■<founded by Jacob Albright among the Pennsylvania Gcrd Inm gSS'mani In Novoinlier, 1803, in Lebanon, County, Pcnnsyltl\e '.S gS'Yftnla. "These people have a dialect, customs, and traits
nlon
SgSpH'ot.character peculiarly their own," according to tho hiseacli m pElorlon of The Annals of the Evangelical Association of
v'ii M.Norlh America and • History of. ti»o United Evangelical
tho I|f; Church, ltcv. A. Stapleton. The first; church and printheld
lug olllcc of tbo Evangelical Association was erected In
i guy l |llE 1816 In Now Uorlln. Union County. Pennsylvania. This
church Is really a Cerman Methodist Church, but Is an
$ &Tentirely Independent one. The original members wore
culled "Albrights."
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stify- % f-vis■ 'lyTlio first Evangelical Church in Illinois was organized
the Stnngcr Grove, the home of Martin Stangcr, father
m on;..y*
of George Stangcr of Deerfield. Iho other families who
s and 'ifc,
Jolnod the Stangers were the Luther, Jacob Ott, Jacob
serv-'i^
ed to % fctiXKichor, and Countryman families. The first minister
s say, *■# Kwas ilcv.. lloess, who came on horseback fromlonnsylLlon?
vanla to preach. Three churches in succession were
come
built-near the Nurlhllelcl Cometory. The first church
i con-;i??fe^.vna a crudo log one built In 18*17 on a hill west of the
nation ^ cemetery on tbo land of Mike Schoelle.
Iho second
memwuh on the Nicholas Miller farm, where the parsonage
in re- tMlftnow Blands, and was later sold lo John Forko, who
loro It down and moved it to his farm in Wheeling.
®$*“orly-flvo years ago the third one was built on the souLliber. :®®VC8l corncr of JoIlu Slreicher's land given for the pur^gwjl^Tho Philip Brand family walked from their farm a
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„ DLL iBsSfinllo north of Deerfield to the North field corncr to nlMr.
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harcU-$ KjJroml helped hew Lhe logs for the first church.
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Sfe . Whon more settlers came to West Deerfield township.
(%.iorYiccB wero held In the homo oT Philip Glitzier. MiuTl,iors who preached In the Gutzlcrhomo wero Devs.
^yfilooffort. Gocsslo, Laeglcr and Hlmmcl. The children
. 7. gffiof tlio German families attended Sunday School In tho
nations •’P*lS\Vllmot School, whero Lyman Wllmot was Supcrlnlcnd1800.r ' /®f«nt, and tho services were In English. Children caino
itor of t Sfoffrom long distances to attempt to speak English and
ircssed ••Miouru Tho Bible In tho language of their adopted
romote + a?i?counlry. Samuel Ott helped Lyman Wllmot as trams2h and
Iflutor' aml assistant superintendent. These Immigrants
2>Voro Lutherans in the mother country, hut as they so)
the or- vgjfclourncd in Warren, Pouu., for about two years, they
W. T. :J ^idoplcd this new sect which had conceived a more strict
r, Min- i j§3doctrlno of personal conduct, particularly on the lluuor
’• Anna v ■■l^nupslloii.
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izabeth \Tho' last Northllold Evangelical Association Church.
T^callod tho O’Plaiu Church, on the southwest corncr of
and at .y tg&DunUoo and Saunders Hoads, was built in 1880. The
c inter- T wfunilud Evangelical Church across tho road was built
propor-' ^®iuT8!)0.
urch in 7:
Noto from the Conrcrenco Book;
■fi&vlu 1842 salaries of ministers wcr.o fixed at ?Gu per
t; Mrs. .'i iSyVoo.r for an unmarried man. ?105 Tor married men, and
olinson,"*j
additional for each child under fourteen years of
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• i iSibo Conference Treasury that was also divided."
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ju 1843 the Illinois district had a Des Plaines circuit,
Club, a -i
iho. presiding elder was C. Kopp. In 184*1, Clirls•«ce and V SwtJau Llnlner was elder for Lilia district. On June 11.
, some
MO. John Jacob Escher was "newly received" in tho
• y comullies Conference. In 18*1(1 lwo oldors were ap• ra aro-;j Pointed'for tho Des Plaines distrief. C. Kopp and Samuel
ized in • [Sjjlckovcr. In 18*17, on the ».)es Plaines circuit. C. Anthe of- ;• ’^jronsloin and George Messu*- -{wurn appointed. In 1848,
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The first post office in Deerfield Township was in the Median settlement, under
the name of Emmett, in 1846. The second was established on January 13, 1849, in St.Johns,
A’hich name was changed to Port Clinton on March 19, 1850. Both were forerunners of the
; first post office in Highland Park, on December 14, 1861. St. Johns was located on a
r' bluff on both sides of the first ravine to be crossed on entering Fort Sheridan reservaat the main south gate. It was named by John Peterman and John'Hettinger, of German
extraction, who laid out the town, and incorporated it under their Christian names.
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Deerfield was a settlement of buildings at the crossing of Waukegan Road and Deerfield
Road, but in those days, the roads were muddy except where planks were laid for wagon
wheels, and there were farms on both sides of the rutty road west thru the Wilmot farm to
the Des Plaines River. Caleb Cadwell was appointed post master, and the first office was
in his home. He owned buildings on both sides of Waukegan Road. Assisted by his daughter,
Rosclla, Cadwell served until 1854. A list of the postmasters in Deerfield since Cadwell:
Appointed
August 19, 1886
Walter II. Mi lien
Lewis Beecher
February 14, 1854
December 8, 1890
Jacob C. Antes
Eliab Gifford
October 28, 1854
Mathias Horenberger October 29, 1894
Hobart J. Milien
June 8, 1859
December 9, 1898
James H. Fritsch
Madeson 0. Cadwell
August 27, 1861
Samuel P. Hutchison November 21, 1906
Lyman Wilmot
March 26, 1864
August 15, 1914
Arthur J. Ender
Nelson C. Hall
August 31, 1866
July 31, 1922
Mrs. Fred H. Meyer
Mrs. Jane McCartney May 29, 1867
June 8, 1926
Fred H. Meyer
Christian Antes
January 15, 1869
March 1, 1934
John J. Welch
Christian M. Willman November 14, 1958 and
presently Deerfield Postmaster
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§£■ Deerfield, including Lake Forest. It was established in 1887 in Lancasterville, in the
area later called Everett. This postal service was discontinued in 1909, however, when
^4 Rural Free Delivery started out of the Deerfield post office, when Samuel P. Hutchison
was postmaster in an office in his general store on Deerfield Road near Waukegan Road.
& RFD was authorized by Congress in 1904 but did not start in this region until five years
later. Using a horse drawn mail wagon, the carrier was William Carl "Billy” Ott, less
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Tho abolitionist sentiment existed in Deerfield
and Its adjacent areas. A “station" on the
Underground Railroad was operated by Lyman
Wilmot, and a runaway slave was received here
and given quarters for the v/lnter of 1058 at the
home of Lorenz OIL’ Abolitionists from Highland
Park would come to Deerfield to debate the Issuo
at the corner of Deerfield and Waukegan Roads.1
The runaway slave, Andrew Jackson, was 20
years old and came from a Mississippi plantation.
His father was the plantation owner, a white man,
and because of this, the slavo received greater
liberty than other slaves, providing /him with an
opportunity to escape. His flight from Mississippi
was an ordeal which included temporary capture
by his pursuers.*
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Jackson lived with the Ott family, and did
chores while there. He built a while picket fence
and gale, but asked that it be taken down when
tho slaves were freed-German thrift could not ac
cede to this request. In the spring, Jackson was
taken to Chicago from where ho sailed to Canada.
He corresponded with the Ott family from there.4
The abolitionist sentiment was not universally
embraced, however, and many men were unable
to acknowledge a personal involvement in the
abolition Issuc-parlicuiarly In the resulting war.*
Antiv/ar sentiment was so strong that a bounty
was required to induce enlistments. The bounty
was $40 per man at tho beginning of the war, but It
was 51 COO by the end.*
There were a few “copperhead” and "a lodge or
two ol Knights of the Golden Circle,"* which wore
southern sympalhiziers, but “never constituted an
effective fifth column."' A strong Union League
existed to counteract any disloyalty that may
have disgraced the County.*
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Doorflold Grand Army of tho Republic
Captain McCaul’s Shield Guards were ap
parently the first volunteers. Their formation was
announced on April 20, 1061, and Ihcy Joined an
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Irish regiment In Chicago.'* On April 29, 1061,
nlnoly volunteers from southern Lake County art
rived at Waukegan." On May 4,1061, the Union RIv
fie Guards were formed. On June 6, the County
Board of Supervisors appropriated 55,000 for
bounties to encourage enlistments."
During the summer of 1061, Companies C and F
of the 37lh Illinois Infantry were organized. Cap
tain Eugcno B. Payne and Captain Erwin B.
Messer were tho officers of these Companies.
During the winter of 1061-1062, half of Company I,
45th Illinois Infantry, and half of Company F of the
C5th Infantry were organized; Company G of the
51st Illinois Infantry was organized, and all went
to Camp Douglas.w it Is not certain whether Virgil
Wilmot, the son of Lyman Wllmot who operated
the underground railroad, served In the 45th" or
the 55lh" Illinois Infantry.
Thomas Mooney of Deerfield had the unique
service record of serving on both sides. He was In
ducted Into the Confederate Army while working
as an engineer on a Mississippi River steamboat,
but escaped after two years and Joined the Union
Army."
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Several Deerfield men died as a result of the
Civil War, cither from Illness, Injuries received In
battle or from the hardships of the prison camps.
Several more were crlpplod. Those who served In- .
elude the following:
1. Mario Word Flolcholt, Tho History of DoorNoId, Glonvlow
Pross, 1928, p. 107.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid., p. 49.
0. Ibid.
o! Richard Holsladlor, Tho American Ropubllc Vol. I: to 1865,
Prontlss Hall, 19G4, p. G14.
9. nolchclt, loc. ell.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid., p. 115.
10. Ibid., p. 50.
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son
n Daniel, Jr. died on September 7, 1034, and his
wife. Ruth, died on Seplember 10” Another son
died a year later. No cause of death Is suggested
in the materials available, but the prevalence of
epidemic diseases in late summer has been
documented.
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ply and the Indians helped him to survive the first
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Wright’s daughter, Caroline, married William
Whlgham in 1036. It was the first marriage In Lake
Counly, and Hiram Kennlcott, first Justice of the
Peace, performed the ceremony at the •'Mill" on
the Dos Plaines River.”
The Wright farm spanned the Des Plaines River,
and port ol it is now the Rycrson Conservation
Area in Rivorwoods. Wright died December 30.
1073 at the age of 95. His farm was In the name of'
William Whlgham on the 191G Plat Map. Ho had
married Rachel Millard in 1045.”
The first soltler In Deerfield Township was
Michael Meehan. Ho arrived in a covered wagon
drawn by two oxen and settled on Section 10 on
Telegraph Road in 1035, between Half Day Road
and Wilmol Road.” Meehan was born In 1000 at
Meath, Ireland. He married Drldgel Monahan In
1032, and emigrated to the United Slates that
same year. Ho went first to Salina, New York, and
later to Michigan, but in tho aulumn of 1035 he
came finally to Deerfield. The Indians hod not loft
the area yet, and the township was still in its
natural state. Meehan plowed the first furrow in
the township.”
Ho was relatively well slocked with provisions
when he arrived in Deerfield, for he had several
barrels of flour and a barrel of beef and pork. He
also had the cash to purchase seed, oats and
potatoes in the following spring, and he bought
the first piglet and first pair of kittens as well. He
erected a log cabin on the 225 acres that pre
empted, and the land hod not yet been surveyed
(therefore it was still government land obtained
from the Indian Treaty). Ho loft the farm for a brief
attempt at gold mining in California in 1052 but
realized the futility and quickly returned. ”
Meehan continued to work his farm until 1076
when, at the age of 60. he retired, sold his farm to
James O’Connor, a neighbor and rclatlvo and
moved to Highland Park.”
The first settler In what Is now the Village of
Deerfield was Jacob Cadwcll (or perhaps Horace
103*" »• Cadwcl1 ond Laml) arrived |n Deerfield in
Jacob Cadwcll and his wife, Ruble Rich
Cadwcll, had five sons and' two daughters: .
Madison, Philemon. Caleb, Hiram, Edwin, Rubio
Roseth and Jcrusha Rosina.” They all settled on
what is now Waukegan Road near Deerfield Road
For a time this was called ’’Cadwell Corners” but
later it was changed to ’’Deerfield Corners ” The
approximate locations of their homos Is given In
the History ol Dccrliold. by Roichelt. but those
locations are no longer contemporary. The •
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Cadwell lands were pre-empted under one of the
pro-emptlonblllspassedafter1030(butboforolhe
Distribution Pre-emption act).”
Caleb Cadwell was appointed the first
postmaster In Deerfield In 1050.” The Cadwells
built tho first school — Cadwell School — and
Rosella was tho first teacher. The Cadv/ell School
was opened In 1840, but the Wilmol School - tho
first In the township — was opened In 1847.”
Horace Lamb came to Deerfield In 1835, tho
same year as the Cadwells. It Is not clear, actual*
ly. who was tho first to settle here. Tho Lamb property was located between what Is now
Waukegan road and tho east slough north from
the county lino Into what 13 presently tho country
club. These were later the Vetter and Parsons proparties.”
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The Wllmols, too, wero among the first settlers
Josso Wllrinot came up tho North Branch In 1034
and landed at what Is now Greenwood Avenue ”
Having stayed In Deerfield through tho winter, ho
returned In 1837 to tho east to bring his own fami*
ly and his brother, Lyman, and his family. Both
families settled west of the village along Wilmol
Road In the Deerfield Road area (none of which
existed at tho time, of course). Tho farm tho
Wilmols built was considered one of tho best and '
most productive In tho area.”
Lyman Wilmol had cloven children, six sons
and five daughters. Ho built the first school In tho
township; tho Wilmots were patrons of education.
They were also abolitionists, and operated a sta
tion on the "underground railroad” which aided
runaway slaves to escape Into Canada.” Mrs.
Clarissa Wilmol, Lyman's v/Ife, was a practical
nurse and midwife who administered to the Infirm
In the absence of the physician, and performed
some diagnostics with tho aid of a medical
manual.”
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21. Ibid.
22. nolclioll, op. ell., p. 0-9.
23. 1910 Plat Map of lako Counly.
24. Rolcholl, op. ell., p. 109.
25. Ibid.
26. Halsoy, op. ell., p. 422.
27. nolclioll. op. ell., p. 109.
2U. I lalnos. op. ell., p. 01.
29. Ibid.
30. nolclioll, op. cll„ p. 110.
31. Ibid., p. 19.
32. Ibid., p. 30.
33. Ibid., p. 10.
34. "It was a navlgablo river at Iho time," according to Mrs.
Rulh Potlla.
35. Halsey, op. cl!., p. 425.
30. Rolcholl, op. clI., p. 107-108.
37. Ibid., p. 78-79.
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ed frontiersman. His mother, a Virginian, had
been captured and raised by the Shawnee and
married an English officer at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Clark's uncle, John Klnzle, was a noted Chicago
pioneer, and his stepfather, Jonas Clybourn, was
also numbered among Chicago’s first settlers.
John Klnzie Clark was raised with the Indians.
He had acquired their ways and was called "In
dian" Clark by settlers, but the Indians named him
"Nannlmoa," the prairie wolf. He was a skilled
hunter and a man of great endurance. He was an
express rider between Fort Wayne, Chicago and
Milwaukee, and brought supplies to Deerfield by
pack saddle. For two years, 1031-33, ho oven serv
ed as the Chicago coroner.
Clark had an Indian wife and a number of
children In Wisconsin, but lator In life married a
whllo woman. Pormclla Scott of DcKalb, and settl
ed In Deerfield. This marriage produced two
daughters, Elizabeth and Haddassah, who marrled Hobart and Walter Millen respectively.
His attempts to farm In Northflcld met with
failure. Clark was a hunter, not a farmer, and his
friends, the Indians, came to hunt and camp with
him on his farm. After he served In the Civil War,
he bought a home In Deerfield In 10G5. Ho is
buried in the Deerfield Cemetery.
Clark was the true frontiersman, apparently not
very adaptable to the agrarian transition that took
place during his lifetime. Those frontier skills
were best suited for survival In the hostile pre
settlement environment which so devastated
those lirst settlors, but they proved to have little
value In post settlement Deerfield.5'
library to read this book and find out about the
past. Sho lists among tho first settlors—given . v
here with the dale they arrived—the following: .' v>:
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Captain Wright
Jonathan Kcnnlcott
Jcsso Wllmot
Horace Lamb
Tho Cadwells
Martin Luther
Michael Meehan
Oil
Mooney
Muhlko
Lyman Wllmot
John Millen
Job Galloway
Carolan
Lancaster
Rockcnbock
James O'Connor
Fred Frltsch
Alfred Parsons
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Deerfield Town Named
In 1040 the township was called "Lo Clair.””
