Talk:Portage Park (Chicago park)

The Senior Center Was Built There in 2004
Here's a story from the city that says the senior center was built in the middle of the park looks like this happened back in 2004@ https://seniorcenter.us/sc/portage_park_satellite_senior_center_chicago_il

Should be mentioned in lead paragraph where it says "Plans to build a Senior Center there" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lesbrown99 (talk • contribs) 01:14, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Park landscape history & First Nation portage use 644-7436
As a Chicago Openland's Treestorian. I had the opportunity to document final age of portage Parks oldest tree and last of park planners first original planted trees to survive up until today.

Specifically a 117 year old Green Ash estimated to already be 12 years old when transplanted into most northern portion of park around 1912. And since Ash is a local native species, possibility this tree could have already been growing wild on future Park property.

As a volunteer treekeeper conservationist, I had procured a hardwood cutting from this historic portage Park tree as it represents a living connection back to locations beginnings.

And now that City of Chicago forestries model EAB Management program has virtually eradicated borers fatal infestation level populations.

After utilizing inoculated public parkway trees as large EAB bug zappers. Along with the scientific fact that since not enough living ash trees still survive locally.

As of the year 2017 in the portage Park neighborhood, borer populations are no longer capable of rebuilding to tree damaging levels. And has already been scientifically proven how still healthy trees can easily survive Any remaining low-level bug populations.

Thus one option is to replant historic ash tree organism I had successfully propagated from a hardwood cutting.

And another option would be to supply living cutting to Morton arboretum scientists who can reverse cross breed resistance to EAB by introducing lineage from the very few wild American ash trees that had survived EAB.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INVOLVING PORTAGE USE BETWEEN DES PLAINES AND CHICAGO RIVER

The shortest and most widely used overland portage between heritage portage located in Lyons, and old Irving plank road portage specified in this Wikipedia page.

Had once been located just north of Thatcher rd. and North Avenue, specifically today's Evans field Cook county Forest preserve.

Also known to be centrally located during pre-columbian Cahokia woodland civilization era resulting in shortest 8 Mile overland travel. Through use of Indian roads today renamed lake Street the horizontal path South through River Forest Illinois.

And whiskey point road, today called Grand Avenue. Via Eastward using Alexander Robinson trail (chi chi pin Que). More familiarly known today as Bloomingdale Avenue. And via Wabansia Avenue Eastward. City street named after chief wabansi, who's First Nation name loosely translates as sunrise victory.

Which intersected with point along Des plaines River where pre-columbian Kennecott burial mounds once existed. After location selected where prominent view of sunset available Westward across open plains. //CHICAGOCONCERTMAN// CHICAGOCONCERTMAN (talk) 04:58, 12 December 2019 (UTC)