A war between the cavalry and Italian aliens? (News article)
Watching a parade, at Waukegan Avenue and Highwood Avenue (a short film clip)
An archived news article about Gloria Linari (Lind), posted on the internet upon news of her passing (News article)
Twenty-one women were appointed to served on the City Council by the Mayor, in 1921 (News article)
The murder of farmer John McCarthy in 1882 (News article)
Some reminisces about the North Shore Line electric railroad (News article, and want-ad)
Attempts to close the saloons in Highwood, in 1907 (News article)
Familiar names and criminal conspiracies (News article)
The Highwood Volunteer Fire Department used to dress in their long johns, and try to push a beer barrel around, with their fire hoses. We don't know why, but everyone seems to be having a great time. (Film clip)
Some random newspaper advertisements from the 1970s (Newspaper clippings)
Italian-Americans rejoice at the news of Italy's surrender to Allied forces on September 8, 1943
An aborted takeover of the "juke box racket" in 1955 (News article)
A few images of Highwood in 1901 (Images clipped from news article)
Bocce championships come to Highwood, in 1996 (News article)
Former President Theodore Roosevelt reviewing the troops at Fort Sheridan, September 27, 1917 (very short newsreel snippet)
Some Italian Names (a bit of trivia)
Some images from the 2019 version of Pumpkin Fest
Reminiscing about Summer evenings
(some recollections)
The first long-distance telephone call was placed to Highwood, in 1878 (News article)
1958 was the year we graduated from "grammar school,"
and headed off to "high school." This was Billboard's Top 100 records of that year.
The "Anti-Canteen Act" of 1901, and calls for shutting down "The Den Of Vice Known As Highwood" (News article)
Highland Park News columnist Chuck Wenk remembers some "Highwood Heroes" (column from July 8, 2010)
The City Council grants exclusive rights to install telephone poles and wires upon them for telephone service in 1894 (City Ordinance)
Don Skrinar and Little Guys Basketball (Newspaper opinion)
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A suspicious death at the nursing home (News article)
A project by the Moraine Girl Scout Council, in celebration of the Country's Bi-Centennial, 1976 (News article)
Gambling 101
(News article)
Trying to remember the old neighborhood
The Highwood Historical Society recognizes some of the Highwood residents who "answered the call" in World War II
The Highwood Historical Society acknowledges those Highwood residents who responded to World War II, and were lost
The Highwood "denkeepers" are angry (News article)
A flyover image of Highwood and Northern Highland Park, from 1939 (Annotated image)
The biggest bash in Highwood History? (News article)
Electric bills and light bulbs (An old newspaper advertisement)
Oak Terrace School, Class of 1958
(Class pictures)
New Inventions (Newspaper advertisement)
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