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unusual facts about Oak Park, IL



Cecil Bothwell

Bothwell was born 1950 in Oak Park, Illinois, lived in several states and held several jobs in the area of Asheville, North Carolina.

Christina Tobin

She grew up in Texas and Illinois and graduated from Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois.

Felicity LaFortune

Felicity LaFortune (born December 15, 1954 in Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.) is an actress and singer, best known for appearing on daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope as Leigh Kirkland Fenelli (1983-1985, 1988-1989) and All My Children as Laurel Banning Dillon (1993-1996).

History of the Jews in Metro Detroit

It later relocated to the Oakland County municipalities of Oak Park, Southfield, and West Bloomfield.

John Giannini

He attended Fenwick High School in Oak Park, and received a bachelor's degree in psychology from North Central College in Naperville.

Knight engine

Backed by Chicago entrepreneur L.B. Kilbourne, an experimental engine was built in Oak Park, Illinois in 1903.

Linda Parks

Linda Parks (born February 21, 1957) is an American politician who is currently a Ventura County Supervisor representing the second district, which covers Bell Canyon, Casa Conjeo, Lake Sherwood, Oak Park, Point Mugu, Santa Rosa Valley, Somis, Thousand Oaks and Ventu Park.

Marc Laurick

In 1997, he assisted Scott Black with the Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple Restoration Fund concert series in Oak Park, IL.

Oak Park, San Diego

Over the years, management changed hands and in the mid-80s briefly became The Grove and received a pastel-influenced makeover.

Philander Smith

Among the early settlers at Oak Park, Illinois, Smith and wife Adeline provided financial assistance to Methodist missions in India, China, and Japan.

Richard Oruche

Oruche, whose parents are originally from Nigeria, was born in Oak Park, Illinois holds dual citizenship in Nigeria and the United States.

Robert Zuppke

Prior to coaching at the University of Illinois, Zuppke coached at Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan and Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois, where he tutored future Pro Football Hall of Famer George Trafton.

Tetrapod Spools

Tetrapod Spools was an Encinitas, California, USA based independent record label founded in Oak Park, Illinois in 1969 by Louie Easley Hanley and Mark Tucker.

Vincent Gregory

He represents the 14th Senate District, which is located in southern Oakland County and includes Southfield, Farmington Hills, Farmington, Ferndale and Oak Park.

WHNE-LD

Therefore, the station has filed an application to relocate its transmitter to WMYD's tower in Oak Park and broadcast on channel 20, focusing on the Metro Detroit area.

William Eugene Blackstone

On June 5, 1866, Blackstone married Sarah Lee Smith (daughter of Philander Smith) and settled in Oak Park, Illinois in 1870, where he very successfully engaged in the "business of building and property investments".


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