Jefferson Park Events

• Upcoming Event

• Saturday June 28, 2008

Passionist Monastery Tour

The board at the Passionist Monastery will be hosting JPHS on Saturday, June 28th, from 9:00AM to 10:30AM.



Cost: $ 10.00 & JPHS membership required. Very limited tour, so sign up and pay early! Their tour will include:

1) Heritage Room, on the first floor

2) The Archives, on the top floor

3) The Chapel.

We will meet at the Monastery

The Passionist Monastery 5700 N. Harlem Avenue Chicago, IL 60631

Question? (773) 725-5774 or suerth@surfnetcorp.com

 

• Recent Events:
  • June 6 - 8  Jeff Fest 2008 Higgins & Long (Milwaukee Ave.)
    • Friday June 6, 2007 - 5-11 PM
    • Saturday June 7, 2007 - 1-11 PM
    • Sunday June 8, 2007 - 1-9 PM
    • Please visit the Jefferson Park Historical Society at Jeff Fest. We will have on display, vintage photos and old postcards for sale.
    • Jeff Fest - Great Food & Great Entertainment!!
  • Thursday June 12, 2008 - 7:00 PM Movie at the Jefferson Park Library
    

Please join the Jefferson Park Historical Society Thursday June 12 at 7:00 PM for a movie at the Jefferson Park Library – “Connecting Worlds – The Story of the Chicago Portage”

                            

Watch as voyageurs, the truckers of the past, struggle to pass their boats and trade goods through the dreaded Mud Lake and over the Chicago Portage during the fur trade era. Watch as a fur trade era interpreter demonstrates how the voyageurs started a fire...in 24 seconds! "Connecting Worlds" presents interviews with local historians, interpreters, teachers and authors who explain how the Chicago Portage created Chicago and how the Chicago Portage is still in operation today. Admission is FREE but seating is limited, so come early.


 

• Monday May 12, 2008 – Jefferson Park Author: Ursula Bielski

  Jefferson Park Author: Ursula Bielski will present a lecture at our next JPHS meeting. Ursula Bielski is the founder of Chicago Hauntings, Inc. An historian, author, and parapsychology enthusiast, she has been writing and lecturing about Chicago's supernatural folklore and the paranormal for nearly 20 years, and is recognized as a leading authority on the Chicago region's ghostlore and cemetery history. She is the author of five popular and critically acclaimed books on the same subjects, all published by Lake Claremont Press.

  Monday May 12, 2008 at 7:00 PM Portage Park Center for the Arts 5801 W. Dakin St. Chicago, IL

  Free admission

               
• Walking Tour of the Historic Pullman District
                                      and the Hotel Florence

 

Please join the Jefferson Park Historical Society for an interesting and exciting tour of the Pullman Historic District and the Hotel Florence.

The tour will include bus transportation, a stop at the Visitor Center
to view a short film, a walking tour of the neighborhood guided by the Historic Pullman Foundation and a tour of the Hotel Florence by the Pullman State Historic Site.

Sunday, October 7th

We will meet at the Jefferson Park Fieldhouse for
12:30 p.m. departure and expect to return by 5:30 p.m.
You are welcome to bring lunch aboard,
 beverages and light snacks will be provided.

Costs are as follows:
Before September 1st                   After September 1st
JPHS Members $15                   JPHS Members $20
Non-members $20                   Non-members $25
A limited number of seats MAY be available the day of the tour for $30

Reservations and checks may be mailed to:
Jefferson Park Historical Society
c/o Gail Weber
4706 North Laramie Avenue
Chicago, IL 60630

For more information, please call 773.725.5774

Hope To See You There!

• The Jefferson Park Historical Society Meeting

  Date:               Wednesday May 23, 2007 at 7:00 PM

  Place:             The Congregational Church of Jefferson Park
                          5320 W. Giddings St.
                          Chicago, IL 60630

  Topic:             Illinois, The 14th Colony (A slideshow and talk by Ralph C. Frese)

  Cost:               FREE for members of the Jefferson Park Historical Society and the Congregational Church of Jefferson Park;

                          $5 for the General Public

   

  Ralph C. Frese is a river historian and a living legend.  Born in the 1920’s, he is a fourth-generation blacksmith who built canoes for over 50 years at his Chicagoland Canoe Base in the Dunning neighborhood of Chicago.

  Among his many accomplishments is the annual Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon, which is now in its 50th year!  Additionally, Frese participated in the 300th anniversary reenactment of the Joliet-Marquette expedition of 1673. For this historic event, he created realistic 21-foot early Algonquin birchbark canoes made from fiberglass. Interestingly, these canoes were also used in the television mini-series "Centennial," James Michener's epic about the taming of the American west.

  Ralph Frese has been the recipient of many federal, state and local awards. Recently, the American Canoe Association recognized him by presenting him with a national award given called “Legends of Paddling.”  A 12-mile stretch of the north branch of the Chicago River has been designated the Ralph C. Frese Canoe Trail.

• JPHS Meeting - Sunday, January 28, at 3:00 PM at the Congregational Church of Jefferson Park – 5320 W. Giddings, Chicago, IL 60630

Meet author, historian and veteran journalist Jerry Crimmins as he discusses the women of Fort Dearborn and his new book Fort Dearborn. The northwest side Chicagoan took six years researching the early history of Chicago for his book. Copies of his book will be available for purchase. Admission is free. Below are some reviews of Jerry's book:

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Review (requires Adobe Reader)

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/books/175655,CST-BOOKS-chicagolit17.article

• Events from 2006
  • Jefferson Park "Old Time Picnic in the Park" - July 2006
  • Our Lady of Victory Church 100th Year Celebration
  • St. John’s Lutheran Church – First 130 Years - October 2006