WILMETTE
Hussey-Arntson, Kathy / Leary, Patrick![WILMETTE](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/206/20655981/CHSBZCOP0320655981.jpg)
Wilmette is best known for its tree-lined, brick-paved streets, nice homes, and lovely lakefront. Yet a peek beneath this placid suburban surface reveals a surprisingly lively history, ranging from the early years of hardscrabble farms carved out of dense forest to decades of conflict with German-speaking tavern owners in the culturally distinctive village of Gross Point. "No Man's Land" along Sheridan Road once sported a dazzling movie palace...