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Forest Park/Harlem Introduction

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The History Overview and Timeline page provides a overview of events through the years.

For a summary of key 19^th Century events which shaped our area are on the pages found at:

• Early Settler History (1833 - 1850)
• Life in "Proviso" (1850 - 1900)

These web pages tells of founding and early days of Forest Park (then called Harlem):

• Historical Society of Forest Park (on this site)
• Historical Society of Forest Park (HSFP's own site)

There were many interesting individuals from this village.  Many of those individuals are mentioned in information about the village's cemeteries:

• History of Forest Home and German Waldheim Cemeteries
• Jewish Waldheim Cemetery
• Native Americans at the Forest Home and German Waldheim Cemeteries
• Woodlawn Cemetery
• Concordia Cemetery

And a few key pages on the Historical Society of Forest Park's website:

• Bloomer Girls Softball Team and Parichy Stadium
• Forest Park Amusement Park
• Ed Roos Cedar Chests
• George Krieger's "The Village of Forest Park: A Community Profile"

Additional information on this web site can be found at the following links:

Last Updated 01/20/2006