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==History== [[File:Des Plaines River seen from the Lake Street bridge in River Forest, Illinois.jpg|thumb|The [[Des Plaines River]] seen from the Lake Street bridge in River Forest, Illinois.|left]] The Native American history of the area is closely tied to the [[Des Plaines River]] and includes [[Menominee]] and [[Chippewa]] settlements near what is now the Desplaines Avenue and Roosevelt Road forest preserves of Cook County. The Menominees would eventually be driven out by the [[Potowatomi]] Nation in 1810. The Potawatomi were in turn pushed west of the Mississippi by the [[1833 Treaty of Chicago|Treaty of Chicago]] of 1833.<ref name=":0" /> 1831 saw the establishment of a steam sawmill on the east bank of the [[Des Plaines River]]. In 1842, the first planked road in what is now [[Lake Street (Chicago)|Lake Street]] was created.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of River Forest {{!}} Oak Park River Forest Museum |url=https://oprfmuseum.org/brief-history-river-forest |access-date=January 7, 2024 |website=oprfmuseum.org}}</ref> The community was known as Noyesville at the time. In 1848 the [[Galena and Chicago Union Railroad]] completed construction of tracks westward from Chicago, and train service commenced in January 1849. In the 1850s two families acquired land and drove development in the area. David Thatcher settled in what is now western River Forest and named that part of the community Thatcher. Henry Quick arrived from Harlem, New York and named the eastern part of Noyesville as well as [[Harlem Avenue]] after his home town.<ref name=":0" />
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