La Sociedad Histórica del Condado de Kankakee, fundada en 1906, es una de las más antiguas sociedades históricas en Illinois. Durante más de cuatro décadas después de que se formó la sociedad, sin embargo, su colección de objetos y documentos históricos no tenía un hogar permanente. Distin

The Freedom Train was conceived by U.S. Attorney General Tom C. Clark in April 1947. According to a brochure published by the U.S. National Archives, Clark’s goal for the project was to “reawaken in the American people the loyalty it is known they have for the American way of life.” It would permit Americans to view some of the country’s most important documents and to “learn more about our nation and its history.”

El Freedom Train fue concebido por el Fiscal General de los EE. UU. Tom C. Clark en abril de 1947. Según un folleto publicado por los Archivos Nacionales de EE. UU., El objetivo de Clark para el proyecto era "despertar en el pueblo estadounidense la lealtad que se sabe que tienen por el Estilo de v

It was called “Operation Fairgrounds,” and was hailed as a “great success” by county fair board president Percy Loiselle. He described the project as “a great demonstration of community spirit,” showing “that farmers and city and village residents can work together toward a common cause.”

A principios de marzo de 1918, Kankakee organizó un concierto de algunos miembros de la banda "Jackie", un grupo de jóvenes del Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Entrenado por el "Rey de las Marcas", el compositor John Phillip Sousa, el grupo de unos 40 hombres fue uno de los más destacados de l

"Kankakee Thrilled By New Radio Station," trumpeted the Daily Journal in a large front-page headline on Monday, June 2, 1947. At 12:29 p.m. the preceding afternoon, chief engineer Robert Harrell had closed a large electrical switch, and an "On the Air" sign lit up in the WKAN studios at 183 N. Schuyler Ave. Listeners first heard the strains of the national anthem, followed by the voices of the station's program staff performing a specially written historical show entitled "Wonderful Land."

"Kankakee emocionado por la nueva estación de radio", pregonó el Daily Journal en un gran titular de primera plana el lunes 2 de junio de 1947. A las 12:29 de la tarde anterior, el ingeniero jefe Robert Harrell había cerrado un interruptor eléctrico grande, y un El letrero "On the

For almost three-fourths of a century, a Kankakee summer tradition has been walking up to the window of a Dairy Queen store and ordering a curly topped soft-serve ice cream cone.

The first-ever portions of soft-serve ice cream (it wasn’t yet called Dairy Queen, and it wasn’t in a cone) were dispensed on Aug. 4, 1938, at Sherwood “Sherb” Noble’s ice cream store at 255 S. West Ave. in Kankakee. Soft-serve ice cream was served at a higher temperature than traditional ice cream, resulting in a product that (in the words of its inventors) “didn’t freeze the taste buds and allowed a person to fully enjoy the flavor.”

Durante casi tres cuartos de siglo, una tradición veraniega de Kankakee ha sido caminar hasta el escaparate de una tienda Dairy Queen y pedir un cono de helado suave con tapa rizada. Las primeras porciones de helado suave (aún no se llamaba Dairy Queen y no estaba en un cono) se dispensaron el 4 d

On Aug. 12, 1950 (69 years ago this week), a group of 14 Kankakee boys took the first step on an incredible two-weeks-long adventure they would remember for the rest of their lives. That road would lead them from Kankakee to Champaign, then Norwood, Ohio, and finally to Williamsport, Pa.

El 12 de agosto de 1950 (hace 69 años esta semana), un grupo de 14 niños Kankakee dieron el primer paso en una increíble aventura de dos semanas que recordarían por el resto de sus vidas. Ese camino los llevaría de Kankakee a Champaign, luego a Norwood, Ohio, y finalmente a Williamsport, Pa.

The alarm was sounded at 11:14 a.m., and the first fire engine reached the school within minutes, but it soon was obvious the building would be lost to the flames. The Journal reported it had become "a blazing inferno" within 20 minutes, and that by 11:40 a.m., the cupola had collapsed. A few minutes later, "the top story on the south side of the building crashed into East Station Street, sending bricks flying approximately 75 feet."

