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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Hinsdale is a commuter village along the Chicago,
3Burlington, and Quincy Railroad that roughly encompasses the
4area between Kingery Highway, 59th Street, Interstate 294, and
5Ogden Avenue; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Hinsdale sits on elevated prairie land and has a
7valley running east to west that splits Hinsdale's morainic
8hills, some of which rise to over 70 feet above Lake Michigan;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, Shortly after the Black Hawk War ended in 1833, a
11settlement developed north of present-day Hinsdale in an area
12along the Old Plank Road, or Ogden Avenue, near the banks of
13Salt Creek; and
 
14    WHEREAS, This area, known as Brush Hill for its abundance
15of hazelnut bushes, grew into a thriving community of taverns,
16mills, and feed stores; by 1851, Ben Fuller had acquired most
17of Brush Hill, which he platted and renamed Fullersburg; and
 
18    WHEREAS, In 1858, Ben Fuller petitioned the Chicago,
19Burlington, and Quincy Railroad to build a line through
20Fullersburg; because of topographical problems, however, the
21line was built one mile south through Hinsdale's valley

 

 

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1instead; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The tracks through Hinsdale were completed on May
320, 1864, and William Robbins hired landscaper H. W. S.
4Cleveland to plat the village south of the tracks; the village
5was platted in 1865, and a school was built the following year;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, Hinsdale was incorporated on April 1, 1873 with
8Judge Joel Tiffany as its first president; the Hinsdale
9Library Association was incorporated in 1887; during the
101890s, the village installed a water pumping station, wood and
11brick-paved roads in 1892, electric streetlights in 1896, and
12a telephone exchange in 1896, and the Hinsdale Golf Club set up
13links on Anson Ayres' property; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Hinsdale Sanitarium was started in 1903;
15improvements to the town in the 1920s included Ruth Lake
16Country Club in 1922, the Madison school in 1924, and the
17Hinsdale Theater in 1925; the Woodlands, an area east of
18County Line Road, was annexed in 1917, and Fullersburg was
19annexed in 1923; and
 
20    WHEREAS, In 1924, the Hinsdale Plan Commission was formed
21to consider zoning ordinances; the colonial-style Memorial
22Building, which today houses village offices, was built in

 

 

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11928 and funded entirely by private donations; and
 
2    WHEREAS, From 1960 to 1975, Hinsdale arrived at its
3present borders by means of eight different annexations; in
41975 Hinsdale annexed Katherine Legge Memorial Park, which had
5been donated to the village by International Harvester; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Since the 1980s, Hinsdale has restored many of
7its historic structures, and builders have been encouraged to
8use the Georgian style of colonial architecture in keeping
9with the Hinsdale Plan of early civic leaders; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Today, Hinsdale, located just 20 miles west of
11downtown Chicago, offers natural beauty, hometown charm, and a
12friendly community atmosphere and serves as an ideal base for
13commerce, education, and suburban living; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
15HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16we recognize the 150th anniversary of the Village of
17Hinsdale's incorporation; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to the Village of Hinsdale as a symbol of our esteem
20and respect.