Rogers Park bears the name of Philip McGregor Rogers, an intrepid and enterprising Irish immigrant who purchased the first tract of land in the area in the 1830s, a time when it was prairie and woodland, populated by Native Americans and white birch trees.
The Great Chicago Fire ushered in an era of economic development, and in 1878, Roger.
As the federal government forced the Native Americans west, European immigrants arrived in greater numbers, forming a community of woodcutters and farmers.
Rogers Park bears the name of Philip McGregor Rogers, an intrepid and enterprising Irish immigrant who purchased the first tract of land in the area in the 1830s, a time when it was prairie and woodland, populated by Native Americans and white birch trees
