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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Village of Roselle as
4it commemorates its 100th anniversary this fall on October 7,
52022; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Village of Roselle is a suburb of Chicago,
7located in both DuPage and Cook Counties; first incorporated
8in 1922 as a bedroom community, its train stop attracted
9residents commuting to work in Chicago and nearby suburbs; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The land surrounding the current Village of
11Roselle began to be settled in the early 1830s, as settlers
12moved in next to the native Potawatomi people; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Silas, Harvey, and Lyman Meacham settled the area
14now known as Bloomingdale Township as the government had been
15offering land in the area for approximately $1.25/acre; and
 
16    WHEREAS, In 1837, Deacon Elijah Hough and his wife settled
17in the Bloomingdale area with his sons, Oramel and Rosell, and
18his daughter, Cornelia; and
 
19    WHEREAS, In 1868, at the age of 48, Rosell Hough returned
20from a career as an alderman and a businessman in Chicago and

 

 

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1saw that the area had become a farming center for corn and
2flax; he opened the Illinois Linen Company on the northwest
3corner of what is now Roselle Road and Irving Park Road; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Rosell Hough was also the president of the
5Chicago and Pacific Railroad Company and was rumored to have
6spent some money to alter a land survey to show that a railroad
7line should run through Roselle, Itasca, and Wood Dale instead
8of Addison and Bloomingdale; and
 
9    WHEREAS, It is alleged that the train schedule misprinted
10the name of the town on the rail line as "Roselle" instead of
11"Rosell", giving Roselle its current name; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Bloomingdale, including the northern Roselle
13section, held its first town meeting in 1850, although it did
14not incorporate until 1889; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The issue of water would eventually draw Roselle
16and Bloomingdale apart, as Roselle residents were determined
17to have their own water and sewer service, but Bloomingdale
18residents did not want to pay the higher taxes needed to build
19such as system; and
 
20    WHEREAS, At this time, the citizens of Roselle of
21Bloomingdale realized they were paying a large portion of

 

 

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1Bloomingdale's taxes, a product of increasing population and
2business growth; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Roselle residents decided it was time to become
4independent of Bloomingdale, and in the summer of 1922, the
5Roselle community held its last joint meeting with the Village
6of Bloomingdale; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Roselle incorporated and received its charter on
8October 7, 1922 with Herman Thiemann elected as the village's
9first president; Reuben Baker, Herman Bartles, Henry
10Haberkamp, William Thurnau, Al Roloff, and Ed Zarndt were the
11first board members, and Earl Crandall was the first village
12clerk; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Roselle has a fascinating history to commemorate
14as it reaches its 100th anniversary this fall and is
15deservedly marking the milestone with celebrations and events
16throughout the 2022 year; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
18HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we congratulate the Village of Roselle on the centennial
20anniversary of its founding, and we wish this community peace
21and success in generations to come; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the Village of Roselle as a symbol of our respect
3and esteem.