Fortunately, the fire broke out on a Saturday morning, when the building was vacant. On a school day, the classrooms would have been filled with more than 350 students and teachers. Members of the school maintenance staff had been in the building as late as an hour before the fire was reported, but had not noticed any smoke at that time.

La alarma sonó a las 11:14 a.m., y el primer camión de bomberos llegó a la escuela en minutos, pero pronto fue obvio que el edificio se perdería a causa de las llamas. El Journal informó que se había convertido en "un infierno ardiente" en 20 minutos, y que a las 11:40 am, la cúpula

The flood centered on Soldier Creek, a normally placid and shallow waterway that runs diagonally across the city from northeast to southwest. The creek crosses Illinois Route 50 north of the Armstrong floor tile plant, then proceeds west until turning south just before it reaches Schuyler Avenue. It parallels Schuyler, passing beneath two railroad embankments, to a point just south of Mulberry Street. The waterway then angles southwest, flowing through a viaduct under the Illinois Central Railroad tracks near Locust Street. From that point until it reaches Washington Park (at the northeast corner of Entrance Avenue and Chestnut Street), the creek runs underground through a man-made tunnel. West of Entrance, it emerges for a final three-block stretch, emptying into the Kankakee River just north of the Court Street bridge.

La inundación se centró en Soldier Creek, una vía acuática normalmente plácida y poco profunda que corre diagonalmente a través de la ciudad de noreste a suroeste. El arroyo cruza la ruta 50 de Illinois al norte de la planta de losetas Armstrong, luego continúa hacia el oeste hasta que gira h

The tradition of “good food” offered by the Redwood was due, in great part, to the first kitchen staff hired in 1964. “We got a lot of farm ladies to come and work at the Redwood,” recalls Jeff Berry, who rose from dishwasher to manager in his 27 years at the restaurant. “You had good, homemade food like potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw … these ladies took pride in what they did … it made our food taste very, very, very good.”

La tradición de "buena comida" ofrecida por Redwood se debió, en gran parte, al primer personal de cocina contratado en 1964. "Conseguimos que muchas granjeras vinieran a trabajar en Redwood", recuerda Jeff Berry, quien se levantó de lavaplatos a gerente en sus 27 años en el restaurante. “Tuvi

The year 1949 was a good one for Kankakee County — the austerity and uncertainty of World War II had faded away and the local economy was booming with new industries creating jobs, hundreds of homes being built and plenty of merchandise on the shelves of stores.

Families were ready to spend money, especially at Christmas time. In an era before shopping centers and enclosed malls, the place to shop was downtown Kankakee.

The year 1949 was a good one for Kankakee County — the austerity and uncertainty of World War II had faded away and the local economy was booming with new industries creating jobs, hundreds of homes being built and plenty of merchandise on the shelves of stores.

Families were ready to spend money, especially at Christmas time. In an era before shopping centers and enclosed malls, the place to shop was downtown Kankakee.

On the morning of Nov. 9, 1948, a highly unusual scene was visible only a few blocks north of downtown Kankakee: two large railroad locomotives lay sprawled on their sides alongside the Big Four Railroad tracks between the Schuyler Avenue and Dearborn Avenue crossings.

The engines had been derailed at about 10:30 p.m. the previous evening, when Big Four passenger train 438, bound for Cincinnati from Chicago, collided with a freight engine.

En la mañana del 9 de noviembre de 1948, una escena altamente inusual fue visible a solo unas cuadras al norte del centro de Kankakee: dos grandes locomotoras ferroviarias yacían a sus lados junto a las vías del Big Four Railroad entre los cruces de la avenida Schuyler y la avenida Dearborn. Los

Motorboats were “roarin’ on the river” on a sunny Sunday afternoon in 1950, as members of the Kankakee Valley Boat Club helped to celebrate the opening of the city’s new boat harbor in Waterman (now Beckman) Park.