The Selection of a permanent name for tho
township — as distinguished from the vlllago
which was not Incorporated or named until
1903—occurred In 1849. A township meeting was
held at the home of Michael Meehan on Tc-legraph
Road. The Irish Immigrants suggested the name"Erin" for Ireland, but John Millen from Deerfield,
Massachusetts, suggested the namo "Deer
field"—noting, a3 the Indians had.observed, that
deer In abundance was a characteristic of tho
area. Tho voto was 17 lo 13 In favor of Doorflold.”
Trannportallon Sytlom
Tho early trillion* entered Lake County and
Oeerfietd via several lyr.tornn of Ingress, Tho
rivers and Lake Michigan were major elements of
the transportation system. (Tho waterways had
not been "Improved" yet by tho dredging and
channelization they later received.). Overland
transportation wa3 limited to Improved roads, and
tho railroad was not available until 1855 when
track was laid through Highland Park.
Transportation v/as Important to tho ooltlor, not
only as a means of Ingreoa but os a moans for
shipping farm products to market and for com
munication v/ith other places, primarily Chicago.
In addition, seed grain, livestock, implements,
food, clothes, medicines and supplies had to be
.brought into tho community.
Tho pioneer made the trip to Chicago, 26 mltos
Irorn Deerlield, v/ith regularity and sometimes on
loot.."One neighbor v/ould be selected to go to
Chicago to make purchases for the entire com
munity. Ox teams were used sometimes, and at
The First Families
Many settlers arrived in Oeerfietd during the
period from 1835 to 1845. In The History ol Deerticld Mrs. Reichelt has gone into the history ol a
number ol them and it is worth the trip to the
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The Ott Family came to Deerlield Irorn Y/arren,
Pennsylvania, but their birthplace v/as
Baidenhcirn, Alsace. The Oil’s were related to the
Wessling and Rockenbach families. These set
tlors of German descent who migrated from
Alsace lo Deerfield obtained their land from
speculators who v/ere profiteering in the v/ake of
pre-emption, but the land was good, a "Garden of
Eden," and its value v/as certain. They built
homes along v/hal is now Sanders Road, and their
roll includes: Casper Ott, Samuel Ott, John Jacob
Ott, and John Jacob Ott, Jr., Marlin Luther, Jacob
Luther, and families named Duffy, Dose, Ste/rar*.
and Jennings. They worked their farms and
became steadfast members ol the Deerfield com
munity. lr» 1930 the On family reunion at the Deer
field Centennial celebration v/as the largest.
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(1834) James Duffy "
Lewis Gasltleld
(1834) Androw Meier
(1835) Sloward
(1835) Ludlow
(1836) Dawson
(1835) Dorsey
(1836) Boylan
(1836) Fagan
(1837) Yoro
(1837) Mclntyro
(1039) Tull/
(1840) Roderbusch
(1041) Doyle
(1041) McCraror
(1041) Hoyt
(1042) John Jacob Ott
(1042) Philip Brand
(1043) Philip Vetter
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Gerfield's doslVabllNv0 *U,<1 °l,lllcal,onal work, adds to
ecsii ability as a residence place.
DEERFIELE) athletic association
yers iaCthf,n«tl^thIcti,c ARSOciation» of which Jack
cn of tho Viii tl°n jUld •sl)0n30l'»
composed of young
‘H Players7
^ who aro chaml»°» baseball and footuong suburbaii"SM?i^S.
School I« second to uono
bool Is far qinJ'i E l»SC ,?<, »8, Tbo Deurfiel<l Grammar
uuerous V-niV ? 1 -L? w iaL il was lon years ago.. The
eiiAc^s [0?,“bB3 the vicinity, such as Briergate,
irnon RldVo
u' ^ 1 hfim, lOxmoor. Oiiwontsla,
JiscL
’ i'nMS ,Ij°f;;oh- r-alco Siioro, Bob O' Link.
iliev Nonhinoo? in?01/ 1,llIn1ois' Mlss,0» ^idgo,,.Sunset
n Coimtrv Pln°i ' ? uo f* Columbian, Hunters', and Big
'it congestion UlL,iyc beautiful open spaces lliat preTiicro aro. four churches,
ono Catholic, and* three
olostanl in Deortiold ami a public library.
ho shopping facilities aro good for a village. Two
goods stores, Schells' and Oloudorf's; three grocery
anfi-a'AV' Nb,w,‘,»- M««ry (!a.in“ld1,. 8,i
mil Jh, ,
l,Cl\cr ?h01’- °r Wm. SLeinluius: tho Kuv
•shoni
1,cic,*,i,J,(l h‘,;MiL.v parlor; tlireu bar2>«ioi)s. Matt Hoffman a. Chris Sifferl's ami Scavu/./.o'.i;
ec restaurants, Bcrtolini and Lcncioni's, the Bluebird,
i “la »*">****: two confectionery stores, the Brier
ect Shoppe and tho Bluebird; two drug si ores, T. J
^!C’o„anAd
aml I[ouL’s; Coleman’s Variety
ic. an A. and 1. store; fruit store; two tailors and
™Svf\ Ylln1C0,lt Silveri ami North Shore Cleaners: the
n/iCTu«n-a iC1;Vr' t1.W0 1.,lun,ljh,kr and heating establishn .s, william H, Us'Toil's and Milton kraut/.; two elecshops, William Seiler’s, and William Desmond’s; one
varo store, thill of .lack Not/.; one riminco ami tin
./ohn .1. McMahon's; two garages, Knaak'n and Bote
rcn<l s; four real cslato and liisurauce oMlccs. Charles
iscliull's, Frank Russo’s, Foxworlhy's, and Vnnt and
gs; one delicatessen and confectionery or FdwarU
tmolil: three nurseries, lvottrascli Bros., Franlcon
s. and F. D. Clavoy; two lumber and coal companies.
Deerfield Lumber Company. Tho Mercer Lumber Co
tlie Lake County Coal and Material Company- tho
0 oil station; tho Standard Oil Company plant; the
rAcid Interior Finish Company; Tho DcorlleliU Slate
k; Tho Deerfield Chevrolet Sales Company; Tlio BuCoiislrucllou Co»‘»mny (water mains and sowors);
Kapscliul Da'-lo Construction Company (roads and
ng); Tho Po-ry Konst Battery Shop: a number of
tors and decorators. Ross Sherman. MeCIarvio. WilKrcli, Builders, Kd. Sogert, John Huhn. It. 10. and
. Bettis, A. I. Johnson, Alex Taylor. Cashmoro. Tliilo
, Frank .labohs. C. B. Foxworthy. W. Altkcu; tivo
drillers. L/neoln Pettis, and Alvin Moyer; two hricks. the Illinois and tho National; Lliroo piano teachers,
ices Bledcrsladt. Mrs. C. C. Bettis, Bertha Weiss;'
•'s Music Shop, for radios and piano tuning;
ik's Music Store, for pianos, radios and victrolas;
Hotel Deerfield; Tlio Herman Frost Newspaper
icy and pool room; ono sowing machlno agency, that
. I-I. MuMko; two sowor contractors, Howard Stryker
Gcovatf Burnett: Arcliio Antes, sign painlor; • Ira
, edan’it contractor; Kurl Frost, concrete blocks;
x -l. He's Deerfield Filling Station; Ira Hole's Dcerl
raised 1 Company; Tho PaxlorcL (.'onstrnelion Com1 and lining contractors aro Ccorgo Botlls, Fred
o mon or Wolf. August Huolil; a shoo ropalrlag
ark con Tnnlnlon): a Deerfield bakery; a millioncage) tint (Call llDlt); two band leaders, H. 10.
known'rank Russo. Among the dairy companies
r in CXisorvIco In Deerfield arc tho Bowman Hoh-
rnim
following Horn:
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board will redistrict township
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<■« «ot Now lVoalnct at Supervisor,. Moat
According to .Schedule—Action on
Waukegan Delayed
Ita.lroad traded ,l°ad a,,d tho
St. Paul
orVl!«tn^r217A,,,,U,a.t 1>art oC Wcat Doorfieid lyliig south
it SV A. na and west of tho railroad tracks?
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‘‘UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” ACTIVITIES
The first real Information of Andrew Jackson, the run.
away slave. Samuel Ott Imparts to tills generation In tho
winter of 1858 a mulatto, about 28 years of age. came to he
home of Lyman Wilmot, tlio Abolitionist, at night Yla the
IJiidergrbund Hallway,’* from Mississippi. Tho lake was
r »/0M. so the black man could not bo scut across to Canada
therefore ho had been taken to Deerfield. Mr 'Wilmot
brought tho slave to tho Lorenz Ott homo
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so that tho children could go to school. to do tho chores,
keeping a runaway slave was against llin law imt *i,A
Abolitionists felt Unit they wero In tho right by disobeying
an unjust law Andrew Jackson's father was u whlto man*
II i “mi'o1 tCt mm 1 H. fnthcr'u plantation where ho saw his
uliito sis lei s. the plantation owner was more lenient to
ns son than to his other slaves, and Andrew learned more
than hill companions, therefore Hie desire to be free so
uvarcjuiin the lad Unit it led him to attempt to escape, but
bloodhounds (rucked him, and ho was brought back. In
Ids second attempt at freedom he was successful, and lie
crossed the Ohio River, where lie was sent on his journey
north.
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by tlio tliiirty farmer. WIioii spring came, and tlio roads
w' Alu,l'uw Ja°k«on prepared to leave. Lorenz
Ht made him a now suit, and gavo him money for boat
fare, and Lyman Wilmot
took him
to Chicngo, wlicro he
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escaped
to...
Canada. After
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roachlng tlio slaves’ liaycn. Ail•iIuMvrlto °or° hiS ,,crneracl.oraf wh0 fiad taught him to read
and wi ito, of his safe arrival, and that was tho last that
they over heard of him. Samuel Ott was fourteen years of
ago at the time, and he recalls much that the negro did
wnile here.
From another source it is learned that the slave, An' !i! «i!? <Si°rn'*! cacapo wna Ifianncd bccauso ho had been
My Id ml master round It necessary to sell me. None
sold
•C the siaves were given any education as our masters
thought that we would rebel or outwit thorn, But a friend
told mo that the sun rises In tho east and sets in the west
and that as ono goes further south It gets warmer, and
going norlli It gets colder, Willi tills information only. I
decided
to run away. I was soon captured for my inaster
, ,
had discovered my absenco soon artcr I left, and had sent
“r,,S ?rtcr„nur Whcn taking mo hack to tlio planta-
lion my captor (led my arms with a rope, which was
u.'miC,T l° iU,° JlfJrSL‘- and made mo walk In front of. him.
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1 W0S0^t•,(, 11,0 roi,° and talked along as If
I Nvcio not trying to escape. Soon I noticed that my master
was sleeping, so I dropped the rope, and Jumped Into the
woods. Most of the tlmo I hid during tho day. and often
“y
wore so close to my hiding place that I could
hear my master giving directions to them.
Several times I was without rood for a number of days.
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.0no lIn,° 1 r°II in a barrel when I was looking
foi food, and oven though I hurt my. hip sovoroly I maif
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1845 Lyman and Clarissa
Wilmot deeded one quarter acre of land
at the northwest corner (corner of
Wilmot and Deerfield Roads today)
of their farm for .a school,
first Wilmot School
The
(a township,
not a village school) opened in
1847 with Rosella Cadwell as the
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purpose other than a school or if the
land remains vacant for three years.
The first schoolhouse was built by Lyman Wilmot of logs.
It is said that tHe school had to face south so that Mrs. Wilmot
could see the children enter the building.
Does the door that the fourth graders use today face
south?
A second schoolhouse was made of rough boards and had a
dirt floor.
The third building, built in 1858, burnt to the
ground before it could be used.
A fourth structure was built
immediately using the same foundation,
This building still
exists today
1 .as part of a house at 294 Kenmore Avenue.
(It was first moved to the corner of Pine Street and
Deerfield Road and later moved to Kenmore.)
In 1904,
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frame, one-room structure.
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as part of the Schmitt house at 1660 Deerfield Road.
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�LYMAN WILMOT HOUSE
And Why It Will Not Be On The National Register
In the summer of 1994 my wife and I, together with our daughter and her husband, bought
die Lyman Wilmot House at 601 Wilmot Road in Deerfield.
From die beginning I was intrigued with the unique property because of its age and the
historic importance of the Wilmot family, who were very prominent in the early
development of Deerfield.
It was my hope to gain acceptance of the house and coach house on the National Register
of Historic Places. To that end I researched the history of the property and the Wilmot
family. Unfortunately, there was little about the house available except numerous
references to the fact that the original structure—still inside the present house somewheredated from 1840, making it, I believe, the oldest occupied building in Lake County. I
hoped some old photos of die buildings might become available, but none did.
I had much more success in developing information about the Wilmot family. Because of
my interest and experience in genealogy I was able to trace die Wilmot family back seven
generations to the year 1637 when the first Wilmot came to America from England.
I also located and corresponded with a number of Wilmots around the country, several
closely connected to die Deerfield family, who sent me interesting information and
encouraged my National Register quest.
But, alas, it is not to be! I was done in by siding—that and two extensions added to the
house at unknown times in the past. These revisions, it was judged, changed the character
of the structure too much to meet the National Register criteria (despite some early touches
to be seen—a field stone foundation, several hand-hewn beams in the cellar, and the initials
of one of Lyman Wilmot’s sons scratched in on an old window pane over a hundred years
ago). The later siding was the biggest problem. The National Register, it seems, takes a
dim view of modem siding.
One of die criteria taken into account in assessing a property’s qualifications for listing in
the National Register is the historic importance of the occupants. Lyman Wilmot and his
wife were significant in the early development of Deerfield. He was a community leader
and an office holder. They were ardent supporters of the Union and opened their home as
a station on the Underground Railway, harboring escaped slaves. In addition, they
donated the land at Wilmot Road and Deerfield Road for Deerfield’s first school, which
bears their name and where they both served, he as superintendent and she as a teacher.
It was my hope that the historic importance of the Wilmots would be enough to overcome
whatever problems the house presented, and I believe I would have been successful had
not previous owners of the property “modernized” so much.
But in 155 years what else could one reasonable expect?
I have given the Society a copy of the information I developed on the property.
Richard Hart
Riverwoods, Illinois
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This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
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Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield Public Library
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2002
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DPL.0013
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Lyman Wilmot House
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Photocopy of book by a resident of the Wilmot House with historical information about the house and the owner's attempt to get the house registered as a National Historic Place. Handwritten note indicates that this copy was received from the Lake County Discovery Museum on 5 Feb 2002.
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Hart, Richard
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Hart, Richard
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06/1995
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DPL.0013.026
A. Stapleton
Abolition
Abolitionism
Abolitionists
Abraham Lincoln
Adelia H. Wilmot Gutzler
Adelia Wilmot
Adelia Wilmot Gutzler
Agriculturalists
Ague
Albert B. Steele
Albrights
Alderson Brothers
Alfred Parsons
Alonzo Cook
Alsace
Alvin W. Knaak
American Civil War
American Civil War Battle of Old Lake Louisiana
American Civil War Union Army Enrolling Officer
Amos Flint
Amos Wilmot
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Meier
Andrew Meler
Andrew S. Wells
Anesthetics
Anna L. Hoffman
Anna L. Hoffman Gutzler
Anna Lydia Gutzler
Anna Lydia Gutzler Himmel
Anthony Sullivan
Anti-Slavery
Anti-Slavery Activities
Antiwar Sentiment
Apple Parings
Argonne Forest France
Arthur J. Ender
Asahel Talcott
Asahel Wilmot
Auburn Hair
Aztec Club
b.F. Washburn
Baldenheirn Alsace Germany
Bancroft
Bartholomew Boylan
Bartlett
Benjamin Marks
Betsy Clauson
Betsy Clauson Wilmot
Betsy Crawford
Betsy Crawford Wilmot
Bible
Bicentennial History of Deerfield
Billy Ott
Boone County New York
Boylan
Bradley
Breastpin
Bridget Monahan Meehan
Broome County New York
Buffalo New York
Buffalo Trails
Business Woman
Butter
C. Augenstein
C. Kopp
Cadwell
Cadwell Corners
Cadwell School
Caleb Cadwell
California
California Gold Rush
Calvinist Church
Camp Douglas
Canada
Canoes
Cape Horn
Captain McCaul's Shield Guards
Captain Wright
Carolan
Caroline Wright Whigham
Carolyn Becker
Carriages
Carroll County Missouri
Casper Ott
Cattleman
Chagres River
Chargres Harbor
Charles Gutzler
Charles Levi Gutzler
Chicago Coroner
Chicago Courthouses
Chicago Illinois
Chicago River North Branch
Christian Antes
Christian Jaquet
Christian Lintner
Christian M. Willman
Clarissa Dwight
Clarissa Dwight Wilmot
Clarissa Wilmot
Clark Knights
Coach House
Colesville New York
Colorado
Colorado State Legislature
Confederate Army
Connecticut
Cook County Illinois
Copperheads
Corn Huskings
Country Physician
Countryman
Cow
Crown Hill Cemetery
Cuba Township Illinois
Dailey
Daniel Wright Jr.
