Battling Nelson
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Oscar Matthew "Battling" Nelson, was a Danish-born American professional boxer who held the World Lightweight championship. He was also nicknamed "the Durable Dane".
Nelson c. 1900s
1911 cartoon of Nelson and his future wife Fay King, drawn by herself for his guide The wonders of the Yellowstone National Park.
Marker commemorating the 1906 Gans-Nelson fight.
A motion picture of the second Gans-Nelson fight in Colma, California, was shown in theaters across the country. Above, reporter-artist Marguerite Martyn sketched her impression of women watching the fight in St. Louis, Missouri, in October 1908.
Hegewisch, Chicago
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Hegewisch is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond, Indiana to the east. The community area is named for Adolph Hegewisch, the president of U.S. Rolling Stock Company who hoped to establish "an ideal workingman's community" when he laid out the town along a rail line in 1883, six years before Chicago annexed the town.
Baltimore Avenue is the main commercial street of Hegewisch.
Signage from Hegewisch neighborhood.
South Shore Line's Hegewisch stop.