Las lanchas motoras "rugían en el río" en una soleada tarde de domingo de 1950, cuando los miembros del Kankakee Valley Boat Club ayudaron a celebrar la apertura del nuevo puerto de botes de la ciudad en el parque Waterman (ahora Beckman).

In 1952, former Navy cooks Marvin Hammack and Ray Schimel were running a successful restaurant in Michigan called the Holiday House. The following year, they relocated to Kankakee, where they opened a restaurant that would be known for more than 30 years as Yesteryear.

En 1952, los antiguos cocineros de la Armada Marvin Hammack y Ray Schimel dirigían un exitoso restaurante en Michigan llamado Holiday House. Al año siguiente, se trasladaron a Kankakee, donde abrió un restaurante que sería conocido por más de 30 años como Yesteryear.

But the date, Aug. 14, 1945, and the Page One headline, “JAPS SURRENDER,” placed it in context: World War II had, at last, come to an end. The United States and its allies had triumphed over Japan, Germany, and their Axis partners.

But the date, Aug. 14, 1945, and the Page One headline, “JAPS SURRENDER,” placed it in context: World War II had, at last, come to an end. The United States and its allies had triumphed over Japan, Germany, and their Axis partners.

The Chicago & Southern was part of an early 1900s “interurban boom” that resulted in many hundreds of miles of electric railways linking Illinois cities.

Chicago was the terminus for three of the largest and longest-lived interurban lines: the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin (known as the “Roarin’ Elgin”), the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee, and the Chicago South Shore and South Bend.

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During World War II, many women aided the war effort by filling jobs traditionally held by men (remember “Rosie the Riveter”?). One of those women was 21-year-old Elaine Marker, who became Kankakee’s first female taxicab driver.

“In April,” the Kankakee Republican-News reported in a Nov. 21, 1944, article, “Mrs. Marker began driving a cab for Julius Neveau and worked for him until July, when she decided that she could contribute more to the war effort by working at the duPont [munitions] plant. The factory work, however, did not agree with her health. ... On Nov. 11 … she started driving a cab again.”

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, muchas mujeres ayudaron al esfuerzo bélico al ocupar puestos de trabajo tradicionalmente ocupados por hombres (¿recuerdan a “Rosie the Riveter”?). Una de esas mujeres era Elaine Marker, de 21 años, quien se convirtió en la primera mujer conductora de taxi d

A Nov. 11, 1919, story in the Kankakee Republican described “the terrible stench which was caused by the slaughtering plant formerly located just across the river. During the hottest weather in the summer, people living within half a mile, and even farther from the plant, were compelled to keep their windows closed many nights in order to be able to sleep.”

Una historia del 11 de noviembre de 1919 en el republicano de Kankakee describió "el terrible hedor causado por la planta de matanza ubicada anteriormente al otro lado del río. Durante el clima más caluroso del verano, las personas que viven a menos de media milla, e incluso más lejos de la plan

A devastating fire ... and a “For Sale” sign ... forever changed the then-tiny Kankakee County village of Bourbonnais. The fire had consumed the building housing Olivet College, located 100 miles to the south in Olivet, Ill. The “For Sale” sign was on the former campus of St. Viator College in Bourbonnais, which had closed at the end of the 1938 school year.

The two came together in 1939 as a group of Olivet College officials was driving to Chicago for a meeting with the company that held the insurance on their destroyed building. The Rev. Charles Henderson, business manager of the college, recalled that, “Going through Bourbonnais, we noticed the group of buildings that had all the appearance of a school or some state institution. Slowing our speed to take a better look at the area, a large sign at the entrance of the property announced that the premises were for sale; and as events developed, the insurance company that had insured Olivet’s property ... was also the mortgage holder of the now-defunct St. Viator College.”