Davis C. Steele
Dawson
Dedham Massachusetts
Deerfield Area Historical Society
Deerfield Argonauts
Deerfield Assessor
Deerfield Centennial Celebration
Deerfield Corners
Deerfield Filling Station
Deerfield Garden Apartments
Deerfield Historic Village
Deerfield Historical Cemetery
Deerfield Historical Map
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Massachusetts
Deerfield Our Athenian Club (OAC)
Deerfield Postmaster
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield School
Deerfield Town Hall Meetings
Deerfield Township
Deerfield Township Post Office
Deerfield Village Store
DeKalb Illinois
Delta County Colorado
Dennis Lancaster
Denver Colorado
Denver University
Denver University Preparatory Department
Deputy United States Marshall
Des Plaines River
Diphtheria
District Schools
Dorsey
Dose
Doyle
Duffy
Dwight
Dwight Porter Wilmot
E.J. Ginter
Edwin Cadwell
Edwin Kittell
Eggs
Eglon Washington
Electa Hoyt
Electa Hoyt Bennett
Eliab Gifford
Elijah M. Haines
Elisha Gridley
Elizabeth Clark Millen
Elizabeth Gutzler
Elizabeth Gutzler Stryker
Elizabeth Luther
Elizabeth Luther Wilmot
Ella Wilmot
Ellen Eliza Wilmot
Ellen Eliza Wilmot Kittell
Elmer E. Miller
Emma Hall
Emmett Post Office
England
Epidemic Diseases
Erastus Bailey
Erin
Erwin B. Messer
Eugene B. Payne
Eva P. Vant Wilmot
Evangelical Association Church
Evangelical Association Church Des Plaines Conference District
Evangelical Association Church of North America
Evangelical Association Churchyard
Evangelical Church
Evanston Illinois
Evergreen Colorado
Fagan
Farm Hand
Father Marquette
First Presbyterian Church
Flatboat
Fleet as a Deer: History of the Deerfield Post Office
Flint Creek
Flour
Flour Prices
Flouring Mill
Fort Sheridan Army Station
Fort Wayne Indiana
France
Frances Willard
Francis McGovern
Frank Herbert Gutzler
Fred Fritsch
Fred H. Meyer
Frederick Muhlke
Frey Farm
Frontiersman
Genealogical Records
Geneva Illinois
George Arnold
George Brand
George Escher
George Gridley
George Henry Gutzler
George Messner
George Murray Skinker
George Stanger
George Stryker
George Truitt
German
German Methodist Church
Gerstheim Alsace Germany
Gersthelm Germany
Glenview Press
Gold
Golden Gate
Golden Wedding Anniversaries
Grace Flint
Graceland Cemetery
Graduate Nurses
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Prairie
Grandchildren
Great Chicago Fire
Greenhouse
Greenwood New York
Gretel Gutzler
Haddassah Clark Millen
Hand-Hewn Beams
Handwritten Notes
Hannah Bunnel Wilmot
Hannah Wilmot
Harriet Emma Gutzler
Harriet Emma Gutzler Miller
Harriet Wilmot
Hastings Subdivision
Hattie Gutzler
Hattie Gutzler Miller
Hay Loft
Heavy Timberland
Henry B. Steele
Henry County Illinois
Henry Gutzler
Henry Place
Henry S. Vail
Henry Walton
Henry Wells
Henry Wessling
Highland Park Alderman
Highland Park Illinois
Highland Park Mayor
Highland Park Post Office
Highwaymen
Highwood Academy
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale Michigan
Hiram Cadwell
Hiram Kennicott
Hiram R. Bennett
Historical and Statistical Sketches of Lake County
Historical Encylopedia of Illinois and History of Lake County
History of Deerfield
History of Lake County
History of the United Evangelical Church
Hobart J. Millen
Hobart Millen
Hodgkiss Colorado
Holcomb
Hood
Hoopole Grove Illinois
Hooppole Illinois
Horace Lamb
horses
Hoyt
Humeston Iowa
Hunter
Illinois
Illinois Republican Party
Iowa
Irish
Israel Dwight
J. Wesley Speelman
J.M. Washburn
Jacob Albright
Jacob C. Antes
Jacob Cadwell
Jacob Himmel
Jacob J. Escher
Jacob Luther
Jacob Miller
Jacob Ott
Jacques Marquette
James Chambers
James Duffy
James H. Fritsch
James Hamilton
James Mooney
James O'Connor
Jane McCartney
Janesville Wisconsin
Jasper Ott
Jennie C. McCulloch
Jennie C. McCulloch Vail
Jennings
Jerusha Rosina Cadwell
Jess Wilmot
Jesse Wilmot
Job Galloway
John A. Mills
John Alderson
John Cochran
John Dwight
John Easton
John Forke
John Gridley
John Halsey
John Hettinger
John J. Welch
John Jacob Escher
John Jacob Ott
John Jacob Ott Jr.
John Jacob Ott Sr.
John King
John Kinzie
John Kinzie Clark
John Matthews
John Millen
John Peterman
John Streicher
John Stryker
John T. Gridley
Joliet Illinois
Jonas Clybourn
Jonathan Kennicott
Jonathan Rice
Joseph Flint
Josephine Woodman
Josephine Woodman Maternity Home
Justice of the Peace
Knights of the Golden Circle
Lake County Board of Supervisors
Lake County Discovery Museum
Lake County Historical Archives
Lake County Illinois
Lake County Museum
Lake County Museum Archives
Lake County Transportation Systems
Lake Forest Illinois
Lake Michigan
Lamb
Lambs' Farm
Lancaster
Lancasterville Illinois
Land Buying Business
Land Surveys
Law and Order League
Le Clair Township Illinois
Leadville Colorado
Lebanon County Pennsylvania
Levi Davis Wilmot
Lewis Beecher
Lewis Gastfield
Libertyville Illinois
Life Insurance Business
Linens
Literary Society
Little Alice Mine
Little Jonny Mine
Lizzie Scholes
Lizzie Scholes Wilmot
Log Cabin
Loly Wilmot
Lorenz Ott
Loretta Heman
Louis Gastfield
Loyal Legion
Ludlow
Luther
Lutheran Church
Lydia Gutzler
Lydia Gutzler Himmel
Lyman H. Wilmot
Lyman Willis Gutzler
Lyman Wilmot
Madeson O. Cadwell
Madison Cadwell
Madison O. Cadwell
Magnus Tait
Margaret Elizabeth Hetzel
Margaret Elizabeth Hetzel Gutzler
Marie Ward Reichelt
Martin Luther
Martin Stanger
Mary Elizabeth Gutzler
Mary Elizabeth Gutzler Stryker
Mary Gutzler
Mary Gutzler Jaquet
Mary Louise Stryker
Mary Louise Stryker Gutzler
Mary Tweed
Mary Tweed Gutzler
Mary Wilmot
Mary Wilmot Bennett
Masonic Order A O Fay Lodge No. 676
Maternity Home
Mathias Horenberger
Mathias Mason
Matthew Hoffman
McCrarer
McIntyre
McIntyres and Tullys
Meath Ireland
Meehan
Meehan Settlement
Mexican American War
Mexico
Mexico City Mexico
Michael Dawson
Michael Fagan
Michael Gutzler
Michael Meehan
Michael Mehan
Michael Yore
Michigan
Midwife
Mike Schoelle
Milk
Mill Creek
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Minnie E. Vining Wilmot
Miranda C. Adams
Miranda C. Adams Wilmot
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Missouri
Moderator
Monterey California
Moody Rowd
Mooney
Moses Putney
Mount Vernon Iowa
Mr. Alderson
Mr. Brand
Mr. Gross
Mr. Hess
Mrs. Albert Hagi
Mrs. C.L. Rockenback
Mrs. Critchley
Mrs. Fred Bleimehl
Mrs. Fred H. Meyer
Mrs. Fute
Mrs. Gutzler
Mrs. Lange
Mrs. Lewis Todd
Mrs. Lyman Wilmot
Mrs. P.J. Gutzler
Mrs. Richard Steele
Mrs. Stryker
Mrs. Theodore Taylor
Mrs. Wessling
Mrs. Wilmot
Muhlke
Myrtle Estelle Gutzler
Myrtle Estelle Gutzler Skinker
Nanimoa
Naperville Illinois
National Register of Historic Places
Native Americans
Nelson C. Hall
New Berlin Pennsylvania
New York
Newberry
Newberry Library
Newport Illinois
Newspaper Clippings
Newton Bateman
Nicaragua
Nicholas Miller
Niles Illinois
Nora May Fuller
Nora May Fuller Gutzler
Norfolk New York
North Northfield Cemetery
Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois Republican Party
Northfield Cemetery
Northfield Evangelical Association Church
Northfield Illinois
Northwestern College
Northwestern University
O'Plain Cemetery
O'Plain Church
Ocean Voyages
Offensive Language
Office
Ohio River
Olive Smith
Olive Smith Wilmot
Orman Rockenbach
Otsego Post Office
Ott
Our Athenian Club (OAC)
P. Gutzler
P.J. Gutzler
Panama
Panama Canal
Parmelia Scott Clark
Parsons' Farm
Patrick Carolan
Peggy Pollard
Peleg Sunderlin
Pennsylvania
Pere Marquette
Peter Luther
Philemon Cadwell
Philip Brand
Philip Gutzler
Philip J. Gutzler
Philip Jacob Gutzler
Philip Lehman
Philip Ott
Philip Vedder
Philip Vetter
Physician
Physicians
Pioneers
Placer Mining
Pony Express Rider
Port Clinton Illinois
Porter
Portrait and Biographical Album of Lake County
Pottawatomie Native American Tribe
Practical Nurse
Prairie
Prairie Fire
Prairie Settlers
Prairie Wolf
Prairies
Prentiss Hall
Prophets Town Illinois
Protestantism
Public Office
Pyncheon
Rachel Millard
Rachel Millard Wright
Racist Language
Radium Colorado
Railroad
Ranches
Ransom Steele
Ravenswood Chicago Illinois
Raymond A. Nelson
Raymond Gutzler
Reformed Lutheran Church
Republican Party
Rev. Goessle
Rev. Himmel
Rev. Hoeffert
Rev. Hoess
Rev. Laegler
Richard Hart
Richard Hofstadler
Richard Steele
Ripon College
River Claims
Rivers
Riverwoods Illinois
Robert Bennett
Robert Dygert
Robert Easton
Robert Young
Rockenbach
Rockenback
Roderbusch
Rosella Cadwell
Roswell O. Wilmot
Roswell Rose
Rubie Rich Cadwell
Rubie Rosella Cadwell
Ruby Wedding Anniversaries
Rural Free Delivery
Ruth Pettis
Ruth Wright
Ryerson Conservation Area
S.L.
Sacramento California
Salina New York
Salome Gutzler
Samuel Dickover
Samuel Ott
Samuel P. Hutchison
San Francisco California
Santa Cruz California
Sarah A. Gutzler
Sarah A. Gutzler Speelman
Sarah A. Hodgkins
Sarah A. Hodgkins Wilmot
Sarah Esther Hunter
Sarah Esther Hunter Wilmot
Sarah Porter Dwight
Sarah Rapp
Sarah Rapp Gutzler
Sawmill
Schmitt
Scott Saxton College of Elocution
Seattle Washington
Shawnee Native American Tribe
Sheldon Sullens
Shields Township Illinois
Shop
Silas Brand
Silks
Singing Schools
Skokie Marsh
Sons of the American Revolution
South Chicago Illinois
South Dakota
Spelling Bees
Springfield Illinois
St. Johns Illinois
St. Mary's of the Woods Cemetery
St. Patrick's Cemetery
St. Paul Minnesota
Stanger Grove Illinois
Stanger Tavern
Steamboat
Stephen B. Wilmot
Sterling Illinois
Steuben County New York
Steward
Stewart
Stock Business
Stone Foundation
Sugar
Sun Porch
Sundhausen Alsace Germany
Survey Plat
Taxes
Temperance Advocate
Texas
The American Republic
The Turnleys
Thomas Ballard
Thomas Mooney
Timberland
Town Meeting Moderator
Trader's National Bank
Trustee of Schools
Tully
Turnley's Narrative from Diaries
Typhoid Fever
Underground Railroad
Union Army 37th Illinois Infantry Company C
Union Army 37th Illinois Infantry Company F
Union Army 38th Wisconsin Infantry Company D
Union Army 45th Illinois Infantry
Union Army 45th Illinois Infantry Company I
Union Army 47th Illinois Infantry
Union Army 51st Illinois Infantry Company G
Union Army 55th Illinois Infantry
Union Army 55th Illinois Regiment
Union Army 65th Illinois Infantry Company F
Union Army Bounty
Union County Pennsylvania
Union League
Union Rifle Guards
United Evangelical Church
United States
United States Army Quartermaster's Department
United States Congress
United States Marshall Service Northern Illinois District
United States of America
Utah
V.H. Freeman
Vedder Farm
Vermont
Vernon Township
Vincent's Grist Mill
Virgil Wilmot
Virginia
Wagons
Walter H. Millen
Walter Kittell
Walter Millen
Warren Henry Wilmot
Warren Illinois
Warren Pennsylvania
Water Cure Treatments
Water tank
Waterways
Wauconda Illinois
Waukegan Illinois
Wessling
West Deerfield Township
West Deerfield Township Supervisor
West Deerfield Township Treasurer
Wheat Farmer
Wheeling Illinois
Whig Party
William Carl Ott
William E. Sunderlin
William Easton
William Green
William T. Sherman
William Whigam
Willis
Wilmot Elementary School
Wilmot Road
Wilmot School
Wilmot School Agreement
Wilmot School Board of Education
Windsor New York
Wisconsin
World War I
Wright
Wright Farm
Y of A Waukegan Council
Yore
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f-the lire chief or chief of police and that all firemen be
eputized as police officers in time of fire.
The increasing demand for suburban property near
ihicago, especially along the north shore are factors in
ringing about added interest to the “North Shore West”
vrea. The completion of the new Union Station was ex
acted to bring better train service on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul Railway.
i The proximity of Deerfield to Highland Park and Lake
"orest, and to Ravinia with its grand opera in the sum
mer, is greatly in favor of the development of a high
!rade community. For the women the easy access to
he Highland Park Woman’s Club, with its excellent culural programs, to the North Shore Chapter Daughters of
he American Revolution (for those who are eligible)
f.jth its fine patriotic and educational work, adds to
Deerfield's desirability as a residence place.
DEERFIELD ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
I The Deerfield Athletic Association, of which Jack
\lyers is the patron and sponsor, is composed of young
hen of the Village who are champion baseball and footl>aThelaDeerfield-Shields High School is second to none
Imong suburban high schools. The Deerfield Grammar
School is far superior to what it was ten years ago.. The
(umerous golf clubs in the vicinity, such as Briergate,
Slen Acres, Skokie, Ridge, Old Elm, Exmoor, Onwentsia,
Jrernon Ridge, Breakers Beach, Lake Shore, Bob 0 Link
Sunset Ridge. ICnollwood, Illinois, Mission Ridge, Sunset
valley Northmoor, Illinois, Columbian, Hunters , and Big
pen Country Club, leave beautiful open spaces that pre
en t congestion.
There are four churches, one Catholic, and three
’rotestant in Deerfield and a public library
The shopping facilities are good for a village. Two
fry goods stores, Schells’ and Olendorl’s; three grocery
tores and markets, R. A. Nelson's, Henry Gastfield a, Sol
Shapiro’s; a butcher shop, of Wm. Steinhaus, the Kay
beauty shop, and the Deerfield beauty parlor; three bar
ber shops, Matt Hoffman’s, Chris Siffert’s and Sc.avuzzo
[hree restaurants, Bertolini and Lencioni s, the Blu®‘-)1F£l>
knd the Barbecue; two confectionery stores the Brier
sweet Shoppe and the Bluebird; two drug stores, T. J.
Knaak’s and Laegler and Hout’s; Coleman s Variety
Store; an A. and P. store; fruit store; two tailors and
ileaners, Vincent Silveri and North Shore Cleaneis, the
Deerfield Bakery; two plumbing and heating establishnents William H. Barrett’s and Milton Frantz; two elec;ric shops, William Seiler’s, and William Desmond s; one
lardware store, that of Jack Notz; one furnace and tin
hop. John J. McMahon’s; two garages,
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Uuhrend’s; four real estate and insurance offices, Chailes
Kanschull’s Frank Russo’s, Foxworthy’s, and Vant and
KS’s; one delicatessen and confectionery of Edward
31eimehl; three nurseries, Kottrasch Bros., Franken
3ros and F D. Clavey; two lumber and coal companies,
the Deerfield Lumber Company, The Mercer Dumber Co
and the Lake County Coal and Material Company, the
^aco oil station' the Standard Oil Company plant, the
Deerfield Interior Finish Company; ^he Deerfield State
Bank; The Deerfield Chevrolet Sales Company, The Bujert Construction Company (water mains and seweis),
The Kapschul Davis Construction Company (roads and
paving) The Perry Keast Battery Shop; a number of
painters and decorators, Ross ShermanMcGarvie, Wil
liam Kreh, Builders, Ed. Segert John Huhn, R. E and
C G Pettis A J. Johnson, Alex Taylor, Cashmore, Thilo
Toll’ PrflVik Jacobs C B Foxworthy, W. Aitken; two
well’drillers Lincoln Pettis, and Alvin Meyer; two brick
yardsthe Iliinois and the National; three piano teachers
Prances Blederstadt. Mrs. C. G. Pettis, Bertha Wei s,
Pehr’s Music Shop, for radios and piano tuning,
Knaak’s Music Store, for pianos, radios and victrolas,
The Hotel Deerfield; The Herman Frost Newspaper
Agency and pool room; one sewing machine agency, that
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Alvin Knaak's Deerfield FilUng Station; TreHole’s Deer!
