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History of Bensenville

Collected by: Bensenville Community Public Library

Archived since: May, 2021

Description:

A collection of websites covering the history of the village of Bensenville from early settler days to modern times

Subject:   Government - Cities Society & Culture Teenagers Education Government Recreation Sports Resources Fire Gangs Crime Social services Evangelicalism Youth Seniors Nonprofits VFW Incorporation Agriculture Industry Churches Indian removal Immigration Population growth,  Community ,  Railroads Religion Settlers O'Hare Quilting Emergency services Business Schools Transportation Cemeteries

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Title: Bensenville Proud of Our Past

URL: http://www.bensenville.lib.il.us/history/

Description: Save Bensenville Local History website created by Janis Arquette sometime in the 1990s, covering the history of Bensenville from the 1880s to the 1970s. At the time of capture, website is outdated and some links on the site are broken.

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Subject:   Transportation Schools Business Emergency services Quilting O'Hare Settlers Religion Railroads,  Community ,  Government

Title: Bensenville-Encyclopedia of Chicago

URL: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/130.html

Description: A brief history of Bensenville's evolution from a farming community to an industrial suburb next to O'Hare International Airport, 1833-1969. Article includes census information.

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Subject:   Population growth Transportation O'Hare,  Community ,  Settlers Immigration

Title: Embrace Living Communities - Our History

URL: https://embraceliving.org/history-newest-to-oldest/

Description: Timeline of the history of Embrace Living Communities, which began as the German Evangelical Orphanage & Old Peoples Home Society of Northern Illinois in 1895. The organization was known as the Bensenville Home Society between 1945 and 1987.

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Subject:   Nonprofits,  Community ,  Seniors Youth Evangelicalism Social services

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