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JOLIET RETAIL LOCATIONS
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- Location: 924 Sheila Drive, Joliet, Illinois 60435
- Telephone: 815-685-7234
- Fax: 815-730-7451
- Proprietor: Jane Johnson
- Map: MapQuest Location Map
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A Little About Joliet Illinois
The Founder: The founder of the city of Joliet was, Louis Joliet. He was born in FRENCH CANADA in 1645. He was the third son of a Quebec wagon-maker and wheel-wright. When he was 20-21 years of age, he went searching after his older brother in the Iroquois Territory and due impart to this adventure he named a mound along the Des Plaines River and ultimately to the city of Joliet nearby.
The Early Years: It was the fall of 1673 and the French explorer, Louis Joliet, together with his father Jacques Marquette, after exploring the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, came back to the Illinois-Des Plaines River Valley-especially the northern region-that he provided a glowing account of the area which encompasses the present Joliet region: "Game is abundant; oxen, cows, stags, does and turkeys are found in great numbers than elsewhere...there are praries: three, six, ten, and twenty leagues in length, and in width, surrounded by forests of the same extent; beyond these, the praries begin again...A settler would not there spend ten years in cutting down and burning trees; on the very day of arrival, he could put his plow into the ground ...After sowing grain of all kinds, he might devote himself especially to planting the vine , and grafting fruit trees; to dressing ox-hides, where-with to make shoes."
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Juliet to Joliet: "One of the most difficult questions about the city's history concerns the origin of its name. When James B. Campbell laid out the original town in 1834 it was recorded as "Juliet" and remained so until 1845. Several conflicting explanations appear and reappear in local histories and booklets. A few sources claim that Campbell named the village after his wife, while others suggest he was honoring a daughter. Some present romantic notion that it was named to compliment the nearby city of Romeo [currently known as Romeoville]. Finally, there are sources which state that Juliet was named after the historic mound a short distance away. The latter theory is certainly the most plausible. It was certainly NOT named after Campbell's wife, whose name was Sarah Ann. Nor was it named for the companion for Romeo, since Juliet was founded first. [You have to realize that] nineteenth century midwestern towns were commonly named after prominent geographic features [not people's relatives]. When Campbell platted the village, there was evidence that he personally wanted to name it "O Plain", a name by which the Des Plaines River was known.
Other History: Others involved in laying out the town apparently urged the name [of] "Juliet", since that's the name most maps gave to the prominent nearby land-mark. The historic mound was first called "MOUNT JOLIET" on the 1674 Louis Joliet Signature Map. Most early cartographers, however, corrupted the spelling of "Joliet" and mistakenly labeled the mound in various ways such as Mt. Juliet, Mt. Juliette, MounJolliette, and Mt. Julien. Although a few early maps retained the original spelling of "Joliet", the designation most often found is "Juliet". By the 1840's [] when President Martin Van Buren and Secretary Paulding of the NAVY visited Juliet and commented on the confusion of names, local leaders decided to have the legislature affect the change. Thus, the name was officially changed in 1845, and when the city was incorporated seven years later, it was then known as "Joliet."
First Courthouse: The first Will County Courthouse was completed in 1838 and stood on the east side of Chicago street across from the present public square. The structure also served as a jail with basement cells sunk in solid rock. While the courthouse was under construction, the county rented the upper story of Wilson's Store on Ottawa Street to use as a courtroom. Making no fine distinction between church and state the new courthouse was sometimes used for church services and revivals. For example, the First Baptist Church held its meetings in the courtroom and baptized its converts in the Des Plaines River. Not long after the second courthouse was built in 1848, the first was razed, prompting George H. Woodruff to observe: " How many and how varied the scenes which transpired within those old court house walls - County and Circuit Courts, temperance and political meetings, the pleading of both lawyers and preachers, thrilling trials and solemn charges of judges, the weeping of the condemned and the shouts of the redeemed, all have been heard there - but all are silent now.
Start of a Local Government: "By 1852, the community was recovering from gold-fever and entering a period of significant developments, not the least of which was the incorporation of Joliet as a city. However, by mid-century the problems and challenges of the growing community necessitated an improved system of local governance. In June 1852, the Illinois General Assembly passed the enabling act to establish the city of Joliet, and on July 5, 1852, local voters approved the new city charter. In the first election, two councilmen were chosen from each of the five wards, and Cornelius C. Van Horn was elected mayor."
Bicycling: Bicycling was extremely popular in Joliet about a century ago...Cycling enthusiasts formed the Joliet Bicycle Club in 1887 to promote the newest rage as well as to plan social rides and races...Herb Foltz was one of Joliet's better "wheelmen" having established the record time of 38 1/2 minutes for a trip from Joliet to Plainfield...Newspapers regularly carried stories describing the physical benefits of cycling and instructing riders on proper techniques...Someone purporting to be an anatomist advised riders to sit erect in the saddle in a "modified position of the soldier." Another article cautioned, "never kick a bicycle when its down...It will sure to get even with you." In 1895, Joliet passed an ordinance requiring the use of lamps at night and establishing a speed limit of 6 miles per hour...The limit was later raised to 10 miles per hour, but it was never made clear how pffenders would be "clocked" or where the "speed traps" were located...Women cyclists were as avid as men and were often cautioned by editors to exercise descretion and good judgement in selecting appropriate riding attire.
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More History: The quarrying of limestone, with a bluish-white tinge, earned Joliet the nickname “City of Stone.” The Illinois & Michigan Canal was both a consumer of stone in the building of locks, bridges, and aqueducts and, after its completion in 1848, an artery for shipping stone to regional customers.
In 1858 the state of Illinois located a new penitentiary in Joliet, in part because of the abundance of stone for prison walls and cell houses. The Chicago Fire of 1871 spurred demand for stone and by 1890, Joliet quarries were shipping over three thousand railroad carloads of stone per month to Chicago and other cities.
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The “City of Steel” emerged with the construction of the Joliet mill in 1869. The Bessemer converters installed at the mill in the 1870s were among the earliest used in the United States. While canal construction drew Irish immigrants, the steel mill attracted thousands of southeastern Europeans. These new immigrants also found jobs on the railroad that serviced the steel mill, the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway.
The city's large labor force and its steel mill attracted other industries. Wire mills, coke plants, stove companies, horseshoe factories, brick companies, foundries, boiler and tank companies, machine manufacturers, can companies, bridge builders, plating factories, steel car shops, and many others established businesses in the Joliet area. Other Joliet industries have ranged from the production of greeting cards and calendars to the bottling of Seven-Up, from the manufacture of Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothing to the brewing of beer. Pianos, windmills, wallpaper and barrels have been manufactured in Joliet, as have building materials, oil and chemical products, and Caterpillar scrapers. Joliet also became home of Joliet Junior College, the nation's oldest public community college. Joliet's economy entered a period of decline in the late 1970s and by 1983 its unemployment rate stood at 26 percent.
During the 1990s, Joliet's economy rebounded. Millions of people visit Joliet's riverboat casinos and its new drag-racing and NASCAR tracks. The millions of dollars in new tax receipts have been used to revitalize the downtown City Center. Population leapt from 76,836 in 1990 to 106,221 in 2000.
Sources: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2223/hist1.html and http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/676.html
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