Un incendio devastador ... y un cartel de "Venta" ... cambiaron para siempre el pueblo de Bourbonnais, entonces pequeño pueblo del condado de Kankakee. El incendio había consumido el edificio que alberga el Olivet College, ubicado a 100 millas al sur en Olivet, Illinois. El letrero "En venta" esta

When the Hotel Kankakee opened for business on Aug. 14, 1926, it advertised itself as “The Best Downstate Hotel in Illinois.” While such a claim might be difficult to prove, the seven-story, 150-room brick building could confidently state that it was Kankakee’s newest and most modern hotel.

When the Hotel Kankakee opened for business on Aug. 14, 1926, it advertised itself as “The Best Downstate Hotel in Illinois.” While such a claim might be difficult to prove, the seven-story, 150-room brick building could confidently state that it was Kankakee’s newest and most modern hotel.

An early local example of eye-in-the-sky law enforcement took place July 18, 1931, when a Kankakee aviator helped police after a bank robbery in the small town of Buckley that resulted in the murder of an Iroquois County deputy sheriff.

El 18 de julio de 1931, un aviador de Kankakee ayudó a la policía después de un robo a un banco en el pequeño pueblo de Buckley que resultó en el asesinato de un ayudante del sheriff del condado de Iroquois.

One major attraction each summer in Kankakee was the huge InterState Fair, (only the Illinois State Fair was larger) which drew thousands of visitors. Many of the Chicago-area visitors likely arrived by interurban at the Bradley station, the nearest stop to the fairgrounds.

Una de las principales atracciones cada verano en Kankakee fue la gran feria interestatal (solo la feria estatal de Illinois era más grande) que atrajo a miles de visitantes. Muchos de los visitantes del área de Chicago probablemente llegaron de manera interurbana a la estación Bradley, la parada

If your parents (or grandparents) grew up in Kankakee in the 1930s and 1940s, chances are good that they attended seventh- and eighth-grade classes in a large, three-story brick building on the northeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Station Street.

From 1927 until it burned down in 1946, that building was Kankakee’s “Departmental” School, where upper grade boys and girls had the opportunity to experience changing classrooms for different subjects, just as they later would in high school.

If your parents (or grandparents) grew up in Kankakee in the 1930s and 1940s, chances are good that they attended seventh- and eighth-grade classes in a large, three-story brick building on the northeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Station Street.

From 1927 until it burned down in 1946, that building was Kankakee’s “Departmental” School, where upper grade boys and girls had the opportunity to experience changing classrooms for different subjects, just as they later would in high school.

About 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, 1944, in a driving rainstorm, a car operated by 24-year-old Loren Bouk, of Cabery, slammed into the rear of a disabled semi-trailer truck on a highway north of Kankakee. Bouk and five of his eight passengers died in the crash; one more passenger died on Saturday and another on Sunday. Only a badly injured 20-year-old Chicago woman survived.

Alrededor de las 6 pm del viernes 3 de noviembre de 1944, en una fuerte tormenta, un automóvil operado por Loren Bouk, de 24 años, de Cabery, se estrelló contra la parte trasera de un camión semirremolque inutilizado en una carretera al norte de Kankakee. Bouk y cinco de sus ocho pasajeros murie

The Bradley Bank holdup was one of hundreds that were committed nationwide as the Great Depression deepened in the early 1930s. Bank robbery became a popular type of crime, as famous holdup man Willie Sutton supposedly said, “because that’s where the money is.” In the Kankakee area during that era, bank “heists” took place at Manteno, Grant Park, Bradley, Wilmington, Beecher, and Watseka. Some banks, including Bradley, were robbed more than once.

El atraco de Bradley Bank fue uno de los cientos que se cometieron en todo el país a medida que la Gran Depresión se profundizaba a principios de la década de 1930. El robo a un banco se convirtió en un tipo de delito popular, como supuestamente dijo el famoso atracador Willie Sutton, "porque ah

The first cook stove manufactured in Kankakee was assembled in 1915 in a former sewing machine factory on the northwest corner of Station Street and Main Avenue. The West Kankakee location would remain a manufacturing center for kitchen appliances for the next 67 years.

