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    • Old Settlers Reunion

    • Old Settlers Reunion

    • Reunions

    • Photo of the original settlers of Arlington Heights were: Bottom row, from left to right. Luther Whiting, Baron Young, Mrs. Young, Joseph Kennicott, Mrs. Joseph Kennicott (Mary Nason), Mrs. William H. Dunton (Almeda), Rush Miner, Mrs. Rush Miner...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Old Settlers Reunion

    • Old Settlers Reunion
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    • Photograph of early residents in the area around Mount Prospect taken at an Old Settlers Reunion, date unknown. Left to right, bottom: Luther Whiting, Baron Young and his wife, Joseph Kennicott, Mary Nason Kennicott, Almeda Dunton, Rush Miner,...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Kennicott, Joseph E.

    • Kennicott, Joseph E.
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    • Joseph E. Kennicott was born in Broadalbin, New York, the son of Jonathan and Jane Kennicott. The family settled near the village of Half Day in Lake County, Illinois, in 1835. His father had a lumber business at “The Mill.” Joseph E. Kennicott...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Campbell Street, 916 West

    • Campbell Street, 916 West

    • Dwellings; Campbell Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Farms; Churches

    • This property was the former home of the Kennicott farm. Joseph Kennicott purchased the home, which was built approximately 1860, and acres of surrounding farm land from Abraham Elwood on October 1, 1869. The home was moved forward on the property...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Kennicott, Mary

    • Kennicott, Mary
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    • Mary Nason was born in New Hampshire in August 2, 1821, the daughter of Rev. John Nason. Rev. Nason was a native of Maine and settled in Elk Grove Township, Illinois, in 1837. Mary Nason met Joseph E. Kennicott, a farmer at Half Day, Illinois. They...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Kennicott, Walter J.

    • Kennicott, Walter J.

    • Battlefields; Battles; Cemeteries; Civil war; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Infantry;

    • Walter J. Kennicott was born in 1842 in Lake County, IL, near the village of Half Day. He moved with his parents Joseph and Mary (nee Nason) 3 miles southeast of Dunton, IL (now Arlington Heights, IL) in 1853. He attended Northwestern University....
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Meyer's Park and Pond

    • Meyer's Park and Pond

    • Parks; Ponds; Recreation; State Road (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Arlington Heights Road (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Davis Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.)

    • In 1883, J. A. Kennicott, Chris Geils and Henry Meyer purchased property at State Road (now called Arlington Heights Road) and Davis Street,which they developed into Meyer's Park and Pond. They deepened the natural pond on the grounds, so that in...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Meyer's Park and Pond

    • Meyer's Park and Pond

    • Parks; Ponds; Recreation; Amusements

    • On this postcard, Emil Sigwalt is pictured on the left at Meyer's Park and Pond and Edwin Meyer is pictured on the right with a dog. In 1883, J. A. Kennicott, Chris Geils and Henry Meyer purchased property at State Road (now called Arlington...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Meyer's Park and Pond

    • Meyer's Park and Pond

    • Parks; Ponds; Recreation; Amusements

    • This postcard shows Meyer's Park and Pond with the dance pavilion. In 1883, J. A. Kennicott, Chris Geils and Henry Meyer purchased property at State Road (now called Arlington Heights Road) and Davis Street,which they developed into Meyer's Park...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Meyers Pavilion

    • Meyers Pavilion

    • Parks; Ponds; Recreation; State Road (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Arlington Heights Road (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Davis Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.)

    • In 1883, J. A. Kennicott, Chris Geils and Henry Meyer purchased property at State Road (now called Arlington Heights Road) and Davis Street, which they developed into Meyer's Park and Pond. They deepened the natural pond on the grounds, so that in...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Meyer's Park and Pond, Postcard

    • Meyer's Park and Pond, Postcard

    • Parks; Ponds; Recreation; Amusements; State Road (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Arlington Heights Road (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Davis Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.)

    • The dance pavilion at the rear of the Henry Meyer home at Meyer's Park and Pond had sides which could be opened up for dances, picnics and even wedding receptions. The park and pond were located at State Road (now called Arlington Heights Road) and...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places

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