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Gurnee is a city 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. 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 land company from New York State erected a Community House (site of the old Gurnee Grade School) to accommodate families while they were locating and getting government land grants to their farms. Near the Community House there was a ford used by the Potowatomi Indians for crossing the river. A floating log bridge was built there in about 1842.

   
 
   
 
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Later a stationary wooden bridge was constructed, and still later an iron bridge was erected. The Gurnee Town Centre, a shopping district in West Gurnee.With the erection of a permanent bridge, roads were established and this area became the hub of the township. It was at this junction that the Milwaukee Road crossed the river from west to east and then continued in a northeasterly direction to eventually join Chicago to Milwaukee. This road was "laid out" in 1836 by three early settlers, Thomas McClure, Mark Noble, and Richard Steele.

The east-west road, now known as Grand Avenue, was a main route from McHenry County to the port of Waukegan. Stage coaches ran on this route as late as 1890. The village is named after former Chicago Mayor Walter S. Gurnee. Just east of the bridge, at the junction of Milwaukee Road and Grand Avenue, was the Mutaw Tavern, earlier known as "Marm Rudd's Tavern" and more recently as the Mother Rudd House. This was a stage coach stop between Chicago and Milwaukee and was a stopover for farmers from the west traveling to Little Fort (Waukegan) to barter their crops for supplies and to ship out from the ports. It also served as a stop during the underground railroad.

This building was acquired by the Village of Gurnee in 1984, has been restored, and now houses the Warren Township Historical Society. In May 2004 Gurnee received major rainfall, causing the worst flooding in eighteen years. The flood caused major building damage and flooded roads that overpassed the Des Plaines River. At the intersection near Viking Middle School (Grand Avenue and O'Plaine Road), people had to canoe to get out of their house.

 
   
 
 
Illinois Cities in Which We Have Performed Wedding Photography
Below is a partial list of cities in which we have performed wedding photography:
Hazel Crest
Hickory Hills
Highland Park
Hillside
Hoffman Estates
Homewood
Inverness
Itasca
Justice
Kankakee
LaGrange
Lake Bluff
Lake Zurich
Lake in the Hills
Lansing
Lincolnshire
Lindenhurst
Lynwood
Lyons
Manteno
Marengo
Markham
Matteson
Maywood
Melrose Park
Midlothian
Morris
Morton Grove
Mount Prospect
Mundelein
Niles
Norridge
North Aurora
North Chicago
North Riverside
Northbrook
Northlake
Oak Forest
Oak Lawn
Orland Hills
Orland Park
Oswego
Ottawa
Palatine
Palos Heights
Park Forest
Park Ridge
Pontiac
Prospect Heights
 
Gurnee, Illinois
The town of Gurnee, Illinois is one of our most favorite towns in which to capture wedding photography. The beautiful town of Gurnee gives us many opportunities to perform our photojournalist wedding style as well as traditional wedding style of photography.

In addition to Gurnee, other favorite towns we have enjoyed performing wedding photography in include: Chicago, Lombard, Joliet, Naperville, Schaumburg, and Oakbrook.

 
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Specials for Gurnee Weddings

We have several specials currently being offered for Gurnee Weddings. See our pricing page for our current specials as well as pricing for:

  • Traditional Wedding Albums
  • Matted Wedding Albums
  • Coffee Table Books
  • Flush Mount Albums
  • High Resolution Digital Negatives
  • Prints in Color, Black & White, and Sepia
  • Digital Photo Albums
  • Musical Photo Show DVDs
  • Photo Composites
  • Special Effects

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