Ravenswood- Lake View Historical Association

Lake View_Saga

Although you can view The Lake View Saga in this page, we suggest you download the entire PDF using the link above.
Originally written By Stephen Bedell Clark with Philip L Schutt in 1974, the book was updated by Patrick Butler in 1985.

• Foreward by Michael S Lerner
• The Very Beginning
  • The Marquette-Joliet Cross
  • The Gate of Empire
  • Changing Times
  • A Settlement is Born
  • Treaty of Greenville
  • Fort Dearborn Rebuilt
  • Opening of the Erie Canal
  • Resettlement Gains Momentum- 1825
  • A Hotel is Built in the Town- 1826
  • The First White Settler
  • Sojourn in Watertown, New York
  • Difficult Routes of Approach
  • Sulzer Blazed the Trail
  • New Settlers Begin to Arrive
  • Township of Ridgeville Organized
  • Commerce and Industry Take Root
  • Profile of Pine Grove
  • The Lake View House is Built- 1854
  • Peter Smith
  • Lake View Plank Road Constructed- 1855
  • Jewish Cemetery
  • Township’s First Election- 1857
  • Lyman A Budlong; Farmer and Educator
  • Frederick Sulzer Journeys
  • Sulzer Relocates His Home
  • Early Cemeteries
  • Lincoln’s Visit to Lake View
  • Camp Fry Established
  • Taverns Opened
  • The Brickmakers Arrive
  • The Building of McCormick Seminary
  • Town of Lake View Incorporated- 1856
  • Renewed Activity Along the Lakeshore
  • The Brauckmann Family
  • New Arrivals in Lake View
  • U. S. Marine Hospital
  • Martin Van Allen
  • The Ravenswood Land Co.- 1869
  • Ravenswood Suffers a Setback
  • Lake View Continues to Grow
  • Aftermath of the Chicago Fire
  • Death of Conrad Sulzer
  • Lake View High School Erected
  • Enander Father of Swedish Colony
  • The Birk-Hohner Mansion- A Landmark
  • Civic Improvement
  • The Lake View Fire Department
  • Building Acquires Momentum
  • Churches Helped Build Lake View
  • Belgians Among Ethnic Groups
  • Lake View School System
  • Street Development
  • Early Hospitals
  • Subdivisions in the Central Area
  • New Additions to Community Life
  • Lake View Continues to Build
  • Sulzer Builds a Home
  • Transportation and Real Estate
  • From Township to City
  • Turnverein and Choral Group Organized
  • Proposal for Annexation to Chicago
  • Annexation to Chicago Approved
  • A Decade of Urban Expansion
  • National Tea Company
  • Pickle Farm
  • Girding for the Future
  • Company Builds New Home
  • Merchants- Past and Present
  • A Year of Paradox and Growth
  • A Prosperous Year
  • A Fun Spot for Six Decades
  • Popular Recreational Areas
• Recent Past
  • Continued Growth
  • The Roaring 20’s
  • Archbishop Bernard Sheil
  • Lake View’s 50th Anniversary
  • World War II
  • Lake View Citizens Council
  • The Lane Family
  • Changes in the 1960’s
  • The 1970’s
  • The 1980’s
• Lake View Bank- 80 Years Strong