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Timeline
of Carol Stream
1818 ~
Illinois becomes the
21st state. No white settlers in DuPage County
1839 ~
Organization
of DuPage County
after it breaks away from Cook
County.
1842 ~ Daniel Kelly of Vermont builds a home for his bride in what is
now Carol Stream.
1846 ~ A home, "Tall
Trees" was built at Main
Place and St. Charles Road. (currently the
oldest
house in Carol Stream)
1852 ~
St.
Stephen's Catholic mission church is organized
1853 ~
Fair
Oaks Road and Army Trail
Road
is known as Wayne
Center
with a broom
factory, a blacksmith shop, a store/post office and a country church
(previously known as Gimletville and Orangeville)
1930 ~
Electricity
arrives at the Kuhn farm home on Kuhn Road
1952 ~ NBC-TV's "Down on
the
Farm" program, hosted by Wilbert Landmeier and starring Eddie Albert
was
filmed in Carol Stream.
1957 ~
Carol,
daughter of Jay
Stream,
is seriously injured in a car
accident August 26, 1957 and in a four-month coma.
1958 ~
"Carol
Stream Estates" by Durable Construction offers
affordable housing around $15,300. Jay Stream
is the developer.
1959 ~
Carol
Stream Woman's Club founded
1959 ~
Village
Incorporated. First
Village
board meeting on
February 12th.
1961 ~
Carol
Stream Jaycees organized
1961 ~
St.
Luke's Catholic Church opens its doors
1961 ~
1st
Village newspaper, the Carol Stream
Bulletin, was
replaced by the Citizen in March.
1962 ~
The Carol
Stream Public Library opens at 397 Blackhawk Drive on Sept 29th.
1963 ~
Carol
Stream hires first full-time Police Officer.
1964 ~
The
Carol Stream Park District is established.
1964 ~
Central
DuPage Hospital opens in nearby Winfield.
1965 ~
Carl
Bornholt and Elsie Johnson are first recipients of the Citizen of the
Year
awards.
1966 ~
The Carol
Stream News brings local news to residents
1966 ~
Nina
Jo Schmale of Carol Stream is one of
the 8
student nurses killed by Richard Speck.
1967 ~
1st
Village Administrator, Rudy Mikulich, is hired.
1972 ~
The
Village is hit by one of the worst floods of the century in August.
1972 ~
The
Carol Stream Fire Protection District is formed
1975 ~
Janice
Gerzevske is first woman elected Village President.
1975 ~
Jay
Stream School dedicated on El Paso
1976 ~
Fire
Station #2 opens at Schmale and St. Charles Road.
1976 ~
Gretna Station
Museum
opens in a July
4th dedication
1978 ~
Michael
Collins Pool is converted from an outdoor pool to an indoor pool
1980 ~
Greg
Bielawski joins the Village as Village Manager
1981 ~
Stratford
Square Mall opens in nearby Bloomingdale on what was part of the Tews
farm.
1982 ~
Groundbreaking
is held for the post office on St. Paul Boulevard.
1984 ~
The Carol
Stream Association of Business and Industry is
formed.
1987 ~ Ribbon cutting is
held
October 18th for Caboose No. 543 at the "museum plaza" at Armstrong Park.
1987 ~
St.
Andrew United Methodist church has serious fire
1988 ~
The Village of Carol
Stream achieves "Home
Rule" status.
1990 ~
Mark
Bodane hired as Fire Chief. Retired in 2007
1991 ~
Village
of Carol Stream
is re-certified as a 'Certified
City.'
1992 ~
The
Carol Stream Post Office opens a regional processing center at Schmale
and Fullerton.
1995 ~
Fire
Station #3 opens on Lies Road west of County Farm Road.
1996 ~ The Village
acquires the
Historic Farmhouse, then known as the Hartsing Farm. Original name is
Stark
Farm.
1998 ~
The Town
Center
is dedicated, later to be known as the Ross Ferraro
Town Center
2003 ~
Rick
Willing becomes new Chief of Police after retirement of John Numrich.
2006 ~
Founder
of Carol Stream, Jay
Stream,
dies January 22
2007 ~
First
shop opens in "Fountains at Town Center"
- Feb. 20;
Gossip Salon
2007 ~
Frank
Saverino, Sr. elected Mayor
2007 ~
Mike
Kanzia is new Fire Chief. Retires 2010.
2008 ~
Carol
Stream suffers flooding after heavy rains from Tropical Storm
Lowell, then
tail-end of Hurricane Ike adds more rain. September 13.
2009 ~
The Village of Carol
Stream, founded in 1959,
celebrates 50 years.
2009 ~
Kevin
Orr sworn in as Police Chief February 17, 2009
2010 ~
Rick
Kolomay sworn in as Fire Chief January 6.
2010 ~ Longtime resident and local historian Jean Moore
passes away.
2010 ~ Flooding occurs in part of the original
section of town July 24/25th
2011 ~ Money Magazine names Carol Stream #49 of the top 100
places to live
Some of the above
information taken
from "Build Your Own Town...The Carol Stream Story" by Jean Moore.
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