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The comic notably featured Maurice Berlinsky, then the real-life mayor of Joliet, and Bob Anderson, then the real-life director of First National Bank of Joliet. [3] The Archie's Restaurant storyline was also featured in issues #26-30 of Everything's Archie, and Pep Comics #280 and #295. The next restaurant opened in Merrillville, Indiana.
Joliet city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [15] Pop 2010 [13] Pop 2020 [14] % 2000 % ...
Since 1954, the restaurant has been owned and operated by the Hastert family. Robert Hastert Sr. was the first family owner-manager. Hastert had begun as a wholesale poultry dealer at the Aurora Poultry Market during World War II and later owned the Harmony House restaurant in Aurora, Illinois, which he had opened four years before he bought White Fence Farm. [2]
Edward C. Akin (1852–1936), Illinois Attorney General and Mayor of Joliet [2] Meade Baltz (1912–1994), businessman and Illinois state legislator [3] Richard J. Barr (1865–1951), Illinois State Senator and Mayor of Joliet [4] William G. Barr (1920–1987), Illinois state representative and businessman [5]
Joliet Gateway Center is the terminus of the Metra Rock Island District and Heritage Corridor lines, to Chicago LaSalle Street Station and Chicago Union Station respectively. It is an intermediate stop on the Amtrak Texas Eagle from Chicago Union to San Antonio and Los Angeles , and on the Lincoln Service from Chicago to St. Louis and Kansas City .
The paper was founded in 1904 as the Joliet Herald. In 1913, its founder, Ira Clifton Copley , purchased the Joliet News , a paper that had been founded in 1877. In 1915, the two papers were merged producing the Herald-News .
Joliet flourished in the early 20th century, further attracting residents to the region. The main commercial district was along Bluff Street, on the west side of the Des Plaines River. Upper Bluff's proximity to the commercial district likely influenced a period of growth of neighborhoods similar to the Joliet East Side Historic District .
People from Joliet, Illinois, by occupation (7 C) Pages in category "People from Joliet, Illinois" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.