Where the Streets All Have Names: Harlan Street
Originally H or Harrison Street, the 8th road west of Sheridan was renamed after Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan in 1903 to reflect…
Edgewater history
Where the Streets All Have Names: Gray Street
Previously known as Calhoun Street, or just G Street, the 7th street west of Sheridan was renamed after George Gray in 1903 to reflect…
Where the Streets All Have Names: Fenton Street
Originally Van Buren Street, or F Street, the 6th road west of Sheridan was renamed after Reuben Fenton as part of the Supreme Court…
Where the Streets All Have Names: Eaton Street
Originally named Jackson, or E Street, the 5th road west of Sheridan was renamed after Benjamin Eaton in 1903 to reflect the new US…
Where the Streets All Have Names: Depew Street
Originally named both Monroe and D Street, the 4th street west of Sheridan was renamed after Chauncey Depew in 1903 to reflect the new…
Where the Streets All Have Names: Chase Street
Originally named Madison, or C Street, the third street west of Sheridan in Edgewater was officially renamed Chase Street in 1903. It was named after…
Edgewater History: Women of the KKK
Ku Klux Klan membership lists from the 1920s include 38 recorded members of the KKK that lived in Edgewater. KKK influence in Edgewater…
Where the Streets All Have Names: Benton Edition
Originally named Jefferson or B Street, Edgewater renamed the second street west of Sheridan after Senator Thomas Hart Benton in 1903. Nicknamed “Old Bullion”,…
Where the Streets All Have Names: Ames Edition
Edgewater’s roads fall into one of two categories. We have our avenues, the numbered roads that run east to west. And we have our…
Intersection of Influence: The History of 25th and Gray
Throughout Edgewater’s history, there have been places around town that hold stories about our small community and the people that influenced its past, present,…