Burr Ridge

by Sharon L. Comstock

Book Overview

The Village of Burr Ridge is aptly named--and not merely for the bur oaks, nor the limestone ridges as the land nears Flagg Creek.

Before there was Burr Ridge, frontier German, English, French, Scottish, and Native Americans came to these forests. The Plainfield and Joliet trails were early Native American and frontier routes to and from trading posts, and oral histories recount the Potawatomi stopping near what would become County...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467113395
• ISBN13: 9781467113397
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.1"