This report analyzes the factors that drove the development of Mount Prospect. Mount Prospect went from a patchwork of homestead farms, to agricultural production town service Chicago via railroad, to bedroom suburb, to mostly residential town with retail and industrial hubs. The development of Mount Prospect is one piece in the story of the overall development in Chicago.
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