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Gurnee is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 28,834 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 30,772 in 2005. The village borders the city of Waukegan and is considered a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Gurnee is perhaps best known for being the location of Six Flags Great America, a theme park. The village is home to many Chicago Bears players, including NFL recordholder Devin Hester, Gurnee has benefited from its location as the midway point between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Early settlers in the Gurnee area came by foot horseback and by “Prairie Schooners” drawn by oxen or via the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes. They came from the town of Warren, New York, which was named in honor of Major General Joseph Warren, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Warren Township, formed in 1850, was also named after him. The first settlement of Warren Township commenced in 1835 in the vicinity of the Aux Plaines River (now the Des Plaines River).
In 1835-36, a…

Gurnee IL Skateboard Lessons

Learn How to Skate in Gurnee IL Inside the Gurnee park, you can learn how to skateboard. You will start with all of the basics… Like how to push, turn, and where to put your feet. Once you have all of the basics down, we can begin to teach you some tricks and how to […]

Gurnee IL

Discover How to Master Skateboarding in a Two Week-Long Lesson Skateboarding is a leisure activity, an art form, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been molded and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the ages. A 2002 survey and study by American Sports Data uncovered that there are 18.5 million skate boarders in the world. […]