Selig Chester Wolf, August Huehl; a shoe l epainng
store (AzadTanielen); a Deerfield bakery; a mimeo»roniiino ni,.nt /pau 115R); two band leaders, H. E.
Bolie and Frank Russo. Among the dairy companies
which have service in Deerfield are the Bowman, Hoh-
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felder, Clover Leaf, Santi. WHT, the radio broadcasting
station, is in Deerfield.
The Lake County Register of June IS, 1927, had the
following item:
BOARD WILL REDISTRICT TOWNSHIP
West Deerfield to Get New Precinct at Supervisors Meet
According to Schedule—Action on
Waukegan Delayed
Action was to be taken Thursday afternoon at the
board of supervisors’ meeting redistricting the Town of
West Deerfield, one new polling place to be added.
The resolution expected to be passed provides for
dividing the Town of West Deerfield as follows:
District 1—All that part of West Deerfield lying south
of the Half Day Road and the Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad tracks.
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District 2—All that part of West Deerfield lying south
of the Half Day Road and west of the railroad tracks.
District 3—All that part of West Deerfield lying north
of the Half Day Road.
“UNDEKGROUND RAILROAD” ACTIVITIES
The first real information of Andrew Jackson, the run
away slave, Samuel Ott imparts to this generation. In the
winter of 1S5S a mulatto, about 28 years of age, came to the
home of Lyman Wilmot, the Abolitionist, at night, via the
“Underground Railway,” from Mississippi. The lake was
frozen, so the blackman could not be sent across to Canada,
therefore be had been taken to Deerfield. Mr. Wilmot
brought the slave to the Lorenz Ott home to do the chores,
so that the children could go to school.
Keeping a runaway slave was against the law, but the
Abolitionists felt that they were in the right by disobeying
an unjust law. Andrew Jackson’s father was a white man,
and he worked on his father’s plantation where he saw his
white sisters. The plantation owner was more lenient to
his son than to his other slaves, and Andrew learned more
than his companions, therefore the desire to be free so
overcame the lad that it led him to attempt to escape, but
bloodhounds tracked him, and he was brought back. In
his second attempt at freedom he was successful, and he
crossed the Ohio River, where he was sent on his journey
n°The man was a good worker, kept the horses clean (he
had been a yardman on the plantation) and “made a nice
gate of stout wood” which he said would last till the slaves
were freed. When that occurred he requested Mr. Ott to
destroy the gate, which sentimental resquest was not heeded
by the thrifty farmer. When spring came, and the roads
were muddy, Andrew Jackson prepared to leave. Lorenz
Ott made him a new suit, and gave him money for boat
fare, and Lyman Wilmot took him to Chicago, where he
escaped to Canada. After reaching the slaves’ haven, An
drew wrote to his benefactors who had taught him to read
and write, of his safe arrival, and that was the last that
they ever heard of him. Samuel Ott was fourteen yeais of
age at the time, and he recalls much that the negro did
while here.
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From another source it is learned that the slave, An
drew Jackson’s escape was planned because he had been
sold. "My kind master found it necessary to sell me. None
of the slaves were given any education as our masters
thought that we would rebel or outwit them. But a friend
told me that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west
and that as one goes further south it gets warmer, and
going north it gets colder, With this information only, I
decided to run away. I' was soon captured for my master
had discovered my absence soon after I left, and had sent
bloodhounds after me. When taking me back to the planta
tion my captor tied my arms with a rope, which was
fastened to the horse, and made me walk in front of him,
while he rode. I loosened the rope and walked along as it
I were not trying to escape. Soon I noticed that my master
was sleeping', so I dropped the rope, and jumped into the
woods. Most of the time I hid during the day, and often
my pursuers were so close to my hiding place that I could
hear my master giving directions to them.
"Several times I was without food for a number of days.
Many times I ate raw corn taken from a field when I passed
through it. One time I fell in a barrel when I was looking
for food, and even though I hurt my hip severely, I man
aged to limp back into the woods. One day I came to a
hut and asked a girl, who was alone, for some bread, which
I could see was freshly baked. The child refused to give
it to me so I grabbed a few loaves and ran, and when
safely hidden, ate them. These are but a few of my hard*
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ships, but I am glad to be with friends now.”
A group of Abolitionists lived in Highland Park, and
would often come to Deerfield if they knew that the farm
ers were bringing their crops to town. Often many hot
debates took place on what is now known as Antes’ Corner.
A great many negroes passed'through Deerfield, but no
body remembers a direct route which they used when they
traveled through this part of the country, according to the
little history of Deerfield prepared by the pupils in the
grammar school in 1918, under the direction of Clifford
Huffmaster, the World War invalid principal.
PIONEER LIFE
C. A. Partridge in his History of Lake County says:
True history records the trials and the triumphs, the
failures and the successes of the men who make history.
The impulsive power which shapes the course of com
munities may be found in the molding influences which
form its citizens. The list of those to whose lot it falls
to play a conspicuous part in the great drama of life is
comparatively short; yet communities are made up of in
dividuals and the aggregate of achievements, no less than
the sum total of human happiness, is made up of the
deeds of those men and women whose primary aim
through life is faithfully to perform the duty that comes
nearest to hand. Individual influence upon human affairs
will be considered potent or significant according to the
standpoint from which it is viewed.”
In the record of each man and family may be traced
some feature which influenced or has been stamped upon
the community life, and these sketches show the strug
gles, the labor, and the successes, or the failures, that
engrossed their lives.
“A few yet remain, whose years have passed the al
lotted three score years and ten, who love to recount
among the cherished memories of their lives their remi
niscences of early days in Lake County.”
Clergymen, physicians, educators, home makers, farm
ers, lawyers, leave their influence upon the community
development in a way that it is difficult to estimate.
Their faith, energy, courage, self-sacrifice and devotion
attest the results which they have achieved in Deerfield
township.
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Judge V. V. Barnes, a former Deerfield man, attorney
and counsellor at law in Zion City, said:
“Few things are as interesting as the annals of
states and communities and the time will come when
whatever may be written or preserved will be considered
as all too meager. From such events and records the
historian weaves his most edifying and absorbing tale.
Already Lake County has furnished many events of in
tense and peculiar interest and men and women have
been permitted to lapse into silence whose knowledge
and words should have been preserved for those to come.
In fact, Lake County has been and is still rich in the
possession of characters and events of untold value and
in so far as possible we should take heed to preserve so
rich a heritage. It strikes me it would be well to con
sider this subject deliberately with a view to preserve
for others the things so closely associated with the lives
and welfare of the people.”
Martin C. Decker, a former Deerfield teacher who
wrote the history of Fremont Township for Dr. Halsey’s
history, said: “The history of a community is to a large
extent embodied in the lives of its great men. There are
a few history making changes that are due to natural
causes, most of them being if not entirely at least greatly
influenced by human agency.”
Of the pioneer mother little is known except tradition,
but that she bore and reared children under incredible
conditions and hardships, that she was a- homemaker
and housekeeper with no labor saving devices, and few
conveniences, and that every step in garment making and
food production was her job, is well known. Large fami
lies were common before the days of Margaret Sanger’s
doctrine, and the ingenuity of the mother kept them
clothed and fed in spite of drouth, flood, army worm, and
hail that destroyed their crops. Cornmeal mush was the
daily diet. Milk was used for making cottage cheese
but the cream was reserved for butter making, and this
product so rich in vitamins, (not known before this gen
eration) was sold to buy sugar. One neighbor was
selected to go to Chicago to make purchases for the
entire community. Ox teams were used sometimes, and
at others the packsaddle of a horse was utilized. It is
told that the first James Duffy walked to Chicago to buy
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wheat cakes with sorghum were a luxury, and quaii
prairie chickens, and partridges were had so often that
they were not the luxury that they are to this generation
A cheese similar to Limburger was made by the Germans
by forming cottage cheese into little balls, placing them
in a crock and allowing them to ripen. The fluid that
formed around the balls was poured off frequently ami
the cheese washed with fresh milk. Fish, principally
suckers ll/z feet long were in all of the streams. Water
for household purposes was dipped out of the ponds on
the land with buckets. Flies and mosquitoes tormented
the people and spread disease, malaria, ague, and ty
phoid. Screens or netting on windows were unknown
Wells dug were six feet deep.
Candles made by the women from mutton tallow and
cotton picking dipped, and also made in molds, were the
lights used. Later a two wick lamp, without a chimney
in which raccoou and lard, or camphene oil was burned
made a two candle power light. These lamps were on
metal standards with glass bowls. The third era was
the kerosene lamp of tin, painted green, with a polished
tin movable reflector, which hung on the door frames.
Glass hanging lamps with glass prisms or gaily painted
decorations were later parlor luxuries. “Student lamps”
of metal with a tall slender chimney on each side, with
two bowls of oil and circular wicks were a great im
provement for the sight. A Chicago directory oi’ IS GO
advertises lard oil, lunar oil, kerosene binnacle oil, Mayville coal oil, alcohol, camphene, and burning fluid.
Clothes were made for the men by the women of the
family after they had been cut by the tailor, Lawrence
Ott. In this vicinity the cloth was not woven for the
men’s suits but was bought in Chicago, and sewed by
hand with a very heavy black thread. The women did
the sewing after the children were in bed. The spinning
wheels which the German and Alsatian settlers brought
from Germany and Alsace were used to make the yarn
for stockings, mittens, and large scarfs which took the
place of overcoats. Mr. George Rockenbach has one that
his mother knitted.
After the log house era frame houses were erected.
These were very simple structures, built on the ground
without cellars under them, but with board instead of
dirt floors. A few had vegetable cellars. The first frame
house at the west end of the township that was at all
pretentious was the one built by Christian Schwingel.
now owned by Mr. Kellogg, of the Kellogg Switchboard
Company, known as the Grove Farm, and occupied by
E. L. Vinyard. It had a pantry, a cistern, and a pump
on the porch, which was the height of luxury. Good
houses began to be built in 1850, and many are still
in use.
Courtship in the early days of our township was con
ducted under difficulties. In a one room log cabin that
contained the beds of the parents and seven or more
children, the stove and other household furniture, there
was little privacy, so courting days were short. The
young people usually took walks in the woods. The
amusements were few. Sliding on the ice in winter, at
tending spelling, writing and singing schools, and among
the young men engaging in feats to show strength such
as lifting barrels of flour, and wrestling were among
their pastimes. Fist fights sometimes decorated their
drab, dull lives, as when the boys of the east and of the
west prairies met in swimming in the Desplaines River
seventy years ago, and forty years ago when the Everett
gang met the Deerfield one.
One pioneer said, “When I was young we folk held
our dancing parties in any house that had three rooms,
and if there was but one room we moved the stove and
bed out of doors, brought our fiddler and had our dance.
When it was over we moved the stove and bed back in
place and returned home in one sleigh loaded with plenty
of straw.”
DEERFIELD FAMILIES
Genealogy is an interesting study, for when one con
siders how rapidly one’s ancestors multiply (as well as
one’s descendents) two parents, four grandparents, eight
great-grandparents, and so on, until one finds that at the
time of the discovery of America, about fourteen genera
tions back, the average American now living has 1G.384
ancestors in a single ancestral generation. A good geneology describes the historical roots of the family tree, it
gives names, dates, places and family connections, ac
cording to the Eugenical News of April, 1923.
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true perspective. One of the most amusing pictures " as uuu
OC the Hoyt family at a picnic The men all won1 £
silk liats and looked very much dressed up to be sitting
on the ground around an outdoor feast spread on the
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the photographs.
]i?!?nJun?i 2S,ii1S45’ and dlecl when thirteen and onealf months old. Roswell 0., born July 12, 1S47 was
married November 20, 1870, to Miss Miranda C Adams
Pnw£eshes A Hoclgkiss' Delta County, Colo. Dwight
T,?nie<i bi°oS Aug,llst 16, 1S'49- married Lizzie Sclioles
Ho i9t 1881, and resides in Evergreen Colo. He was
Fl?Pn PH,areSreSeiitatlVe t0 the Colorado Legislature
E1>za. born January 19, 1852, was married Decem?eiQ 1
to Edwin Kittell, and their home is now
in South Chicago. Warren Henry, born October 6 IS55
is now a resident of Deerfield. The children older than
Deerfield "'6''e b°''n ,n New York and those younger in
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THE WILMOT FAMILY
No history of Deerfield could be complete without
soml mention of the Wilmot family which played sue
a°prominent part in the affairs of the
yet of this large family no member remains ^eie. The
Portrait^rid^BiograpALcaJ^lhiun„oJ^akeCouty ay
mmssss
Hannah (Bunn^f WUmo, both natives o£ Co,^cUenl.
“Mr. Wilmot was engaged in farming in the town of
inrhirfamnvell,benrC?lmty' N' Y- »»«! «S7. whenieav'
Uig liis family, lie first came to Lake County on a nrn<?
ofMa? t0^rr!V,ng at WS ctestination on the 2011®day
of May. Jesse, Ins younger brother, had preceded him
to Lins county in 1S35, and had located in whit is now
the town of Deerfield. Mr. Wilmot visited 1 is brotheT
an traveled over Northern Illinois for several nmUths
ami m November following returned to New York
In
the fall o 1840. lie emigrated from that state to Lake
^ tl1 1ils,.famiIy' coming by team to Buffalo where
lli1?nSf%r?d tie teams t0 a steamboat and took pas9,UCagi)\ ArrivinS at that port they drove to
Deerfield, their future home. In February 1S41 lie nnr
chafed one hundred and sixty acres of wild land to •
which he afterwards added until he now has two hun
dred and forty acres. His farm is largely prairie and
}l.S1,iUa ed f0?4»?ect1011 32, where he has made his home
mia? ® Past fifty-°ne years. It is considered one of the
most valuable farms in Deerfield, and the owner is one
o. the most successful and leading agriculturists of
Lake County. In political sentiment he fs an earnest RepubhcEui. In early life he was an anti-slavery Whig and
inof i”1 fu J accord with the original Abolitionists.^ He
ion1 l!8v!te at the, l)residential election of 1840 by reason of lug removal to the West that year. When the
ShAUfb 1ian pai!ty.was organized he was one of those
who took part in its formation in Northern Illinois He
has never been a seeker for public office and his served
firof In minor i?cal Positions. He was Moderator at the
first town meeting held in Deerfield, and has served as
Assessor for that town. During the draft he accepted
£wnVehy l^T\lar P°sition of enrolling officer for liis
threatene(LhlCh ^ made enemies and even had his life
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brated his ruby wedding
oldest of the five brothers,
his marriage. Stephen B.,
ed Miss Betsy Clauson,
was born February 20,1798, married mis ^ s^euty.nine
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WoS: -dded Betsy effort and tod.^187 8. at the
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having lollg
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in March, 1SSS, at the age
is noW eighty-five
been a practicing piys
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years of age; Jess, the yoange jT’ th Lutlier, and is now
living at°the a°ge of eighty-one years in Carroll County,
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Church. They celebrated their ruby, or sixfl.
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are well preserved and enjoy, as they deserve7 the
high regard of all who know them. They have reared
aIai*f family of children, of whom nine are living and
rll,eS fUSelUl fnd Jesp.ected members of society.’’
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s°hool and Wilmot road were named for
Lyman Wilmot who was a leader in and exampl? to the
fleldn}unity* . ^ls ?ame should ever be honored in Deerfield by retaining it on school and road. No such fancy
S^mngless name as Sunset Lane should replace Wilmot
foad. Lyman Wilmot, born July 22, 1806, died Nov 12
181?' ,1^‘n 4lte-’i Ci'nriS.So Dwight Wilmot, born June if*
n6? A?t?‘ 10' 1S99- They “d heir daughter
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Uie observance of the centennial under present than
under normal conditions. We must have knowledge of
the thrilling story of service, of high and lol'ty accom
plishment of the pioneer citizens of Illinois. They chal
lenge us to measure up to the responsibilities of our
forefathers. The torch guiding all liberty loving people
today is Abraham Lincoln. Of all the men the world
has produced he is the exemplification of democracy.
But the luster of his. life should not dim that of other
great lives, such as George Rogers Clark, U. S. Grant,
Nathaniel Pope and Shadrack Bond. An opportunity
will be given to revive the spirit of Illinois so that it
will be felt all over the state, working with war activities.
“Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois,
Can be writ the nation’s glory.”
The Lake County Register Correspondent reported:
The entire intellectual portion of the community Hocked
to the school Thursday evening to hear a big man talk
on a big subject at the P. T. A. meeting. Wallace Rice,
composer of several ballads and a number of pageants
for the Illinois centennial celebration, as well as designer
of the centennial banner, gave an interesting talk on
the wonderful history of the State of Illinois, which
challenges that of any of the other states in the Union.
A group of pupils of the upper grades, under the direc
tion of Miss Lela Glyncli, sang patriotic songs. The girls
of the penny lunch committee reported a profit of over
$9, which sum will be used to buy a service flag for
the school. Mrs. Supple appointed the committee.
Such stories as the following were written by the
pupils and combined in a book that contains photographs
of log cabins and schools and is in the Deerfield school.
