20 Years of Historic Preservation in Elgin, Illinois
Learn how the city of Elgin, Illinois is able to preserve it's historic history. Film was produced in 2001.
2011 Bluff City Cemetery Walk in Elgin, Illinois
The annual Historic Bluff City Cemetery Walk in Elgin, Illinois has been a tradition since 1987. Visitors are taken on a 90 minute guided tour through the scenic Bluff City Cemetery to grave sites of former residents, portrayed by actors in period costumes. Visitors will also learn about fascinating lives and various cemetery symbolism all while strolling the expansive cemetery grounds. Learn more:
The history of the DC Cook Publishing Company - in Elgin, Illinois since 1875.
Watch a presentation and discussion with Bruce and Ray Cook, descendants of the DC Cook family. The history of the building and the business are discussed.
Palm Sunday Tornado, Elgin Il 1920
Elgin IL History
School Project about Elgin IL
Elgin, Illinois (USA) - History and Facts
Elgin (/ˈ ɛ l dʒ ɪ n / EL -jin) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S
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Elgin, Illinois
Elgin is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. Located roughly 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Chicago, it lies along the Fox River. As of 2013, the city had a total population of 110,145, making it the eighth-largest city in Illinois.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Black Hawk Indian War of 1832 led to the expulsion of the Native Americans who had settlements and burial mounds in the area, and set the stage for the founding of Elgin. Thousands of militiamen and soldiers of Gen. Winfield Scott's army marched through the Fox River valley during the war, and accounts of the area's fertile soils and flowing springs soon filtered east.
In New York, James T. Gifford and his brother Hezekiah Gifford heard tales of this area ripe for settlement, and travelled west. Looking for a site on the stagecoach route from Chicago to Galena, Illinois, they eventually settled on a spot where the Fox River could be bridged. In April 1835, they established the city, naming it after the Scottish tune Elgin.
Early Elgin achieved fame for the butter and dairy goods it sold to the city of Chicago. Gail Borden established a condensed milk factory here in 1866, and the local library is named in his honor. The dairy industry became less important with the arrival of the Elgin Watch Company. The watch factory employed three generations of Elginites from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, when it was the largest producer of fine watches in the United States (the factory ceased production in 1965 and was torn down in the summer of 1966) and the operator of the largest watchmaking complex in the world. Today, the clocks at Chicago's Union Station still bear the Elgin name.
Elgin has a long tradition of education and invention. Elgin is home to the Elgin Academy, the oldest coeducational, non-sectarian college preparatory school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Elgin High School boasts five navy admirals, a Nobel Prize winner, a Pulitzer Prize winner, a Tony Award winner, two Academy Award–winning producers, Olympic athletes and a General Motors CEO among its alumni. Elgin resident John Murphy invented the motorized streetsweeper in 1914 and later formed the Elgin Sweeper Corporation. Pioneering African-American chemist Lloyd Hall was an Elgin native, as was the legendary marketer and car stereo pioneer Earl Madman Muntz and Max Adler, founder of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, America's first planetarium.
Local historian E. C. Alft has written several books and an ongoing newspaper column about Elgin's history.
Elgin Museum
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Elgin Illinois
U.S. police officer speaks to a group of young loiterers with respect. Policing done correctly!
Ken Ericson from Elgin Illinois
Elgin Today -- April 2017
This month, your host Jeff Myers takes you to the Heritage Ballroom for a recap of the 2017 Image Awards Presentation ceremony. Krisilee Murphy of the Elgin Area Convention and Visitors Bureau talks about what they do and their new location. See highlights of the Larkin High school boys basketball team's regional win and ECC mens basketball team finishing second in the nation. Mayor David Kaptain visits the Elgin History Museum. Learn about two upcoming events in Elgin--the DNA's Open Elgin and Historic Preservation Month. All this and more on this edition of Elgin Today!
Trolley Museum South Elgin, Illinois.MP4
FotoEZ, SuburbanRyder and myself take a self Guided tour of the Trolley Museum located in South Elgin, Illinois. Pretty cool Place!!
Elgin Paranormal Investigators
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Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Illinois
Possible Paranormal sighting
Downtown Elgin, Illinois
I tried to do this with the equipment that I had, which unfortunately did not include a tripod. These images show several of the architecturally significant buildings and sites that exist in the city of Elgin, IL. Not a whole lot of people know about Elgin and I thought that this would be a good opportunity to get the city's name out there. Most of the video was taken on Thursday, August 20, 2009 in the mid to late afternoon. I video I found of Chicago inspired me to make this video; I even found the same music that they used.
Historic? Dover Hydraulc Elevator - Elgin Public Museum - Elgin IL
(6/6/17) This is at one of the oldest operating museums in the state of Illinois.
It was installed in 2000 when they remodeled to make the museum ADA compliant. If you are in Elgin you should totally visit! It's like a mini field muesum and is located in an amazing park.
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Brand: Dover
Fixtures: Impulse
Type: Hydro
Capacity: 2500 lbs
Floors Served: 4 (B,G,1,2)
Installed: 2000
Final Thoughts: A nice late dover, maintained by Kone...
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Elgin Today -- June 2016
This month, your host Jeff Myers takes you to the ceremony recognizing the Mayor's Award for Preservation winners. Realtors get a close up look at Elgin and its amenities on their tour of the city. A local war memorial gets some much needed repair. Mayor David Kaptain learns some history from local historian Bill Briska at the Elgin Mental Health Facility. Elgin Policemen hold a record breaking fundraiser and this year's Fox Trot starts off with a bang. All this and more on this edition of Elgin Today.
The Fox River Trolley Museum South Elgin
We are in South Elgin, IL and we are riding in a vintage trolley! The Fox River Trolley Museum has an awesome collection of trolley cars! Their track dates back to 1896 when they used to run passenger service from Aurora to Elgin. Later, after it suspended passenger service, the line delivered coal to the Elgin Hospital. After the Elgin Hospital stopped using coal, the museum was born! Recently, the museum was victim to terrible vandalism and has a Go Fund Me to help repair the damage!
Parking: They have a designed lot.
Worth a Visit: YES! So FUN! You get to ride a vintage trolley and blow the horn! The history of the line is interesting and informative. Please support Fox River Trolley Museum! The Fox River Trolley Museum is located at 365 S La Fox St in South Elgin, IL.
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Elgin, Illinois (USA) - Interesting Facts
Elgin (/Ë É l dÊ Éª n / EL -jin) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S
Elgin Video Tour- Lord's Park
The Elgin Video Tour with Sam Olson Episode Three at Lord's Park...
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This is a little video I made for my Introduction to Multimedia class at Elgin Community College. The objective was to film footage that went well with a midi file of our choosing. I chose Coldplay's Viva La Vida to play with as a midi file and filmed all around downtown Elgin, Illinois. Hope you enjoy! Tell me what you liked!