MILWAUKEE AVENUE became a major route to the Chain of Lakes and the lake country farther north, and the Kraus Bait Shop north of Dundee Road was an important stop for fishermen on the way.
ORIGINAL PLAT of Wheeling shows the village extending west from the river past tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railway.
BRICKYARDS provided employment for many Wheeling men. This was Illinois Brick Co. on Lake-Cook Road at the Milwaukee Railway crossing. The Bach Brickyard in Northbrook was another.
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