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Deerfield was so named after the numerous deer that
roamed in this locality, which was the highest place
between the Des Plaines river and Lake Michigan.
The early roads were located in about the same places
as they are now, with the exception of one which for
merly extended from Mr. Reay’s residence to Mr. Lidgerwood’s residence. These roads were very narrow and
crooked.
The bridges were built in an entirely different manner
than they are at present, the foundation being made
by laying saplings over a pile of brush. They were
commonly called “corduroy bridges” because of their
striking resemblance to that kind of material. The peo
ple traveled by land, in what were called “prairie
schooners” or by water in large “flat boats.” The nouses
were crudely built, many of them being log cabins, but
they served their purpose very well.
As early as 183 C almost all of the Indians had gone
to reservations, although a few of them still remained.
Some would travel in this vicinity often begging, and
others from northern Wisconsin would come to receive
payments on the land they had sold to the white settlers.
Many relics such as arrow heads and hatchets have been
found by some of our local citizens.
Our school district No. 109 was organized in IS60.
The first school was situated opposite Mr. Bert Easton’s
farm* it was very Crudely built of rough boards. The
first town school was built on Anderson’s corner. Con
veniences such as we have new were then unknown.
The furniture and other articles of these small schools
was very poor. The building that stood on the corner
was moved in 1903 to its present site; this school burned
down and a new one was erected in 1913.
In 1S60 a runaway slave, called “Andrew Jackson.”
came through Deerfield, where he stayed with Mr. Lorenz
nH. who lived where Mr. Orman Rockenbach now lives.
Tat'er he lived with Mr. Lyman Wilmot until the Civil
War was over. He had many hardships to endure while
hP was with cruel masters, but later he was taught to
rpad and write, and in return he showed the white
- npnnle how to tie com with a stalk of corn and many
other methods of farming. This is one incident of the
onii slavery activities.
n,ir service flag contains forty-five stars representing
J: nf our best young men who are willing to fight
' S°me
are proud of the fact that Deerfor our rountry We
many to this service. Not only are
fie!d k*;’ given billing to fight, but those who must stay
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Written for Deerfield school in 1918 at Illinois Centennlal celebration Material was secured from Lillian’s
grandfather,
merchant.
Christian
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Deerfield
TELEPHONE SERVICE
The first telephone call that went out of Deerfield was
made by Dr. T. L. Knaak from his drug store on Deer
field Road to his son, Theodore J. Knaak, who was in
Weinberger’s Drug Store on Chicago Avenue and Wells
Street in 189S. This
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was the first public or private telephone in the village.
Ten subscribers were necessary for the installation of
service.
The Chicago Telephone Company brought its lines into
Deerfield in January, 1903. The first office was in
Knaak’s old drug store on Deerfield Road. In 1911 it
was moved upstairs. Different members of that family
assisted in the service. Among others who were em
ployed were Ralph Peterson, Anna Petersen, Ella and
Ralph I-Iorenberger, Cora Cooksey, Nina Knigge, Ray
mond Goodman, Gertrude Gastfield, Martha Hagi, Peter
Perry Florence Goodman, Amelia Petersen, Helen
Schinleber.
In 1913 the exchange was moved to the Antes building
at the' corner of Deerfield and Waukegan Roads, and a
Mr. Smith had the exchange.
Raymond Goodman served as a night operator.
In 1914, Mrs. Frances Garrity took charge of the Deerfield exchange, and when one board was all that was
necessary for the needs of the village, with one operator,
a service second to no other was maintained.
So faithful was she in the discharge of her duties, and
so remarkable was her memory of calls made, that if an
attempt had been made by a subscirber to get a desired
party, and was unsuccessful, because of the absence of
the one called, that when the caller indicated her return
home by telephoning someone, Mrs. Garriety would say,
"Mrs. —-------- has been trying to get you,” and thus
complete the call hours afterwards.
The winter of 1917, when the snow was so deep that
not a wheel turned on the roads for three days, and it
was necessary to close the school because of the difficulty
to get children from the outskirts of the district to
school, the president of the school board called up each
family that had a telephone, on three successive evenings,
to announce that no school could be held because two
or the teachers had been unable to return from Wau• conda, and Mrs. Garrity on her own initiative, called
each family that had children in school, without waiting
for numbers to be requested, as each call was com
pleted, thus each family was notified without delay.
Many other such instances could be related of her
quick wit and keen sympathy in times of disasters and
accidents, when help was needed, in securing aid of
different kinds. Mrs. Garrity is still giving the same
amount of time to the service and has had as her main
assistants on the board her mother, Mrs. Anna Curley
Flood, and her daughter, Miss Marjorie Garrity. No
eight-hour day was observed by Mrs. Garrity. Her duties
frequently kept her at the board for twelve hours.
In 192 4 a second board was put in operation and a
regular assistant was hired.
In 19 27 a fourth switch board was installed in order
to take care of the increasing population. There are
now 4 80 subscribers.
Federal Tax Off Telephone Calls Removed After MidNight-, July 2, 1924, and An Increased Use
of Wires Expected.
“After midnight on Wednesday, July 2nd, and toll
on long distance telephone messages are free from the
federal tax, which has been in effect since April 1, 1919,”
states Commercial Manager Judd this morning, in an
announcement issued July 1.
“This tax of 5 cents on each message of from 15 to
50 cents, and 10 cents on each message of over 50 cents,
added materially to the cost of telephoning, especially
on toll messages over moderate distances,” said Manager
Judd, “and its removal will permit more liberal use of
the service without adding to the cost.”
Mr. Judd stated that the telephone company, anticipat
ing an increased use of the toll service, particularly
to nearby points, has provided additional equipment and
personnel to meet the demand.
Direct Telephone Wire to Deerfield—Express Method
Installed and Is Great- Convenience—How
To Call.
To quicken the telephone service between Highland
Park and Deerfield the telephone company recently in-
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Abolitionism
Adelia H. Wilmot Gutzler
Adelia Wilmot
Agriculturalist
American Civil War
American Civil War Battle of Old Lake Louisiana
American Civil War Sherman's March to the Sea
American Civil War Union Army Enrolling Officer
American Legion Deerfield Post 738
Amos Wilmot
Anderson's Corner
Andrew Jackson
Antes' Corner
Anti-Slavery Activities
Asahel Wilmot
Bert Easton
Betsy Clauson Wilmot
Betsy Crawford Wilmot
Broome County New York
Buffalo New York
Canada
Carroll County Missouri
Chicago Illinois
Christian Antes
Clarissa Dwight Wilmot
Clifford Huffmaster
Colesville New York
Colorado State House of Representatives
Colorado State Legislature
Connecticut
Dedham Massachusetts
Deerfield Assessor
Deerfield Grammar School
Deerfield Grammar School Principal
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield School District #109
Deerfield Town Hall Meetings
Deerfield Township
Deerfield Underground Railroad Activities
Deerfield World War I Service Flag
Delta County Colorado
Denver Colorado
Des Plaines River
Dwight Porter Wilmot
Edwin Kittell
Elizabeth Luther Wilmot
Ellen Eliza Wilmot Kittell
Evergreen Colorado
Farm Hand
First Presbyterian Church
Glenview Press
Greenwood New York
Hannah Bunnel Wilmot
Harriet Wilmot
Highland Park Illinois
Hiram R. Bennett
History of Deerfield
Hodgkiss Colorado
Humeston Iowa
Illinois Centennial Celebration
Illinois Republican Party
Israel Dwight
Jesse Wilmot
John Dwight
Lake County Illinois
Lake Michigan
Levi Davis Wilmot
Lillian Antes
Lizzie Scholes Wilmot
Loly Wilmot
Lorenz Ott
Lyman H. Wilmot
Lyman Wilmot
Marie Ward Reichelt
Mary Wilmot Bennett
Miranda C. Adams Wilmot
Mississippi
Native American Reservations
Native Americans
New York
Northern Illinois
Ohio River
Old Lake Louisiana
Olive Smith Wilmot
Orman Rockenbach
Philip Gutzler
Portrait and Biographical Album of Lake County
Prospecting Tour
Republican Party
Roswell O. Wilmot
Ruth Reichelt Pettie
Samuel Ott
Sarah A. Hodgkins Wilmot
Sarah Esther Hunter Wilmot
Sarah Porter Dwight
South Chicago Illinois
Springfield Illinois
St. Paul Minnesota
Steamboat
Stephen B. Wilmot
Steuben County New York
Union Army
Union Army Fifty-Fifth Illinois Regiment
Union Army Forty-Seventh Illinois Infantry
Virgil Wilmot
Walter Kittell
Warren Henry Wilmot
Whig Party
William T. Sherman
Wilmot Farm
Wilmot Road
Wilmot School
Windsor New York
Wisconsin
World War I
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•■the fire chief or chief of police and that all firemen be
jputized as police officers in time of fire.
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'The increasing demand for suburban property .near
hicago, especially along the north shore are factors in
■inging about added interest to the "North Shore West"
rea. The completion of the new Union Station was ex
acted to bring better train service on theXJhicago, Milaukee and St. Paul Railway.
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The proximity of Deerfield to Highland Park and Lake
orest, and to Ravinia with its gran'd opera in the sumer is greatly in favor of the development of a high
•ade community. For the wtimen the easy access to
Highland Park Woman’e^Club, with its excellent culiral programs, to the North Shore Chapter Daughters of
,e American Revolution (for those who are eligible)
ith its fine patriots and educational work, adds to
eerfield's desirability as a residence place.
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DEERFIELD ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The Deerfield Athletic Association, of which Jack
!yers 'is the patron and sponsor, is composed of young
en of ^the Village who are champion baseball anty footall players
none
The Deerfield-Shields High School is second
nong suburban high schools. The Deerfield Gfammar
;hool is far superior to what it was ten years ago.. The
imerous\golf clubs in the vicinity, such as JBriergate,
leu Acres, Skokie, Ridge, Old Elm, Exmoor, Onwentsia,
ernon Ridge, Breakers Beach, Lake Shore, Bob O’ Link,
inset Ridge, Knollwood, Illinois, Mission Ridge, Sunset
alley, Norlhmoor, Illinois, Columbian, Hunters’, and Big
sn Country Club, leave beautiful open spaces that premt congestion.
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There are\ four churches, one Catholic, and three
rotestant in\ Deerfield and a public library.
The shopping facilities are good for a village. Two
:y goods stores, Schells’ and Olendorf’fi; three grocery
ores and markets, R. A. Nelson’s, Henry Gastfield’s, Sol
lapiro’s; a butcher shop, of Wrn. St/inhaus; the Kay
jauty shop, anti the Deerfield beauty/parlor; three barjr shops, Matt Hoffman’s, Chris Siffeyt’s and Sc.avuzzoM;
iree restaurants\ Bertolini and Lencioni’s, the Bluebird,
id the Barbecue; two confectionery stores, the Brier
weet Shoppe anal the Bluebird; two drug stores, T. J.
.naak’s and Laegter and Hout’s;/ Coleman’s Variety
;ore; an A. and R store; fruit Store; two tailors and
eaners, Vincent Silveri and North Shore Cleaners; the
eerfield Bakery; tv^o plumbing/and heating establishents, William H. BaVrott’s and ilton Frantz; two elec•ic shops, William Seiler’s, and/William Desmond’s; one
irdware store, that of Jack Nbtz; one furnace and tin
iop, John J. M^MahonTs; two garages, Knaak’s and Pete
ihrend’s; four real estate and insurance offices, Charles
apschull’s, Frank Russo's, Foxworthy’s, and Vant and
ilig’s- one delicatessen \and confectionery of Edward
leimehl; three nurseries,/ICottrasch Bros., Franken
ros and F D. Clavey; tw«/ lumber and coal companies,
le Deerfield Lumber Com ny, The Mercer Lumber Co.
id the Lake County Coa ind Material Company;
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aco oil station; the StafidaVd Oil Company plant; the
eerfield Interior Finish/ComWny; The Deerfield State
auk- The Deerfield Chevrolet Sales Company; The Busrt Construction Comphny (vfeter mains and sewers);
he Kapschul Davis CdnstructiW Company (roads and
iving); The Perry Keast Battery Shop; a number of
winters and decorators, Ross Sherman, McGarvie, Wilani Kreh, Builders,/Ed. Segert, John Huhn, R E and
G Pettis A J. Johnson, Alex Taylor, Cashmore, Thilo
oil Frank Jacobs/ C. B. FoxwoAhy W. Ai ken; two
ell drillers, Linco/n Pettis, and Al*n Meyer; two bnckirds the Illinois and the National; Hiree piano teachers,
ranees Biederstadt, Mrs. C. G. PeTtis. Bertha Weiss;
ehr? Music Shop, for radios a\d piano tuning;
naak’s Music Itore,''for pianos, radSs and victrolas;
naaK s music p
The Herman Frost Newspaper
he Hotel Deerfield-;
agency, that
gency and po/l room; one sewing machine
Stryker
f A. H. Muhljfe; two sewer% .oward
painter;' Ira
ad George Burnet ^ Arc
Fr0st, concrete blocks;
ole, cement contractor,....
station; iT\ Hole’s Deerlvin KnaaS’s Dee
Pastoret Construction Com
eld Paving 9ompra07tractors are George Pettis, Fred
any.
Teaming coiitrac^^ Huehl; a shoe repairing
elig, Chester Wolf,
Deerfield bakery; a mimeo■ore (Azjld Tamelen) aR“eetw0 band leaders, H. E.
raphing /plant (Call l 0J*£moIlg the dairy companies
hich have se.^ce in Deerfield are the Bowman, Hoh-
felder, Clover Leaf, Santi. WHT, the radio broadcasting
station, is in Deerfield.
The Lake County Register of June 18, 1927, liad the
following item:
BOARD WILL REDISTRICT TOWNSHIP
West Deerfield to Get New Precinct at Supervisors Meet
According to Schedule—Action on
Waukegan Delayed
Action was to be taken Thursday afternoon at the
board of supervisors’ meeting redistricting the Town of
West Deerfield, one new polling place to be added.
The resolution expected to be passed provides for
dividing the Town of West Deerfield as follows:
District 1—All that part of West Deerfield lying south
of the Half Day Road and the Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad tracks.
District 2—All that part of West Deerfield lying south
of the Half Day Road and west of the railroad tracks.
District 3—All that part of West Deerfield lying north
of the Half Day Road.
“UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” ACTIVITIES
The first real information of Andrew Jackson, the run
away slave, Samuel Ott imparts to this generation. In the
winter of 1858 a mulatto, about 28 years of age, came to the
home of Lvman Wilmot. the Abolitionist, at night, via the
“Underground Railway,” from Mississippi. The lake was
frozen, so the blackman could not be sent across to Canada,
therefore he had been taken to Deerfield. Mr. Wilmot
brought the slave to the Lorenz Ott home to do the chores,
so that the children could go to school.
Keeping a runaway slave was against the law, but the
Abolitionists felt that they were in the right by disobeying
an unjust law. Andrew Jackson's father was a white man, ■
and he worked oh his father’s plantation where he saw his
white sisters. The plantation owner was more lenient to
his son than to his other slaves, and Andrew learned more
than his companions, therefore the desire to be free so
overcame the lad that it led him to attempt to escape, but
bloodhounds tracked him, and he was brought back. In
his second attempt at freedom he was successful, and. he
crossed the Ohio River, where he was sent on his journey
north.
The man was a good worker, kept the horses clean (he
had been a yardman on the plantation) and “made a nice
gate of stout wood” which he said would last till the slaves
were freed. When that occurred he requested Mr. Ott to
destroy the gate, which sentimental resque3t was not heeded
by the thrifty farmer. When spring came, and the roads
were muddy, Andrew Jackson prepared to leave. Lorenz
Ott made him a new suit, and gave him money for boat
fare, and Lyman Wilmot took him to Chicago, where he
escaped to Caimdal After reaching the slaves’ haven, An
drew wrote"to ills benefactors who had taught him to read
and write, ofliis safe arrival, and that was the last that
they ever heard of him. Samuel Ott was fourteen years of
age at the time, and he recalls much that the negro did
r\ while here.
\ From another source it is learned that the slave, An* drew Jackson’s escape was planned because he had been
sold. “My kind master found it necessary to sell me. None
of the slaves were given any education as our masters
thought that we would rebel or outwit them. But a. friend
told me that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west
and that as one goes further south it gets warmer, and
going north it gets colder. With this information only, I
decided to run away. I was soon captured for my master
had discovered my absence soon after I left, and had sent
bloodhounds after me. When taking me back to the planta' tion my captor tied my arms with a rope, which was
fastened to the horse, and made me walk in front of him,
while he rode.. I loosened the rope and walked along as if
I were not trying to escape. Soon I noticed that my master
was sleeping, so I dropped the rope, and jumped into the
woods. Most of the time I hid during the day, and often
my pursuers were, so close to my hiding place that I could
hear my master giving directions to them.
“Several times I was without food for a number of days.
Many times I ate raw corn taken from a field when I passed
through it. One. time I fell in a barrel when I was looking
for food, and even though I hurt my hip severely, I man
aged to limp back into the woods. One day I came to a
hut and asked a girl, who was alone, for some bread, which
I could see was freshly baked. The child refused to give
it to me so I grabbed a few loaves and ran, and when
safely hidden, ate them. These are but a few of my hard-
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ships, but I am glad to be with friends now.”
