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By 1950, as American troops fought in the Korean winter and
the chill of the Cold War settled over the world, U.S. Army
planners had come to realize that they needed to know much more
about the icy regions that lay between America and the Soviet
Union. Most urgently, they needed to know how to build
things—roads, radar stations, underground bunkers,
airfields, missile silos—in places where the ground is
forever frozen, the ice is a mile deep, and the snowfall never
melts. This intensive research program required a special
laboratory like no other, and in 1951 the Army found just the
right place for it: an abandoned laundry at 1215 Washington
Avenue in Wilmette, half a block west of Green Bay Road. Read Entire Article
(From Volume 30, Number 3, Winter 2006/2007, pp. 3-4)
"...Wilmette has many examples of Craftsman-style housing
since the period from 1900-1920 was a time of significant growth
in the Village. These houses are primarily bungalows and
foursquares. Some of Wilmette's best examples of the
Craftsman style can be found in a very cohesive grouping of
fifteen houses on Oak Circle." Read Entire Article (From
Volume 25, Number 1, March 2001, pp. 2-3)
The automobile has undoubtedly been a major factor in shaping the
history of the twentieth century. Auto sportsmen played a vital
role in developing the auto into the reliable means of
transportation we take for granted and enjoy today. Because of
this, it is indeed surprising that they have remained for the
most part an ignored and unrecorded part of our Wilmette
heritage. It was prior to the start of this century that an
automobile drove through Wilmette for the very first time. On
Saturday, November 2, 1895, Oscar Mueller, at the wheel of his
imported Benz, traveled south on Sheridan Road. Read Entire Article (From Volume 23, Number 5, December, 1999, pp. 2-3)