Young People’s Story of  DuPage County Copyright 1981 DuPage Heritage Gallery

Table of Contents

Introduction
Story of the DuPage Heritage Gallery
DuPage County’s Five Greats
Judge Gary ... Architect of America’s Business Leadership
Today’s America Owes Much to John W. Gates
Robert R. McCormick ... The Adventurer
Red Grange Changed the Shape of American Sports
Billy Graham—World-wide Symbol of Evangelism
1981 Heritage Gallery Inductee ... Everett G. Mitchell

Young People’s Story of DuPage County

Chapter 1 -Mastodons and Indians
Chapter 2 -They Came from Land of Stones on a Canal Named Erie
Chapter 3 -DuPage Blessed by Massive Influx of Germans
Chapter 4 -DuPage County Largely Work of Captain Naper
Chapter 5 -The Railroads, The New Republican Party and the Civil War in DuPage
Chapter 6 -Moving County Seat Triggered Violence
Chapter 7 -DuPage County Takes on New Stature
Chapter 8 -DuPage Becomes a County of Colleges
Chapter 9 -Foundation in Place, DuPage Home of Outstanding Leaders
The Men Who Created and Shaped DuPage County

 About The Authors


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