A group of Abolitionists lived in Highland Park, and
would often come to Deerfield if they knew that the farm
ers were bringing their crops to town. Often many hotdebates took place on what is now known as Antes’ Corner.
A great many negroes passed through Deerfield, but no
body remembers a direct route which they used when they
traveled through this part of the country, according to the
little history of Deerfield prepared by the pupils in the
grammar school in 1918, under the direction of Clifford
Huffmaster, the World War invalid principal.
PIONEER LIFE
C. A;. Partridge in his History of ,Lake County says:
"True history records the trials and the triumphs, the
failures and the successes of the men who make history.
The impulsive power which shapes/ the course of com
munities ipay be .found in the molding influences which
• form its citizens. The list of those to whose lot it falls
to play a conspicuous part in the great drama of life is
comparatively short; yet communities are made up of in
dividuals and the aggregate of achievements, no less than
the sum total of human happiness, is made up of the
deeds of those men and wom^n whose primary aim
through life is faithfully to perform the duty that comes
nearest to hand. Individual influence upon human affairs
will be considered potent or significant according to the
standpoint from which it is viewed.”
In the record of each man and family may be traced
some feature which influenced/or has been stamped upon
the community life, and these sketches show the strug
gles, the labor, and the successes, or the failures, that
engrossed their lives.
“A few yet remain whosi years have passed the al
lotted three score\ years and ten, who love to recount
among the cherished memories of their lives their remi
niscences of early days in I/ake County."
Clergymen, physicians, educators, home makers, farm
ers, lawyers, leave their influence upon the community
development in a way that fit is difficult to estimate.
Their faith, energy,\courage, self-sacrifice and devotion
attest the results which they have achieved in Deerfield
township.
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Judge V. V. Barnes, y former Deerfield man, attorney
and counsellor at law in Zion City, said:
“Few things are as\/interesting as the annals of
states and communities yand the time will come when
whatever may be writtenAor preserved will be considered
as all too meager. From such events and records the
historian weaves his mpst edifying and absorbing tale.
Already Lake County has uurnished many events of in
tense and peculiar interest and men and women have
been permitted to lap^e into silence whose knowledge
and words should have /beenWeserved for those to come.
In fact, Lake County /has been and is still rich in the
possession of characters and 'events of untold value and
in so far as possible vfe should take heed to preserve so
rich a heritage. It strikes me it would be well to con
sider this subject deliberately With a view to preserve
for others the things/so closely Xassociated with the lives
and welfare of the people."
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Martin C. Decked, a former \Deerfield teacher who
wrote the history of/Fremont Township for Dr. Halsey’s
history, said: "The/history of a community is to a large
extent embodied in the lives of its great men. There are
a few history making changes that are due to natural
causes, most of them being if not entirely at least greatly
influenced by human agency."
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Of the pioneer mother little is known except tradition,
but that she bore /and reared children under incredible
conditions and hardships, that she was a1,homemaker
and housekeeper /with no labor saving devices, and few
conveniences, anti/ that every step in garment making and
food production was her job, is well known. Large fami
lies were common before the days of Margaret Sanger’s
doctrine, and tile ingenuity of the mother kept them
clothed and fed in spite of drouth, flood, army worm, and
hail that destroyed their crops. CornmeaI\mush was the
daily diet, Mijk was used for making cottage cheese,
but the cream as reserved for butter making, and this
product so rich in vitamins, (not known before this gen
eration) was 4°Id to buy sugar. One neighbor was
selected to go to Chicago to make purchases for the
entire community. Ox teams were used sometimes, and
at others the packsaddle of a horse was utilized. It is
told that the first James Duffy walked to Chicago to buy
a bag of flour and carried it home on his back. Buck-
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wheat cakes with sorghum were a luxury, and ,quail
rairie chickens, and partridges were had so often thaf
they were not the luxury that they are to this generation
A cheese similar to Limburger was made by the /German*
by forming cottage cheese into little balls, placing them
in\a crock and allowing them to ripen. The7fluid tha!
formed around the balls was poured off frequently anti
thexcheese washed with fresh milk. Fisly; principally
suckers 1% feet long were in all of the streams. Water
for household purposes was dipped out of/the ponds on
the land with buckets. Flies and mosquitoes tormented
the people and spread disease, malaria/ ague, and tvphoid.\ Screens or netting on windows/were unknown'
Wells aug were six feet deep.
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Cand\es made by the women from jnutton tallow and
cotton v^cking dipped, and also made/in molds, were the
lights used. Later a two wick lamp,/without a chimney
in which raccoon and lard, or campjiene oil was burned
made a two candle power light. These lamps were on
metal standards with glass bowls/ The third era was
the kerosene lamp of tin, painted /green, with a polished
tin movable, reflector, which hung on the door frames
Glass hanging lamps with glass Ajrisms or gaily painted
decorations were later parlor luxuries. "Student lamps”
of metal with a tall slender chimney on each side, with
two bowls of\oil and circular/wicks were a great iniprovement for\the sight. A Chicago directory of is CO
advertises lard\oil, lunar oil, kerosene binnacle oil, Mayville coal oil, alcohol, camplidne, and burning fluid.
Clothes were 'made for the men by the women of the
family after they had been but by the tailor, Lawrence
Ott. In this vicinity the cloth was not woven for the
men’s suits but was bought in Chicago, and sewed by
hand with a very\heavy black thread. The women did
the sewing after the children were in bed. The spinning
wheels which the German/and Alsatian settlers brought
from Germany and\Alsac,4
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for stockings, mittehs, afid large scarfs which took the
place of overcoats. Mr. George Rockenbach has one that
his mother knitted. \
Alter the log hous^/era frame houses were erected.
These were very simple structures, built on the ground
without cellars under/\hem, but with board instead of
dirt floors. A few ha
getable cellars. The first frame
house at the west end of the township that was at all
pretentious was the/one\ built by Christian Schwingel,
now owned by Mr. Kellogg, of the Kellogg Switchboard
Company, known as the Grove Farm, and occupied by
E. L. Vinyard. It/had a p'antry, a cistern, and a pump
on the porch, which was the height of luxury. Good
houses began to be built in 1850, and many are still
in use.
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Courtship in me early days\of our township was conducted under difficulties. In a\one room log cabin that
contained the beds of the parents and seven or more
children, the syove and other household furniture, there
was little privacy, so courting \days were short. The
young people/ usually took walks in the woods. The
amusements were few. Sliding oA the ice in winter, attending spelling, writing and singing schools, and among
the young men engaging in feats td show strength such
as lifting parrels of flour, and wrestling were among
their pastimes. Fist fights sometimes decorated their
drab, dull/lives, as when the boys of flhe east and of the
west prairies met in swimming in tha Desplaines River
seventy years ago, and forty years ago when the Everett
gang met the Deerfield one.
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One pioneer said, “When I was young we folk held
our dadcing parties in any house that had three rooms,
and if/there was but one room we moved \he stove and
bed out of doors, brought our fiddler and had our dance.
When it was over we moved the stove and bWl back in
place and returned home in one sleigh loaded with plenty
of straw.”
DEERFIELD FAMILIES/3en eulogy is an interesting study, for when one conskiers how^r
4^pidly one’s ancestors jjvultiply (as well as
one’s descendent-s-i two parents, four grandparents, eight
great-grandparentsgand-^o onf until one finds that at the
time of the discovery o^cfire-r-ica, about fourteen generac, me
tions back,
the av^p
average American^nQw
now living has 16.384
ancestors in a^a-rtfgle
gle ancestral genera
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A good geneology describes the 1historical rootsi of the. raijmy
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gives names, dates, places and family connecTlmi^, nccording to the Eugenical News of April, 1923.
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the observance of the centennial under present than
grandfather, Christian Antes, an early Deerfield
under normal conditions. We must have knowledge xJf
merchant.
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theslhrilling story of service, of high and lofty accom
TELEPHONE
SERVICE
plishment of the pioneer citizens of Illinois. ThejychalThe first telephone call that went out of Deerfield as
lenge Nis to measure up to the responsibilities >of our
made by Dr. T. L. Knaak from his drug store on Deerforefathers. The torch guiding all liberty loving people
fiMd Road to his son, Theodore J. Knaak, who w^s in
today is Abraham Lincoln. Of all the men /lie world
Weinberger's Drug Store on Chicago Avenue and
ells
has produced he is the exemplification of/democracy.
Street in 1898. This was the first public or privatzfe tele
But the luster of his. life should not dim jfcnat of other
phone in the village.
great lives, sue! as George Rogers Clark; U. S. Grant,
Nathaniel Pope ind Shadrack Bond. An opportunity
Teh subscribers were necessary for the installation of
service.
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will be given to rfcvive the spirit of llinois so that it
will be felt all over tlve state, working. ith war activities.
TheOiicago Telephone Company brought its lines into
Deerfield
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- - 1903. The first offic was in
“Not without tl\wondrous/Uory, Illinois,
Knaak s\ old drug store on Deerfield Road. I 1911 it
Can be writ the\nation\s glory.”
wa& moved
. upstairs. Different members of that family
The Lake County Regmter/Correspondent reported:
assisted in the service. Among others who were em
The entire intellectual porti<Wof the community docked
ployed we^e Ralph Peterson, Anna Peterse/i, Ella and
to the school Thursday eveniivs to hear a big man talk
Ralph Horenberger, Cora Cooksey, Nina i/nigge, Ray
on a big subject 'at the P./T. ANmeeting. Wallace Rice,
mond Goodman, Gertrude Gastfield, Marthaf Hagi, Peter
composer of several ballaas and \ number of pageants
Jerry F^ence Goodman, Amelia Petersen, Helen
for the Illinois centennial celebratioV as well as designer
Schmleber. \
of the centennial banfter, gave an interesting talk on
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the wonderful history of the State ol Illinois, which
In 1913 the'exchange
was moved to the Antes building
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challenges that of/any of the other statekin the Union.
at the' corner df Deerfield and Waukegaii Roads, and a
Mr. Smith had 'the exchange.
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A group of pupils of the upper grades, under the direc
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tion of Miss Leki Glynch, sang patriotic songs. The girls
Raymond Goodman served as a night/operator.
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of the penny/lunch committee reported a proXt of over
In 1914, Mrs. Prances Garrity took cl/arge of the Deer
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$9, which sum will be used to buy a service\flag for
field exchange, and when one board
the school/ Mrs. Supple appointed the committed*.
necessary for the deeds of the village, Xvith one operator
Such stories as the following were written by\the
a service second to\ no other was maintained.
pupils a/d combined in a book that contains photographs
So faithful was slle in the discharge of her duties, and
of log/cabins and schools and is in the Deerfield school.
so remarkable was her memory of cZlls made, that if an
attempt had been made by a subsetrber to get a desired
DEERFIELD
party, and was unsuccessful, because of the absence of
Deerfield
was
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named
after
the
numerous
deer
that
Mh: roamed in this locality, which was the highest place
the one called, that when the caller indicated her return
home by telephoning sdmeone, M/s. Garriety would say,
between the Des Plaines river and Lake Michigan.
Mrs-, 7~:— has been\ trying /to get you,” and thus
The early roads were located in about the same places
complete the call hours afterwa/ds.
as they are now, with the exception of one which for- .
The winter of 1917, when tl snow was so deep that
merly extended from Mr. Reay’s residence to Mr. Lidgernot a wheel turned on th roads for three days, and it
wood’s residence. These roads were very narrow and
was necessary to close the school because of the difficulty
crooked.
to get children from the outskirts of the district to
The bridges were built in an entirely different manner
school, the president of the School board called up each
than they are at present, the foundation being made
family that had a telephone,
three successive evenings,
by laying saplings over a pile of. brush. They were
to announce that no school' cbuld be held because two
commonly called “corduroy bridges” because of their
of the teachers had- been /Unable to return from Waustriking resemblance to that kind of material. The peo
conda, and Mrs. Garrity Jon her own initiative, called
ple traveled by land, in what were called “prairie
each family that had children in'school, without waiting
schooners” or by water in large “flat boats.” The nouses
for numbers to be requested, a each call was com
were crudely built, many of them being log cabins, but
pleted, thus each family Was notified without delay.
they served their purpose very well.
Many other such instances could be related of her
As early as IS36 almost all of the Indians had gone
quick wit and keen sympathy in times of disasters and
to reservations, although a few of them still remained.
accidents, when help Was needed, ih securing aid of
Some would travel in this vicinity often begging, and
different kinds. Mrs./Garrity is still\giving the same
others from northern Wisconsin would come to receive
amount of time to the service and has'had as her main
payments on the land they had sold to the white settlers.
assistants on the board her mother. Mrk Anna Curley
Many relics such as arrow heads and hatchets have been
Flood, and her daughter, Miss Marjorid\ Garrity. No
found by some of our local citizens.
eight-hour day was observed by Mrs. Garrity. Her duties
Our school district No. 109 was organized in 1860.
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frequently kept her/at the board for twel\e hours.
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The first school was situated opposite Mr. Bert Easton’s
In 1924 a second/board was put in-operation and a
farm: it was very crudely built of rough boards. The
regular assistant wars hired.
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first town school was built on Anderson’s corner. Con
In 1927 a fourth/switch board was installed, in order
veniences such as we have new were then unknown.
to take care of tl/e increasing population,
ere are
The furniture and other articles of these small schools
now 4 80 subscribers.
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was very poor. The building that stood on the corner
was moved in 1903 to its present site; this school burned
Federal Tax Off /Telephone Calls Removed Afte\ Middown and a new one was erected in 1913.
Night, JuW 2, 1924, and An Increased IIse\
In 1860 a runaway slave, called “Andrew Jackson.” \
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came through Deerfield, where he stayed with Mr. Lorenz \
“After midnight on Wednesday, July 2nd, and Coll
Ott. who lived where Mr. Orman Rockenbach now lives. <
on long distance telephone messages are free from the
T.nler he lived with Mr. Lvman Wilmot until the Civil
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Lyman Wilmot House
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Creator
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Deerfield Public Library
Source
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Deerfield Public Library
Publisher
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Deerfield Public Library
Date
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2002
Language
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English
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DPL.0013
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Fax Cover Sheet (Original)
Description
An account of the resource
Fax Cover Sheet from Cindy Wargo in the Reference Departement of the Deerfield Public Library to the Research and Access Department of the Chicago Historical Society asking for sources to be checked for information about Lyman Wilmot.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Wargo, Cindy
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Deerfield Public Library
Publisher
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Deerfield Public Library
Date
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01/24/2002
Language
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English
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DPL.0013.006
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American Civil War
Anderson's Corner
Andrew Jackson
Antes' Corner
Anti-Slavery Activities
Bayliss
Bert Easton
Black Slave Narratives
Canada
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago Historical Society Research and Access Department
Chicago Illinois
Christian Antes
Cindy Wargo
Clifford Huffmaster
Corduroy Bridges
Deerfield Grammar School
Deerfield Grammar School Principal
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield World War I Service Flag
Des Plaines River
Dorsey
Feldstein
Flat Boats
Highland Park Illinois
History of Deerfield
Illinois Centennial Celebration
John Ott
John Ott Family History
Kentucky
Lake County Illinois
Lake Michigan
Lillian Antes
Local History
Log Cabins
Lorenz Ott
Lyman Wilmot
Marie Ward Reichelt
Mississippi
Mr. Lidgerwood
Mr. Reay
Native American Reservations
Native Americans
Ohio River
Once a Slave
Orman Rockenbach
Past and Present Lake County
Portrait and Biographical Album of Lake County
Prairie Schooners
Samuel Ott
Still's Underground Rail Road Records
Syracuse New York
The Underground Railroad in Illinois
The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin
This Land of Lakes and Rivers
Underground Railroad
William Still
Wisconsin
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Saying Farewell
Back on June 16, 2006, the Deerfield Public Library Board was
pleased to announce Mary Pergander as our next Library Director.
Now, with Mary retiring after nine years of exemplary service to
our community, we thank her wholeheartedly. Perhaps her biggest
accomplishment was her outstanding leadership in bringing us our
new Library. This process alone required innumerable decisions by
Mary while she continued to run the Library with virtually no service
interruption. Our new Library would not be standing as it is today
without Mary’s vision and leadership.
Mary also strove to make the Library patron experience as
user-friendly as possible. A vibrant website, drop boxes, the hold
shelves, a caf area, self-checkout & return, more and more
programming for all ages (including at off-site locations), an
explosion of e-materials, extended loan times, outreach to our
schools.. .Mary continually examined our processes and improved
them. With these projects, we often heard the words the Board
loved to hear - “On time and on (or under) budget”.
As we prepare to bid Mary a very fond farewell, we hope you’ll join
us at her open house going-away celebration. On behalf of the entire
DPL community, Mary, we gratefully say thank you and wish you all
the best.
Farewell Reception
Please join us in celebrating
Library Director
Mary Pergander’s retirement!
Thursday, May 21, 2015
5:00 - 6:30pm
5:30 Presentation
Open House
Deerfield Public Library
lower level meeting rooms
Ron Simon
President
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
KICK-OFF: Saturday, June 13 11:00am-2:30pm
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Potts & Pans Steelband
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“2015 Best Calypso/Soca Entertainer”
Chicago Music Awards
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artists. The students, under the guidance of teacher Chris
Sykora, created a diverse portfolio of eye-catching logos and
promotional pieces for the Library’s Summer Reading Program.
