Pacesetter Gardens Historic District

In 1867, the school district was divided, and a Khool built at Kiverdaleby Mr. Kricgcr. of Mine Island; the school directors then 'were F. A. Reich, Jr., Nicklaus Van Heest and Christian Hoeffelman ;' the first teacher was a Mr. Jud<l and the number of pupils about ten. This frame building, of primitive stvle. stood upon the site of the present building. The subject of erecting the present school-house was agitated in 1871, but was opposed, because it was thought tl lat the scholastic necessities of the district did not require so extensive an edifice. It was built, however, in 1S74. The pres. ent directors are Charles E. Relun. F. August Reich and Theodor Hessetnwn j the principal of the school is Andrew S. Hickman ; first assistant, Miss Nellie Matthews; second assistant, Miss L, Haumgartncr ; the number of pupils ahout one hundred and thirty-eight. I he population of Riverdale, according to the' school census, is about six hundred.

Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.

The lumber interest is represented by the Calumet Lumber Company, whose vard is on the river just east of the bridge : and by Reich \ Williams These latter gentlemen arc the successors of the Riverdale Lumber Company, formed in 1870. with F. A. Reich. Jr.. president ; August Aulich, secretary, and John Anderson, treasurer. In 1881. the company built a planing mill, and in 1883 sold the interest to F. A. Reich, Jr., and Walter S. Williams. The firm own the two-masted schooner "Anna Tomine," whose appearance at the wharf recall* in the minds of old settlers the aspirations tbey indulged in in 1858 ; when the arrival of Peter BattM'l schooner at Riverdale. en route to the prospective city of Portland, now lilue Island, was an event : and filial them with golden visions of being an important adjunct to Portland. The three railroad bridges and the highway bridge are all swing-bridges, so that navigation «s not impeded by them ; the tortuous and short windings of the river are the most serious bar to successful and compensative navigation. Three railroads enter the hamlet - the Illinois Central, the Pittsburg, Chicago &- Si. Louis, and Chicago \ Eastern Illinois.

Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.

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