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Article: Records trace Glen Ellyn's past from prairie to busysuburb
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- The Sun - Glen Ellyn (IL)
- Article date:
- April 17, 2009
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In the 1830s, when Winslow Churchill with his wife, five sons, four daughters, two sons-in-law, two daughters-in-law and 13 grandchildren migrated from upstate New York to the area that would one day become Glen Ellyn, they found a place that looked radically different from how the village looks today. Instead of a town bustling with shops, traffic and new development, the early settlers encountered vast prairie and wetlands. American Indian villages dotted the region.
The area beckoned with opportunity, as early settlers saw a chance to carve out new territory in an untamed wilderness.
The location of the Churchills' first cabin is marked by a large rock on the north side of St. Charles ...