1900 Map of Highwood

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Lake Michigan defines the eastern boundary of this early 20th-century landscape, where a series of residential and military settlements cling to the bluffs. The presence of Fort Sheridan and growing suburban nodes like Highland Park and Highwood highlight the corridor established by the Chicago and Northwestern R. R. near the shoreline. Inland, the terrain shifts toward the fertile lowlands of the Des Plaines River, which meanders south through Wheeling and past The Grove.