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County Markers

County Markers

CountyMarker NameDedicated Date
Cook1992 River West Gas Fires07/01/2008
CookBattle of Fort Dearborn08/01/2009
CookBertha Van Hoosen, M.D.01/01/1992
CookBloom High School05/01/1991
CookBrunswick Corporation Headquarters06/20/1995
CookBurial Site of Josette Beaubien05/21/2006
CookCamp Douglas10/20/2014
CookCamp Thornton #2605 and the Civil Conservation Corps, Camp Motto: “String Along”05/01/2010
CookChicago Portage, The03/01/2009
CookDixie Highway, The05/01/2003
CookEastland Disaster, The06/04/1989
CookFreedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad: Ton Farm Site09/24/2023
CookGreen Bay Trail, The04/28/1963
CookHaymarket Riot (Missing)10/10/1970
CookHoxie Farm/Wampum Lake09/28/2019
CookJohn H. Humphrey Home03/01/2007
CookKennicott House01/01/1978
CookMary Bartelme, Illinois’ First Female Judge07/01/2011
CookNorway Building, The08/25/2018
CookOrigins of Calumet City and Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train05/31/2009
CookRiver Forest, Illinois: Proud Heritage – Bright Future03/30/2013
CookStephen Arnold Douglas, 1813-186101/01/1963
CookThe Milwaukee Road06/26/2014
CookWashington Park Racetrack10/28/2012
CookWest Side Grounds: Home Field of the Chicago National League Ball Club from 1893 to 191509/01/2008

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