La primera estufa de cocción fabricada en Kankakee se ensambló en 1915 en una antigua fábrica de máquinas de coser en la esquina noroeste de Station Street y Main Avenue. La ubicación de West Kankakee seguiría siendo un centro de fabricación de electrodomésticos de cocina durante los próxim

In the midst of all growth and construction, a local organization, the Kankakee Women's Club, discovered an unmet need: the Kankakee area lacked a "community center" building that could be used for public and private meetings, exhibitions and Other social events. . In association with the Kankakee Park Board (today, the Kankakee Valley Park District), the Women's Club launched a fundraising campaign in February 1947.

En medio de todo el crecimiento y la construcción, una organización local, el Club de Mujeres de Kankakee, descubrió una necesidad insatisfecha: el área de Kankakee carecía de un edificio de "centro comunitario" que pudiera usarse para reuniones públicas y privadas, exposiciones y otros evento

Soon, the Koerner boys became weekend "barnstormers," landing in farm fields near small towns across Livingston and Iroquois counties, and offering rides (for a fee, of course) to adventurous bystanders. Their first flying season came to a halt in late summer 1926, when the Standard biplane failed to survive a collision with a barbed-wire fence (luckily, no one was injured).

¿Pero qué hay con 3KK? No encontrará esa designación impresa en las etiquetas de equipaje porque el aeropuerto que identifica no ofrece el servicio de línea aérea programado. Lo que sí ofrece es una larga historia de servicio a los propietarios de aeronaves y pilotos. Durante más de 90 años

The robbery took place shortly after Illinois Central Train No. 2, northbound from New Orleans, left the Gilman depot. The gunmen, who had boarded the train at Gilman, stepped into the rear Pullman coach and announced the holdup.

"No monkey business," one of the masked robbers shouted, as he pointed two revolvers at the passengers. The second robber seized railroad flagman L.R. Rowe and directed him to begin collecting cash and other valuables from the passengers. He followed Rowe through the coach, receiving the loot as it was gathered.

El robo tuvo lugar poco después de que el Illinois Central Train No. 2, en dirección norte desde New Orleans, saliera del depósito Gilman. Los pistoleros, que habían subido al tren en Gilman, se subieron al autocar Pullman trasero y anunciaron el atraco. "No hay negocios de monos", gri

On Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 24, 1932, thousands of people stood shoulder-to-shoulder, filling Schuyler Avenue from Court Street almost to Station Street. The crowd spilled over into Merchant Street on either side of Schuyler; it was possibly the largest and most concentrated gathering ever to occur in downtown Kankakee.

El miércoles por la tarde, 24 de febrero de 1932, miles de personas se pararon hombro con hombro, llenando la avenida Schuyler desde Court Street casi hasta Station Street. La muchedumbre se extendió a Merchant Street a ambos lados de Schuyler; posiblemente fue la reunión más grande y más conce

For almost a quarter century, the phrase “Meet me at McBroom’s” brought Kankakeeans together at a spot on North Schuyler Avenue for a cup of coffee, a “businessman’s lunch,” a club meeting or a steak dinner.

Durante casi un cuarto de siglo, la frase "Encuéntrame en McBroom's" reunió a los kankakee en un lugar en North Schuyler Avenue para tomar una taza de café, un "almuerzo de negocios", una reunión de club o una cena de carne.

Singing about “a man of means by no means,” Roger Miller identified him as “King of the Road.” Others applied less noble labels to those who rode the rails aboard boxcars, especially in the 1920s: hobo, vagrant, bindle stiff, drifter, tramp or just plain “bum.”

