Atlas Obscura
Openlands Lakeshore Preserve in Highland Park, Illinois
After the Haymarket Riot, the Commercial Club of Chicago saw a problem with the city; there was no nearby military garrison. The group had been campaigning since 1877 to build one close to Chicago, with efforts finally being realized ten years later after land was donated to the Federal Government. Ossian Cole Simonds was hired to create a site plan for what was to be known as Fort Sheridan, us…