Look for more of the students’ vibrant food to the Rhythm
design work throughout the library during the summer. The
creative team from Deerfield High School included (back, 1-r)
Jakob Flessner, John Phipps, and Josh Stanaszek; (front, 1-r)
Lauren Tonner, Chris Sykora, and Dana Dworkin.
�Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at847-945-3311, or online at
immv.deetfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, May 20.
Read to the Rhythm
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Saturday, June 13 - Saturday,
August 8
Take time for yourself this summer and sign-up for the Library’s
summer reading program, Read to the Rhythm. Participants who
read, watch, or listen to five library titles this summer will be
eligible to win one of four gift baskets. Attendance at any Library
program can count as one of your five titles. Stop by the Adult
Services or Media desks to pick up an adult registration form
and you‘11 receive a set of earbuds (Quantities available while
they last).
Kick-off the Adult Summer Reading Program with fun activities
for all ages on Saturday, June 13. See Page 2 for details.
Look for
for more Read to the Rhythm summer programs
Potts & Pans Steelband
Saturday, June 13, 1:00-2:30pm
Just awarded “2015 Best Calypso/Soca Entertainer” from the
Chicago Music Awards, musicians from Chicagoland’s largest
steelpan organization will perform pieces from American pop,
European classical, jazz, soca, calypso, and more! You’ll have a
chance to participate on a variety of percussion instruments. Q
Healthy Habits for a Healthier You
Tuesday June 16, 7:00-8:30pm
For centuries, we’ve known that the health of the brain and the
body are connected. But now, science is able to provide insights
into how to optimize our physical and cognitive health as we age.
Learn about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise,
cognitive activity and social engagement, and use hands-on tools
to help you incorporate these recommendations into a plan for
healthy aging. Presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. Q
Local Author Fair
Saturday June 20, 10:30am-12:30pm
Mix and mingle with local authors writing in a variety ot
adult genres. The program will be located downstairs in
the Library’s meeting r ooms. Books will be available for
purchase. At the time of publication, our list of participating
authors include:
Lisa Barr
Greg Herriges
Steve Jackson
Karen L. Kaplan
Mitchell Karbin
Ivan Levi
Rae Olin Luskin
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Judith Matz, LCSW
Gertrude Pollitt, D Psa
Bob Schwartz
Jerry Witkovsky
Allan Zelinger, MD
Adult Programs
FOR FILM BUFFS
Enjoy hot new releases in brilliant HD
Blu-ray. No registration required.
TUESDAY ‘NEW MOVIE’ NIGHT
June 9. 23. July 7, 21. Augusts 18
Join us to preview the hot new release of the week (selected
by Library staff). As we get closer to each date, check our
website or ask at the Multimedia desk for a list of upcoming
All TUESDAY FILMS BEGIN AT 6:30pm
Favorite Musicals!
One MGM classic, one from the 1960s, and one from the
recent new wave. Join us after each movie for a brief
discussion.
Thursday, June 18, Singin' in the RainRated NR, 102 minutes
Thursday, July 23, The Sound of MusicRated G, 174 minutes
Thursda
lay, August 13, Chicago Rated PG, 113 minuti
Making the Most of Your Eye:
Travel and Street Photography
Tuesday June 30, 7:00-8:30pm
Professional photographers
John Batdorff and Staci
Prince will lead an in-depth
exploration of travel and
street photography. We’ll
delve into the history and
definitions of street and travel HlHp
photography, planning for
your photographic excursion, m
how to engage with your
subject, techniques for
getting the shot and using
Adobe Lightroom to edit and share your photos. Q
Thinks and Drinks Trivia
Wednesday, July 8, 7:30-9:00pm
@ Trax Tavern and Grill Deerfield I Adults Only
Think you know it all? Prove it! The library is
hosting its popular trivia night at TYax Tavern
& Grill in Deerfield. Play individually or
team up in groups of up to 4 people and test
your knowledge of trivia. Refreshments will
be served and prizes will be awarded to the
biggest know-it-alls! Q
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Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311, or online at
www.deerfieldlihrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, May 20.
Historic Route 66: A Journey Through History
Thursday, July 9, 7:00-8:00pm
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the story of Route 66 using pictures and
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California. Through eight states and three time
zones, Route 66 is still America’s Mother Road. Q
Paint to the Rhythm
Saturday, July 11,1:00-2:30pm
Join us for this fun, relaxing program and get into the groove
of abstract painting. No art experience required! Christine
Thornton returns to teach techniques for painting to the rhythm
of music using watercolor pencils. You’ll leave with a small
finished painting. Q
Getting Started in Genealogy
Wednesday July 22, 7:00-8:30pm
Itching to explore your family history after you’ve seen those
celebrity genealogy shows? Get off on the right foot with
guidance on working backwards, talking with relatives, using
the census, being a detective, and more. Copies of presenter
Grace Dumelle’s book, Finding Your Chicago Ancestors, will be
available for purchase. Q
Books with a Twist: Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
Monday, July 27, 7:30-9:00pm
@Biaggis Restaurant Deerfield, 711 Deerfield Road
On a cold night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an
English banker and his wife. She dies before she
can draw her first breath. On that same night,
Ursula is born, and embarks upon a life that
will be, to say the least, unusual. As she grows,
she also dies, repeatedly, while the century
MUSIC DISCUSSION:
Battle of the Drummers
Gardening in Miniature
Thursday, August 6, 7:00-8:00pm
Although imagination is a big part of
creating a miniature garden, to
construct a long-lasting garden,
it is important to understand the
mechanics of getting the right
materials in the right container. A
University of Illinois Extension Master
Gardener will demonstrate the proper
construction of a miniature garden. Resources
and creative ideas will be shared with the attendees. Q
Introduction to Essential Oils
Thursday, August 20, 7:00-8:30pm
Did you know you can cook, craft and diffuse
with essential oils? Learn the basics including
how they are made, how they work, and about
their many benefits. Presenter: Chris Banaijee,
Master Certified Healing Foods Specialist and
Essential Oil Educator. Q
Copies of the books will be available at the self-service holds shelf a month before the
discussion. No registration required.
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For Mary Beth Latham, her three children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her
life as the wife of a doctor. When her son Max becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and
is blindsided by a shocking act of violence.
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examples of some of the most celebrated drummers and talk
about what made them great. Please join us for what should be a
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marches on towards its second world war. Does Ursula’s infinite
number of lives give her the power to save the world? Copies' .
ofthe book available at self-service holds shelfend ofJune.
Attendees are welcome to order food and drinks off
menu to enjoy during the discussion. Drop-in.
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Fever by Mary Beth Keane | Thursday, July 9,10:30-1 1:30am
A fictionalized account of the life of Typhoid Mary, an Irish immigrant
nt who moved to New York and became
a successful cook, until officials noticed the trail of disease she left behind. Mairy was kept in isolation from
1907 to 1910, then released under the condition that she never work as a cook again. Her inability to under
stand her condition, her passion for cooking, and the income she had become used to all conspire to lure her
back into the kitchen.
The Invention otWingsby Sue Monk Kidd | Thursday August 13,10:30-1 1:30am
Hetty, a slave in nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the wealthy Grimk household. The
Grimk's daughter, Sarah, feels hemmed in by the limits imposed on women. Over the next thirty-five years,
both women strive for a life of their own, shaping each other's destinies and forming a complex relationship.
�Registration is requiredfor all computer programs. Register at
deerfieldlibrary.org, by phone at 847-945-3311, or inperson.
Tech Connections
All classes will take place in the Library’s Computer Lab unless otherwise noted.
Computer 101
Microsoft® Office
Mobile Devices*
Internet Basics
Word Basics
Bring device if you have one
Tuesday, June 9, 10:00-U:30am
Tuesday, June 16,10:00-11:30am
iPhone Basics
Email Basics
Wednesday, June 10, 2:00-3:30pm
Basi
Wednesday, June 17, 2:00-3:30pm
Tuesday, July 14,10:00-11:30am
iPad Basics
Wednesday, July 15, 2:00-3:30pm
Tuesday, August 18,10:00-11:30am
iPhone 2.0
Tuesday, July 28,10:00-11:30am
Travel Apps
Wednesday August 19, 2:00-3:30pm
iPad 2.0
Wednesday, July 29, 2:00-3:30pm
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Tuesday, June23,10:00-11:30am
Have a fun trip planned for the summer?
Learn where you can find apps to help you
with flights, hotels, translation, finding
things to do, and more! Meeting Room B
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Cloud Computing
Wednesday, July 8, 2:00-3:30pm
Learn about the different options you have
for storing information, and important tips
you need to know before using the Cloud.
Intro to Vlogging
Wednesday, July 22, 2:00-3:30pm
You’ve probably heard of blogging, and
now there is video blogging or vlogging.
We’ll discuss different vlogs (how-to,
cooking, tutorials, etc.), explore popular
vlogs, and review how one develops a vlog.
Meeting Room B
Streaming Content
Tuesday, August 4,10:00-11:30am
Find out how to watch movies and TV
shows on your tablet, computer, and
phone. We’ll discuss the basics of stream
ing, paid and free options, and more.
Video Chatting
Wednesday, August 5, 2:00-3:30pm
Are your loved ones far away and voice
calls just aren’t cutting it? Learn how to
use FaceTime and/or Skype on your
devices. Bring your own laptop/phones
or just observe. Meeting Room B
Intro to HTML
Music Apps
Tuesday, August 11, 10:00-11:30am
Always wondered how websites are
created? Learn the basics of creating
HTML code, options for building websites,
and more fun things to do with HTML5.
Wednesday, August 26, 2:00-3:30pm
We’ll discuss the wide world of free music
apps, such as NPR Music, that allow you to
listen to streaming music on your device.
Learn how they can be tailored to your
preferences and tastes. Meeting Room B
Netiquette: Manners Matter
Tuesday, August 25,10:00-11:30am
Learn the standards for setting up
accounts, communicating effectively
and maintaining a positive online
presence.
All courses are
hands-on unless otherwise noted.
When applicable, bring device, iusernames,
and passwords. Full course deiscriptions
and requirements on Library
website.
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Read to the Rhythm:
Teen Summer Reading Program
Please register in advance at the Library by phone at 847-580-8962, or online at
www.deerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, May 20.
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Rhythm
Saturday, June 13 - Saturday, August 8
Grades 6-12
Take some time out this summer and celebrate
Read to the Rhythm with awesome prizes and
programs! Whether it’s reading a book, watching a
movie, listening to music, or attending a Ifeen program at the Libraiy, it all counts.
Pick up a booklet in the Teen Space and you’ll receive a set of earbuds to get
movin’ to the beat! Look for
for more Read to the Rhythm summer programs.
Teen Study Lounge
Thursday, June 4 - Wednesday, June 10
High school students looking for a place to study for exams can make themselves
at home in the Library’s large meeting room during finals week. The Library will
provide large tables for group study, snacks and beverages, Wi-Fi access, and help
using the Libraiy’s extensive collection of print and online resources.
Peace Out Yoga
Wednesday June 24, 3:00-4:00pm I Grades 6-12
Move in motion with a professional Yoga Instructor.
Ruth Ann Grant will guide you through stretches,
balancing poses, and sun salutations while also
teaching stress management skills. Enjoy as you
breathe deeply and chill for an hour. Q
Move to the Rhythm: Belly Dancing
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Saturday, July 11, 1:00-2:00pm I Grades 6-12
Learn the basics of belly dancing, including hip- and foot-work, posture and
shimmies, with a professional! Miss Emma will teach a beginners’ choreography set
from this traditional Eastern Egyptian style of dance. All bellies are welcome! Q
Pizza and Paperbacks
Wednesday July 22, 1:00-2:00pm I Grades 6-12
Join Nina, the Teen Librarian, for a discussion of Throne of
Glass by Sarah Maas, while munchin’ on some pizza. If weather
permits, this event will be held outdoors, picnic style! Please
register in advance, as free copies of the book will be given to
participants to keep. Q
Let’s Make Some Music!
education
be smarter.
College Bound:
Financial Aid 101
Wednesday, August 12, 7:00 - 8:00pm
Do you have questions about the
financial aid process? Teens and
Parents are welcome to an information
session that will define what financial
aid is, outline the categories that it is
grouped in, discuss the most common
types of grants and programs issued by
the federal government, and reference
helpful websites to use throughout the
financial aid process.
College Application and
Essay Writing Seminar
Wednesday August 19, 7:00 - 8:00pm
Are you intimidated by the college
application process? Don’t be!
Students and parents will be guided
through a step-by-step analysis of
what is included in the Common
Application as well as any changes
made from the previous year. They will
also provide insight into what colleges
look for in an application essay.
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Tuesday, August 4, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 6-8 with and without special needs
Join us, in partnership with the Institute for Therapy through the Arts, as we
explore musical improvisation, music technology, rhythmic exploration, music and
movement, singing, and adapted instrumental play. No experience necessary. O
Teen Drop in Craft CjJ
Stop by the Teen Space throughout
the summer to get craftily inspired!
We’ll celebrate Read to the Rhythm
with music themed DIY kits that you
can take home to try out or create at
the Library.
�Children’s Programs
Q All children’s activities, except those designated as “drop-in”, require registration. Please register
in advance in person, online at www.deerfieldlibrary.org under “Programs and Classes”, or by
calling 847-580-8962. Registrationfor all ofthe programs listed here begins on Wednesday, May 20.
In addition to the specific programs offeredfor children with special needs, we are also happy to make
reasonable accommodations so that your child can participate in all our programs. For more informotion about programs and services?for children with special needs, please contact Paula Shapiro at
pshapiro@deerfieldlibrary.org
Book Buddies!
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Read to the Rhythm Children’s Summer Reading Program
“ "' n ages birth through 5th grade
Toe-tapping fun awaits children who participate in our summer reading program, Read
to the Rhythm. Children will get a prize just for signing up, and those who get in the
groove and complete the program by August 8 will receive a paperback book of their
choice and be eligible for a variety of exciting raffle prizes. When they aren’t busy
reading, children are invited to participate in the Library’s fabulous, free activities all
summer long. See Page 6 or
f information about the Teen Summer Reading Program,
open to grades 6-12.
June 16 through July 30
Tuesdays, 4:45-5:30pm
Tuesdays, 6:45-7:30pm
Wednesdays, 4:45-5:30pm
OR Thursdays, 6:45-7:30pm
Readers going into Grades 1-3
Volunteers entering Grades 7 through
12 will be matched with young
readers in this fun program. Buddies
will meet once a week for six weeks
to read aloud together, talk about the
stories and do an activity. Children
must be able to attend at least live of
the six sessions to participate in the
program. Space is limited. In order
to participate, parents mustJill
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The first 200 children to register for Read to the Rhythm will receive a
fabulous beach mat!
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August 8, will still receive a paperback book of their choice.
Kick-off the Children’s Summer Reading Program with fun activities for the whole family
on Saturday, June 13. See Page 2for details.
Look forCS for more Read to the Rhythm summer programs. The beat goes on all
summer long!
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Potts & Pans Steelband
Saturday, June 13, 1:00-2:30pm
Family Program, All Ages
Just awarded “2015 Best Calypso/Soca
Entertainer” from the Chicago Music
Awards, musicians from Chicagoland’s
largest steelpan organization will perform
pieces from American pop, European
classical, jazz, soca, calypso, and more!
Stay after the performance for an up
close and personal look at these amazing
instruments. All ages are welcome! Q
Campfire Stories
Wednesdays, June 17 and July 15,
7:00-7:30pm
Children with an adult
Come dressed in your pajamas and bring
your favorite stuffed animal to share in
the fun! Q
National research finds that
students who participate in
public library summer reading
programs;
• Scored higher on reading
achievement tests at the begin
ning of the next school year than
those who did not participate.
• Were well prepared for school
in the fall, and read more
confidently.
Encourage the young people in your
life to participate in the Summer
Reading Program!
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Brickology V.I.B.
(Very Important Builders)
LEGO Family Building
Belly Dancing to the Rhythm
Saturday, July 11,11:00-11:45am
Grades 1-3; both boys and girls
Come and learn the ancient art of belly
dancing! Have fun learning basic
movements of belly dancing, such as hip
and footwork, posture and shimmies.
You’ll put together a fun dance routine
to music. The class will include a brief
introduction to the history of Eastern
Style Egyptian dancing. All bellies are
welcome; both boys and girls! Q
Saturday, June 27,10:00-11:00am
Children with and without special
needs, ages 5 and up, with theirfamilies
andfriends
Fun for the whole family! Original
activities and vintage LEGO family
building! LEGO specialist Beth Weis
will lead for engaging and inclusive
opportunity to work on motor skills as
well as social and emotional growth. All
family members must be at least 5
years old to attend the program. O
KiDLS: The Science of Sound
Saturday, July 18, 1:00-2:00pm
Grades 1-5 with an adult
Explore the science of sound as we make
instruments, listen to different forms of
music, read to the rhythm and create our
own music. Q
Pete the Cat
Party
Saturday, June 27,
1:00-1:45pm
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Monday, July 20, 10:00-10:45am
Children up to age 6 with an adult
Shake your sillies out in this actionpacked dance program. Children will
find their rhythm with shakers and
tambourines while singing along to
their favorite songs! Q
Minecraft Club
Grades 1-3: Monday July 13, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 4-6: Monday, August 10, 4:30-5:30pm
Join us at the Library in our Computer
Lab for Minecraft club! Let your imagina
tion run wild with other Minecraft fans as
you create and show off your own unique
world! Q
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with our two new
Discovery Play Tables
generously provided
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�Children’s Programs
Let’s Make Some Music!