On January 29,1926, the Kankakee Daily Republican ran a Page 1 story under the heading, “Hobo Castle Is Doomed to Destruction.” Taking a light and humorous approach, the Republican reporter related the story of “one of Kankakee’s nationally known landmarks” which would soon face demolition.

Cantando sobre "un hombre de medios de ninguna manera", Roger Miller lo identificó como "Rey de la carretera". Otros aplicaron etiquetas menos nobles a los que viajaban en los carriles a bordo de vagones, especialmente en la década de 1920: vagabundo, vagabundo, rígido, vagabundo, vagabundo o sim

In spring 1941 Frank Morgan, of Kankakee, was shipping stockings for the Bear Brand Hosiery Co. In spring 1944, he was capturing German soldiers in Italy for the U.S. Army.

En la primavera de 1941, Frank Morgan, de Kankakee, estaba enviando medias para la Bear Brand Hosiery Co. En la primavera de 1944, estaba capturando soldados alemanes en Italia para el ejército de los EE. UU.

George Vaselenko’s attempt to break out of the Kankakee County Jail on Oct. 12, 1935, almost worked. The 21-year-old Chicagoan managed to slip out of his cell, carrying a length of chain that had supported his bunk, and a carefully carved, realistic wooden gun.

El intento de George Vaselenko de salir de la Cárcel del Condado de Kankakee el 12 de octubre de 1935, casi funcionó. El joven de Chicago de 21 años logró salir de su celda, llevando una cadena que sostenía su litera y una pistola de madera realista cuidadosamente tallada.

A century ago, taking a drive in your automobile definitely was an adventure: Once you were outside your town, there were virtually no paved highways. Rural roads were typically rutted dirt tracks that turned to deep mud after spring rains and generated choking clouds of dust in the summer. Standard equipment for most drivers (“automobilists,” as they were called) was a sturdy shovel to dig out a stuck vehicle.

Hace un siglo, conducir su automóvil definitivamente era una aventura: una vez que estaba fuera de su ciudad, prácticamente no había carreteras pavimentadas. Los caminos rurales eran típicamente caminos de tierra con surcos que se convertían en lodo profundo después de las lluvias de primavera

On a stormy November day in 1896, disaster — in the form of a lightning bolt — struck Capt. William Gougar. While the bolt didn't strike him directly, it started a fire that destroyed the two steamboats used in his river excursion business. Each year, from late spring until well into fall, the Minnie Lillie and the Modoc shuttled hundreds of passengers weekly between Kankakee and Gougar's large picnic grove near Aroma Park.

The Minnie Lillie was built in 1883, and began life as a towboat hauling barges of sand from nearby Aroma Park to the Illinois Eastern State Hospital construction site south of Kankakee. By 1884, when the Gougar's Grove picnic grounds opened, the Minnie was converted to carrying passengers. A decade later, the smaller Modoc was added to Gougar's fleet.

En un tormentoso día de noviembre de 1896, el desastre, en forma de rayo, golpeó al capitán William Gougar. Aunque el rayo no le golpeó directamente, comenzó un incendio que destruyó los dos barcos de vapor utilizados en su negocio de excursiones fluviales. Cada año, desde finales de la prima

The quiet of the restaurant was shattered as a small boy rushed in, shouting that the Remington Theatre building was on fire. Remington told a newspaper reporter, "I immediately sprang for the door, ran toward Court Street, and to the alley leading to the playhouse."

La tranquilidad del restaurante se hizo añicos cuando entró un niño pequeño, gritando que el edificio del Teatro Remington estaba en llamas. Remington le dijo a un periodista de un periódico, "inmediatamente salté hacia la puerta, corrí hacia Court Street, y al callejón que conduce a la

Here in Kankakee, the horse — aside from occasional appearances in parades and fairs — has not been a common sight on city streets for about a century. The equine population of the United States, after reaching a peak of 26 million in 1915, declined steadily. By 1960, there were only about 3 million horses in the nation; nearly all were used for recreational riding (since that low point, the number of recreational horses has tripled, to an estimated 9 million).

