In 1901, the Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway built a passenger depot on this site. Electric train service to Glen Ellyn began in 1902, and was the nation's first high speed interurban, in 1922. The "Roarin Elgin" was renamed the Chicago Aurora and . . . — — Map (db m249426) HM
His claim in 1840-41, included present downtown Glen Ellyn. By building a depot and water tank at his own expense, the Galena & Chicago Union RR made Newton's Station a stop in 1851. — — Map (db m249602) HM
Five springs believed to have health benefits were located near this site, and even the mud around them was supposed to soothe aching limbs.
In August, 1892, the springs were covered by a tall, wooden canopy. Later, a brick wall around an . . . — — Map (db m249605) HM
In 1835, Moses Stacy brought his family from upstate New York and built his first home, a log cabin, on this site. In 1893, his son Philo sold the family-run Stacy's Tavern Inn & Stagecoach Stop, returned to this site and built the Victorian Mansion . . . — — Map (db m249603) HM
Glen Ellyn's first baseball game was played on this site in the spring of 1865. Glen Ellyn's team, the Rustics, was formed by Lawrence Cooper and Doc Harcourt and was composed of Civil War Veterans. The first game was against the Chicago Excelsiors, . . . — — Map (db m249607) HM
Moses Stacy, soldier in the War of 1812, arrived here in 1835. This inn, built in 1846 and his second home, was a halfway stop between Chicago and the Fox River Valley and a probable stage stop for Rockford-Galena coaches. For many years the . . . — — Map (db m97573) HM
On October 16, 1963, an excavation for a pond approximately 100 yards east of here, contracted by U.S. District Court Judge Sam Perry, uncovered a fossilized thigh bone. It was identified by the Field Museum of Chicago to be the bone of a . . . — — Map (db m249606) HM
