Steve's Deerfield History 1974

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natural earth.

Then I went.

By then, I went out of history to a fair field with a camera.

There you are at the stone that has Daniel White's on it.

Oh, now I see the end of the road.

Well, it looks like it's out there.

I think there's a little road.

What's on the top there? It used to be a playground here.

Oh, really? It looked like it was a while ago.

What do they have there? Bering, Ramblin, Farrington, and Lollapaloo.

Sounds like a music one talks to me.

Yeah, it says that there was a sawmill and a followmill near the Iron Bridge.

Have you seen Iron Bridge? No.

Where are you headed for? The village hall.

That doesn't look like it is.

Where is that? In Riverwood.

How do you get there? Port Line Road near County Line Road.

Oh, that looks like kind of a neat place.

Where are you going now? The bus station.

Oh, yeah.

There was quite a write -up in the paper about that train station.

Remember that? They were about one decade down last year.

The people who were interested in Deerfield 50 decided that they wanted to turn people here.

So now I guess it's going to be restored.

Did you see a train? What's that? The old cavern.

Oh, is it still open today? Yes.

I wonder if Deerfield had any old caverns.

Were all those people with you on your hunt? Yes.

Oh, what's the way you know? From Lombard.

Looks like the train people to me.

Yeah, they used to be all train people up there.

I always wondered what it looked like right now.

Old hotel.

Well, is it a hotel now? No.

I see Richard's little cop there and the I .V .I.

Travel.

It even says here that they used to be a ballroom on the third floor.

I wonder what's up there now.

There's the first time they built an apartment in L .R.

I'll take a look around, do you remember? Thank you.

Wow.

I guess nobody can knock that down, huh? I've got to try.

Oh, what used to be beside it there? Pages, yes.

Oh, that's what it's used to now, huh? I don't remember when they did that, do you? Yes.

Where are you now? Peter's and Mary.

How come you went over there, do you remember? Because there was a sheriff in Illinois that made a list.

So Peter's friend, they named it after him.

Oh, I see.

Now where are you going? To the...

Oh, I remember when they moved that there.

It's just been there a little while.

The boys go out and do it.

Do you remember where they came back? Sanders Hill.

Yeah, I guess they made quite a time getting it up here.

Oh, what's it say there? First Barrett -Wallop House, 1837.

Wow, that's over 100 years old then.

It was reserved by Fairfield Area Historical Society.

What's in there, Steve? Not all of the cabins, some chairs, old clothes, a dancing doll, a baby's crib, a fireplace, some old pots and some old pans.

There you are, the trail tree.

Now how did they go about making a tree into a trail tree? They bent it over.

Oh, so it's kind of got a big hump on it then, huh? Who bent it over? The Indians.

Oh, yeah.

That was pretty neat when you were marking a trail, wasn't it? Yeah.

The trees were supposed to go that way, because the tree was pointed that way.

It was about this big when the Indians bent it over.

Oh, there you are at the cemetery.

What did you stop there for? By a food rave.

There's Mr.

Clark's rave, right? Yes.

And he was supposed to be the first white visitor in that area.

And he read the Pony Express when he was tied with no one.

And then he passed a while and moved to New York.

Oh, there's Mr.

Wilmot's rave.

Oh, there's Wilmot and Elmenty's.

Yeah, see, that was building number five, and it was completed in 1904.

Is this building used today in the school? No.

Oh, wait.

What do we have there? Some of the buildings.

Oh, yes, I see that.

Those were low units, and one of them was built in 1955, and one of them in 1956.

What's that picture of? Well, people used to say that the next floor was...

What, really, was it? This is our house.

Identifier

F.2004-03-0030

Date Of Production

1974

Abstract

A 4th grade history project Steve Sanner made with his dad John on the history of the Chicago suburb Deerfield, IL.

Format

Super 8

Extent

150 feet

Color

Sound

Mag Stripe

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Genre

Educational

Form

Amateur

Subject

History

Related Collections

SERIES I: John Sanner Films

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Deerfield

Main Credits

Sanner, John (is filmmaker)

Sanner, Steve (is filmmaker)

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