Here in Kankakee, the horse — aside from occasional appearances in parades and fairs — has not been a common sight on city streets for about a century. The equine population of the United States, after reaching a peak of 26 million in 1915, declined steadily. By 1960, there were only about 3 million horses in the nation; nearly all were used for recreational riding (since that low point, the number of recreational horses has tripled, to an estimated 9 million).

Kankakee won the hospital project in a hotly contested and politically charged battle with eight other cities: Bloomington, Champaign, Charleston, Danville, Decatur, Paris, Paxton and Pontiac. The Kankakee facility would join three other state mental hospitals, located in the northern, southern and western sections of the state.

On May 25, 1877, the Illinois Legislature approved the building of a new hospital to serve the eastern part of the state. The legislation directed Gov. Shelby Cullom to appoint a group of seven commissioners who would choose a location for the new institution. Selection of the commissioners involved regional rivalries and other political considerations; the final makeup of that group could be vital in determining which town would be chosen.

Kankakee ganó el proyecto del hospital en una batalla arduamente disputada y políticamente cargada con otras ocho ciudades: Bloomington, Champaign, Charleston, Danville, Decatur, París, Paxton y Pontiac. La instalación de Kankakee se uniría a otros tres hospitales psiquiátricos estatales, ubic

In June 1898, Kankakeean Arthur Gilbert purchased a Stanhope electric car powered by a storage battery. It could travel a distance of 50 miles at a speed of 10 mph before its battery had to be recharged.

Gilbert found the electric car to be impractical, however, and operated it for only a short time.

En junio de 1898, Kankakeean Arthur Gilbert compró un automóvil eléctrico Stanhope alimentado por una batería de almacenamiento. Podía viajar una distancia de 50 millas a una velocidad de 10 mph antes de que tuviera que recargar su batería. Sin embargo, Gilbert encontró que el automóvil elé

Normally, you wouldn't find a pedestrian on Main Street in Cabery at 3 a.m. on a Sunday. At that early hour on May 3, 1885, however, there was somebody "out and about" in the small town in Kankakee County's southwest corner. Luckily, that unnamed person noticed flames licking at the wooden wall of Mrs. Hilborne's millinery shop on the south side of Main Street. He raised the alarm, allowing the Hilbornes to escape unharmed from their second floor apartment.

Normalmente, no encontrarías un peatón en Main Street en Cabery a las 3 am un domingo. En esa hora temprana el 3 de mayo de 1885, sin embargo, había alguien "fuera de casa" en la pequeña ciudad en la esquina suroeste del condado de Kankakee. Afortunadamente, esa persona no identificada

The Kankakee & Seneca Railroad Company was chartered in early 1881 by a group of local businessmen led by Thomas P. Bonfield. One of the first settlers of the new community of Kankakee in 1853, Bonfield was a lawyer and served as the village’s first “mayor” (village board president).

Bonfield, who was active in the formation or operation of several railroad companies, was the president of the Kankakee & Seneca; his son, Thomas E. Bonfield, was the company’s secretary. Another prominent Kankakeean, Warren R. Hickox Sr., served as a director of the company.

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The name “Alpiner” became associated with West Side Park during a meeting of the Kankakee City Council in December 1911. The city’s newly elected mayor, Ben Alpiner, announced he would donate $500 to buy playground equipment to be installed in West Side Park.

El nombre "Alpiner" se asoció con West Side Park durante una reunión del Concejo Municipal de Kankakee en diciembre de 1911. El alcalde recién electo de la ciudad, Ben Alpiner, anunció que donaría $ 500 para comprar equipo de juegos que se instalaría en West Side Park.

The first foundry in Kankakee County dates to Civil War days. In 1861, Peter Weber established his foundry business on the east side of Washington Avenue, midway between River Street and Bourbonnais Street. Eleven years later, Weber sold the business to R. Beaumont and George Woodruff.