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Thursday, July 30, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5, with and without
special needs
Join us, in partnership with the
Institute for Therapy through the Arts,
as we explore musical improvisation,
music technology, rhythmic explora
tion, music and movement, singing,
and adapted instrumental play. No
experience necessary. ©
Drop-In Activities
Guessing Jars & Trivia
Challenge
Saturday, June 13 - Saturday, August 8
Children through 5th grade
Visit the Youth department during the Read
to the Rhythm summer reading program to
try the weekly trivia challenge and to see
if you can guess how many items are in the
guessing jar!
Drop-In Crafts
Monday, June 15 - Sunday, June 21
Monday, July 13 - Sunday, July 19
Monday, August 10- Sunday, August 16
Children with an adult
Stop by the Youth Services department to
do a craft, or take home a pack for later.
Welcome to Ralph s World!
Saturday, July 25,11:00-11:50am
Family Program; All Ages
Grammy-nominated children’s
songwriter, Ralph Covert, will perform
a mega-fun musical extravaganza
where kids rock-rock-rock and
dance-dance-dance to their own
and their parents’ delight. Ralph
engages his young fans with activity
songs, story songs, dancing songs, and
a healthy dose of pure silliness. Q
Comics Club
Monday, July 27, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 4-5
Roller Girl by
Victoria Jamieson is a
graphic novel about
roller derby and
friendships that is
perfect for fans of
RainaTelgemeier.
Read the book and
then join Ms. Jenna
for discussion,
activities, and
treats! Copies are
available for checkout in
the book group collection. ©
Family Movie & BYO Dinner
Thursday, August 6, 5:30-7:15pm
Children with an adult
Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy the
classic Willie Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory (G), a musical
movie about an eccentric candymaker and several kids who win the
opportunity to tour his unusual
factory. (}
Beach Party with
Dave Rudolf
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Saturday, August 8,11:00-11:45am
Family program, All Ages
Join us as we close out
our summer reading
program, Read to the i
Rhythm, with a
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beach party for the 1
whole family. Get
down to the tunes of
Jimmy Buffet, Harry
Belafonte, and others as performed by
Dave Rudolf. We’ll do the limbo, shake
some shakers, do some hula hooping
and much more! ©
Picnic Stories
Thursdays, June 18 -August 6, 12:00pm
Children, with an adult
Bring a bag lunch and enjoy stories for the
whole family in the Youth Program Room at
the Library.
Family Times
Saturdays, June 6-August 29, 10:00am
Children with an adult
Come to the Youth Services department
for a drop-in storytime the whole family
will enjoy!
Storytime, Milk, & Cookies @
Panera Bread Bannockburn
Tuesday, June 2, 9:30am
Tuesday, July 7, 9:30am
Tuesday, August 4, 9:30am
Join us every 1st Tuesday of the month for a
Milk & Cookies Storytime at the Bannock
burn Panera, located at 1211 Half Day Rd.
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�More to Know...
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Welcome our New Library
Board Members
Congratulations to our returning and new members of
the Deerfield Public Libraiy Board of Trustees. Seth
Schriftman, originally appointed to fill an open seat,
was elected to a six-year term, along with new
Board member Maureen Wener. Also, welcome to
Howard Handler, elected to a four-year term, and
Jean Reuther, elected to a two-year term. Our
heartfelt thanks to outgoing Board members Marla
Bark Dembitz, Luisa Ellenbogen, and Jeff Rivlin.
eNews you can use!
The Libraiy now offers three monthly eNewsletters
to keep you up-to-date on our latest news, events, and
services. eNewsletters are a great way to get reminders
about upcoming library programs previously announced
here in Browsing.
You can choose which eNewsletters you would like to
receive:
• Library News (formerly “First to Know”)
• Adult Programs
• Youth Programs
Subscribing to the newsletters is quick and easy.
“Thanks for asking...”
1. Scroll down to the bottom of the Library’s website
(deerfieldlibrary.org) to “Email Newsletter”.
2. Enter your email address, check the desired boxes,
and hit “Subscribe”.
Answers to frequently asked questions from
library users
Note: Ifyou are already subscribed, a prompt will let you
know, which includes a link to your subscription profile.
Is there a way to freeze holds when I’m
on vacation?
Relax! You can stay in the hold queue by following these
simple 3 steps:
1. Log into “My Account” on the library’s website,
where you will see your hold list.
2. Check the FREEZE box on the right column for each
title you want to freeze.
3. Click on the “Update List” box.
Important! When you return to town, be sure to
UNFREEZE your holds. Follow the steps above, but
this time un-check the “Freeze” box before updating
your list.
You’ll remain in the queue where you last were, or you
might even have moved up the line if there are less
holds.
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Farmers Market Visits
Library Trustees
Saturdays, August 1 and September 26
Stop by with questions about the library and to share
your ideas.
Library Staff
Saturdays, June 27 and August 29
Find out about the Summer Reading program, upcoming
events, and all things LIBRARY!
�More to Know...
Busier than ever!
Once again, use of Library resources and services is trending up
Circulated items, including print and electronic, reached an all-time
high of 485,518 in 2014!
Deerfield is clearly a community of readers who know the riches
that await them at the Library. The community has also taken full
advantage of the expanded program offerings made possible with
the building renovation. In 2014:
Onsite programs/Attendees
Youth
Adult
441 /13,500
213/3,200
We hope you can always find what you need at the Library.
Let us know how we can help you!
Friends of the Library
* The Friends are collecting gently used Cookbooks and
Children’s Books for sales at the Deerfield Farmers Market,
July 18 and September 19.
® Browse a wide variety of used books, DVDs and CDs available
for a suggested donation of $1 for paperbacks and $2 for hard
cover in our beautiful book corner.
* The Friends have given gifts in 2015 to the library such as art
work, library programs, two Discovery Tables, program prizes,
and BBC DVDs to the tune of over $1,400!
* The next Friend’s Board meeting is May 27,7:00 pm. We are
always interested in having new Board members. Please come
see what we are all about.
® Become a Friend of the Deerfield Public Library with an annual
membership. Have you renewed your membership?
® The Friends accept donations of gently used books, as well as
CDs and DVDs (NO cassettes, VHS, encyclopedias, textbooks or
magazines, please).
• Watch our thermometer rise! We have raised over $75,000 since
our inception in 2007. We need your help to reach our goal of
$100,000 in 2015.
The Friends can be contacted at (847) 945-3311, ext 8895 or
at friends@deerfieldlibrary.org
FRIENDS OF THE DEERFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
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Your annual membership will enhance the materials and programs
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I would like to become a member of Friends of the Deerfield Public Library for a year at the following level:
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Important Library Numbers
• Telephone: 847-945-3311
• Library home page and catalog:
www.deerfleldlibrary.org
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Deerfield Postal Patron
• Email:
DPL@deerfieldlibraiy.org
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Upcoming Holiday Closings and Late Openings
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY
Saturday, July 4 - Independence Day
Mon day, September 7 - Labor Day
Deerfield Public Library
Library Board Members
value your opinions!
Ken Abosch
847-948-5390
ksabosch@aol.com
Mike Goldberg
847-945-0 076
mikegoldberg@mac.com
Howard Handler
312-925-2597
hhandler@deerfleldlibrary.org
Jean Reuther
847-945-3765
jreuther@sbcglobal.net
Seth Schriftman
847-770-2530
sethschriftman@gmail.com
Ron Simon
847-204-8267
simon.ronald@yahoo.com
Maureen Wener
847-530-8408
wenerm@yahoo.com
Library’ Hours
Mon.-Thurs: 9:00am-9:00pm
Friday:
9:00am-6:00pm
Saturday:
9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday:
1:00pm-5:00pm
THE LIBRARY WILL CLOSE AT 5PM
Friday, July 3
LIBRARY LOBBY OPEN
11AM-2PM 4TH of July
Stop in for complimentary w ater and
clean restrooms in the Libra ry’s lobby.
ikikik SPECIAL NOTICE
Library Closed June 2-3
The Library will be closed on Tuesday, June 2 and Wednesday, June 3 for replacement of
the building’s electrical panel.
Check the Library website regarding available services during the closure. We anticipate
that you will be able to access the Library’s website, catalog, and downloadable books,
movies, and music. The book drops will be open, although Library materials will NOT be
due during the closure.
Couldn’t Have Done it
Without You!
Bountiful thanks to our Friends of the
Library for sponsoring these Spring additions
and events:
• Two new Discovery Play Tables for the
Preschool Pavilion
• By popular demand! BBC TV DVD collection
• Tasty “Let’s Celebrate ‘Pi’ Day with Pie”
program
• Informative “10 Secrets to Getting Your
Book Published” program
Reuse your bags and raise
funds for the Friends of the
Deerfield Public Library!
Wheni you shop at Whole Foods Market
Deert
.../field,
bring your own bags for
groceries and donate the 10 cent
credit to the Friends. This gene rou:
campaign runs through June 30, 2015.
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Alzheimer's Association
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Bannockburn Illinois
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Chris Sykora
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Deerfield Public Library Technology Classes
Deerfield Public Library Teen Study Lounge
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Drummers
Essential Oil Educator
Essential Oils
Every Last One
Fever
Financial Aid Information
Finding Your Chicago Ancestors
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Board
Gardening
Genealogy
Gertrude Pollitti
Grace Dumelle
Greg Herriges
Harry Belafonte
Howard Handler
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Institute for Therapy through the Arts
iPad
iPhone
Ivan Levi
Jakob Flessner
Jean Reuther
Jeffrey Rivlin
Jenna Goodall Friebel
Jerry Witkovsky
Jimmy Buffet
John Batdorff
John Phipps
Josh Stanaszek
Judith Matz
Karen L. Kaplan
Kate Atkinson
Kenan Abosch
Lake Michigan
Lauren Tonner
LEGO
Life After Life
Lisa Barr
Luisa Ellenbogen
Marla Bark Dembitz
Mary Beth Keane
Mary Beth Latham
Mary Pergander
Master Certified Healing Foods Specialist
Matt Mansfield
Maureen Wener
Michael K. Goldberg
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Microsoft Office
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Minecraft
Mitchell Karbin
Nina Varma Michael
Panera Bread
Pete the Cat
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Ralph Covert
Roller Girl
Ronald Simon
Route 66
Ruth Ann Grant
Santa Monica California
Sarah Maas
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University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners
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Victoria Jamieson
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Lake Michigan
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McCormick Family
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Park Forest Illinois
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Republican Party
Richard M. Nixon
Roman Catholic Church
Waukegan News-Sun
Waukegan Road
Wilmette Illinois
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Barbara McNair
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Deerfield, Illinois
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Date Range 1955-2018
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Bob Gand Papers
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English
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DPL.0001
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A Social Action Episode: Its Context, Content and Conclusion, and Some Post-Mortems
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Handwritten note at front from Dr. Sanford C. Kravitz
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Rosen, David H.
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David H. Rosen
Social Planning 240
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01/1969
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English
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DPL.0001.004.005
1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
1968 Chicago Democratic Convention Riots
A. Philip Randolph
Action System
Adlai E. Stevenson
Adrien L. Ringuette
African Americans
American Friends Service Committee
American Public Health Association
Analytical Tasks
Arnold Gurin
Arnold M. Rose
Association Press
Atherton Press
Barry Goldwater
Bedroom Community
Berkeley California
Blackface Minstrel Show
Blocking Strategy
Boston Massachusetts
Brandeis University
Brown v. Board of Education
Building an Action Structure
Building Permits
Campaign Strategies
Carl E. Bagge
Caucus System
Chance Circumstances
Changes in Social Systems
Chicago Church Groups
Chicago Civil Rights Organizations
Chicago Illinois
Chicago Metropolitan Area
Chicago News
Chicago Urban League
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Organizations
Class Differentiation
Collaboration
Collaboration Strategies
Columbia University Press
Communication Channels
Communication Research
Community
Community Conflict
Community Context
Community Identity
Community Life
Community Mental Health Journal
Community of Residence
Community Polarization
Consensus
Contemporary Community Life
Contest
Contest Strategies
Cook County Illinois
Cosmopolitan
Cultural Diffusion
Daniel Walker
David H. Rosen
David McEntire
Deerfield American Legion Hall
Deerfield Building Commissioner
Deerfield Building Inspector
Deerfield Chamber of Commerce
Deerfield Citizens Committee
Deerfield Citizens for Human Rights
Deerfield Citizens for Human Rights Steering Committee
Deerfield High School
Deerfield Human Relations Commission
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Integration Lawsuits
Deerfield Park District
Deerfield Park District Board of Directors
Deerfield Review
Deerfield School District #109 Board of Education
Deerfield School District #110 Board of Education
Deerfield School District #113 Superintendent
Deerfield Village Attorney
Deerfield Village Board of Trustees
Deerfield Village Manager
Definition of the Problem
Democratic Party
Demographic Processes
Detroit Michigan
Developing Open Communities
Developing Plans
Developmental Problem-Solving Model
Discriminatory Conduct
Dissensus
Diversity
Division of Labor
Downstate Non-Urban
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Economic Interest
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elizabeth Wickenden
Employment
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Eunice Grier
Evaluating Action
Extra Community Systematic Relationships
Fair Housing Groups
Fair Housing Laws
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal Housing Administration Loans
Federal Legislation
Federal Power Commission (FPC)
Floral Park Model Homes
Formal Political Structure
Formulating Alternatives
Frank N. Stanton
Fraternal Organizations
Freedom of Residence Foundation Inc.
George Grier
Glencoe Illinois
Goal Feasibility
Government Housing Policy
Government Loan Programs
Harold C. Lewis
Harper and Brothers
Herbert J. Gans
Horizontal Patterns
Horizontal Relationships
Horizontal Structures
Houghton Miflin Company
Housing Desegregation
Housing Discrimination
Housing Equity
Housing Integration
Housing Segregation
Howard S. Becker
Human Behavior and Social Processes
Ian McMahan
Impact of Social Change
Implementation
Implementation to Achieve Objectives
Industrialization
Initial Systemic Environment
Insularity
Integrated Neighborhoods and Developments
Integration Poll
Interactional Tasks
Intergroup Relations
Intracommunity Relations
J.A. Ponsioen
Jack D. Parker
Jacob K. Javits
James A. Pike
James S. Coleman
John Birch
John E. Lemmon
John F. Kennedy
John W. Hunt
John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Joseph G. Powell
Korean War
Lake County Illinois
Lake Michigan
Land Condemnation
League of Women Voters Deerfield
Lewis Coser
Little League Baseball
Little Rock Arkansas
Local
Local Community
Local Systematic Relationships
Localism
Locality Relevance
Los Angeles California
Luigi Laurenti
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Rein
Max Weinrib
McCarthyism
Modern Community Developers Inc.
Modern Community Developers Inc. National Advisory Committee
Monitoring Feedback
Morris Milgram
Mouton and Company
Mutual Support
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association of Social Workers
National Press
National Publicity
Nature of Community
Neighborhood Associations
New York City New York
Norm Violating
Norris W. Stilphen
North Shore
North Shore Residents Association
North Shore Unitarian Church
Open Occupancy Housing
Open Occupancy Housing Policy
Organizational Policies
Parent Teacher Association
Park Referendum
Participation in Community Life
Patterns of Community Action
Paul F. Lazarsfeld
Personal Feelings
Personal Interests
Peter Marris
Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Planned Community Action
Political Values
Post-War Housing Boom
Post-War Housing Shortage
Presidential Executive Orders
Princeton New Jersey
Property Rights
Property Values
Property Values and Race
Public Debate
Public Meetings
Race Relations
Racial Equality
Racial Stereotypes
Rand McNally
Rapid Community Growth
Republican Party
Residence and Race
Residential Segregation
Restrictive Covenant
Robert A. Taft
Robert C. Weaver
Robert C. Wood
Robert K. Merton
Robert Morris
Robert Perlman
Roert H. Binstock
Roland L. Warren
Russell R. Bletzer
Russian
Sanford C. Kravitz
School Segregation
Scott Greer
Segregation
Shallow Community Roots
Situational Politics
Small Scale Autonomy
Social Action
Social Actionists
Social Change
Social Conditions
Social Control
Social Justice
Social Participation
Social Planning
Social Problems
Social Reform
Social Welfare
Social Welfare System
Social Work
Social Work Planning
Social Work Practice
Socialism
Socialization
Societal Status
Societal Stratification
Specialization
Specific Community Context
St. Gregory Episcopal Church
Suburbanism
Suburbanites
Suburbanization
Suburbia
Technological Changes
The Free Press
The Negro in White Suburbia
Theodor P. Repsholdt
Transient Communities
United States Federal District Court System
University of California Press
Upward Mobility
Urbanization
Vertical Systems
Veterans Administration (VA)
Veterans Administration Loans
Voluntary Associations
Walter Reuther
Warner Bloomberg Jr.
White Liberals
Whitney Young
World War II
Young Men's Christian Associations (YMCA)