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Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
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Eric F
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Date: September 11, 2014 07:19PM
I'd have to go with Daniel Burnham, with Aaron Montgomery Ward, who sadly appears to have never had a bio written about him second.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
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Dunning1
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Date: September 12, 2014 02:01PM
I would be compelled to nominate John Peter Altgeld. Even though I am politically and socially pretty conservative, I really respect the way he stood up for the right even at an extreme personal cost. After pardoning the Haymarket Trial convicts, the monied interests here hounded him until he lost his personal fortune. Other candidates might be Dwight Lyman Moody, the evangelist, and the man who originally supported him, John Villers Farwell. Farwell, almost unknown today, was really a devoted civic leader. He was a wholesale merchant that gave Marshall Field, Potter Palmer, Levi Leiter, and Aaron Montgomery Ward their starts, was instrumental in the founding of the YMCA in Chicago, was instrumental in relief for Civil War prisoners here (Moody's second ministry here), and somewhat phenomenally, together with his brother Charles built the Texas state capital of Austin, receiving something like eight counties of land in exchange. Henry Parson Crowell of Quaker Oats fame might be another consideration, as he gave up to 90% of his income to charity each year and supported many great institutions here.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
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nordsider
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Date: September 12, 2014 07:53PM
The men and women who helped create Chicago's Science, Natural History and Art museums; all of which provide anyone with a valuable source of self education.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: September 15, 2014 12:40PM
My parents.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
bowler
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Date: September 16, 2014 06:35PM
daveg
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
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Date: September 16, 2014 09:50PM
R. Buckminster Fuller.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
Eric F
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Date: September 17, 2014 07:02PM
For some reason I always thought Farwell was a politician.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: September 18, 2014 10:52AM
Richard J. Daley.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
davey7
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Date: September 22, 2014 01:37PM
Rich Koz of course!
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
Dunning1
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Date: September 22, 2014 04:49PM
There were two Farwell brothers. John Villers Farwell was the merchant and evangelist, Charles Farwell was a congressman and later a senator from Illinois.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
Mercer52
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Date: September 22, 2014 06:54PM
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: September 22, 2014 07:26PM
Eric F Wrote:
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> I'd have to go with Daniel Burnham, with Aaron
> Montgomery Ward, who sadly appears to have never
> had a bio written about him second.
An interesting story regarding A. Montgomery Ward and Daniel Burnham.
"When Daniel Burnham began searching for a site to build a permanent home for The Field Museum in 1906, he ran into a powerful roadblock by the name of A. Montgomery Ward".
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462998#page/70/mode/1up
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> I'd have to go with Daniel Burnham, with Aaron
> Montgomery Ward, who sadly appears to have never
> had a bio written about him second.
An interesting story regarding A. Montgomery Ward and Daniel Burnham.
"When Daniel Burnham began searching for a site to build a permanent home for The Field Museum in 1906, he ran into a powerful roadblock by the name of A. Montgomery Ward".
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462998#page/70/mode/1up
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
Dunning1
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Date: September 23, 2014 12:31PM
There was actually a bio written about Aaron Montgomery Ward. It was kind of written as a child's or young adult's book, but I do have it buried away somewhere, I found it in a garage sale. You might be able to find it on Alibris. Sorry I don't have it handy to give you the exact name and author, but its really buried with my old Chicago books.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: September 23, 2014 02:12PM
A book at the Newberry Library.
Title:
Aaron Montgomery Ward: Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Consumerist
Hardcover
Publisher: Illinois Special Events Commission (1971)
ASIN: B00JRJQZVS
Paperback: 523 pages
Publisher: Chicago: Montomgery Ward Inc.; 1ST edition (1973)
Language: English
ASIN: B00HG0CRKI
See: The Newberry Library
https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/nby/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/23/2014 03:42PM by nordsider.
Title:
Aaron Montgomery Ward: Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Consumerist
Hardcover
Publisher: Illinois Special Events Commission (1971)
ASIN: B00JRJQZVS
Paperback: 523 pages
Publisher: Chicago: Montomgery Ward Inc.; 1ST edition (1973)
Language: English
ASIN: B00HG0CRKI
See: The Newberry Library
https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/nby/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/23/2014 03:42PM by nordsider.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
Eric F
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Date: September 23, 2014 07:32PM
I saw the children's book on Amazon, but didn't know about the one at the Newberry library.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
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Eric F
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Date: September 24, 2014 06:33PM
William Ogden might be another good choice. That guy had a head in everything.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
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Jayg
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Date: September 30, 2014 04:54PM
Mention Chicago anywhere in the world and it's Al Capone.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
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PKDickman
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Date: September 30, 2014 08:28PM
Ellis S. Chesbrough who figured out how to raise the streets so the sewers would work.
As well as Pullman, Brown, Hollingsworth and all the other engineers who figured out
how to jack up the buildings to match.
As well as Pullman, Brown, Hollingsworth and all the other engineers who figured out
how to jack up the buildings to match.
Re: Who's Your Greatest Chicagoan Of Alltime ?
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: September 30, 2014 11:59PM
[b]TOO BAD[/b]Jayg Wrote:
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> Mention Chicago anywhere in the world and it's Al
> Capone.
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> Mention Chicago anywhere in the world and it's Al
> Capone.