La primera fundición en el condado de Kankakee data de los días de la Guerra Civil. En 1861, Peter Weber estableció su negocio de fundición en el lado este de Washington Avenue, a medio camino entre River Street y Bourbonnais Street. Once años después, Weber vendió el negocio a R. Beaumont y

The years 1890-91 saw a local factory “building boom,” with at least seven new firms erecting manufacturing plants. In North Kankakee (later renamed Bradley), there were four new furniture factories, while Kankakee added two plants on the north side (Taylor Fibre Ware Company and the Superior Horse Shoe Nail Co.), and the building on Duane Boulevard, which would house a major furniture factory, the Knapp & Stoddard Company.

En los años 1890-91 se produjo un "auge de la construcción" en una fábrica local, con al menos siete nuevas empresas que erigieron plantas de fabricación. En North Kankakee (luego renombrado Bradley), había cuatro nuevas fábricas de muebles, mientras que Kankakee agregó dos plantas en el lado

For more than a century, Detroit held the title of Motor City because of its concentration of automobile manufacturers. But in the early 1900s, at the dawn of the Automobile Age, Kankakee (and dozens of other small communities across the country), could have contended for that title.

Durante más de un siglo, Detroit celebró el título de Motor City debido a su concentración de fabricantes de automóviles. Pero a principios del siglo XX, en los albores de la Era del Automóvil, Kankakee (y docenas de otras pequeñas comunidades en todo el país) podrían haber competido por es

Emory Cobb’s original plan was to construct a library for Kankakee. By the time his Arcade Building opened in 1884, it housed offices, meeting rooms, a bank, the Kankakee Post Office, American Express and Western Union Telegraph facilities and an opera house with seating for about 500 people. As Cobb explained in remarks at the opera house debut on Nov. 14, “My first thought was to erect a library building only, but upon further reflection, I enlarged the plan, not losing sight of that objective. Rooms for a public library have been provided and are now available for that purpose.”

El plan original de Emory Cobb era construir una biblioteca para Kankakee. Cuando se inauguró su Edificio Arcade en 1884, albergaba oficinas, salas de reuniones, un banco, la oficina de correos de Kankakee, las instalaciones de American Express y Western Union Telegraph y un teatro de ópera con ca

As the year 1893 opened in the new town of North Kankakee, life was good. Houses were sprouting up everywhere on streets that were once cornfields, stores were scattered up and down West Broadway Street, and workers by the hundreds were carrying their lunchboxes into the village's humming furniture factories.

Cuando se inauguró el año 1893 en la nueva ciudad de North Kankakee, la vida era buena. Las casas brotaban en todas partes en las calles que alguna vez fueron maizales, las tiendas se dispersaban por la calle West Broadway, y cientos de trabajadores llevaban sus fiambreras a las fábricas de muebl

Known as “Kankakee’s Regiment,” the 76th held the distinction of having fought in the last major battle of the Civil War, near Mobile, Ala., some six hours after Robert E. Lee surrendered his forces to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Va.

Conocido como el "Regimiento de Kankakee", el 76º tenía la distinción de haber peleado en la última gran batalla de la Guerra Civil, cerca de Mobile, Alabama, unas seis horas después de que Robert E. Lee entregó sus fuerzas a Ulysses S. Grant en Appomattox, Virginia.

In 1867, only 14 years after Kankakee was settled, an immigrant from Luxembourg named John Faber built the city’s first commercial greenhouse. Offering a variety of flowers and vegetable plants, the Faber Floral and Greenhouse Co. would be a major supplier for local customers for more than 130 years.

En 1867, solo 14 años después de que se asentara Kankakee, un inmigrante de Luxemburgo llamado John Faber construyó el primer invernadero comercial de la ciudad. Al ofrecer una variedad de flores y plantas vegetales, Faber Floral and Greenhouse Co. sería un importante proveedor para clientes loc