© Special Collections Department,
Richard J. Daley Library,
University of Illinois at Chicago
SUCCESS,
the final stages of the fight to establish the Forest Preserve
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the page described at the left of the image.
WHAT IS A FOREST?
details the questions surrounding the types of land the District could acquire
THE 1914 REFERENDUM: SUCCESS AT LAST
discusses the final approval of the Forest Preserve by both voters and the Illinois Supreme Court
PERKINS VINDICATES THE FOREST PRESERVES
provides information on the "friendly suit" that Perkins filed to establish the legitimacy of the District
MEMBERS OF THE PLAN COMMITTEE
composite of six of the members
EXAMPLES OF EARLY LAND PURCHASES
FRIENDS OF OUR NATIVE LANDSCAPE BROCHURE
THE FIRST FOREST PRESERVE OPENS
describes actions the Forest Preserve took to acquire the land for its first preserve in Palatine
