A French trading post was established circa 1670 on a trail between Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the early Chicago area.

The villagers were active in logging, leather tanning, brick making, and iron casting.

[citation needed] The Fort Sheridan cemetery, established in 1889, is still an ongoing military burial site owned by the federal government.

The historic district includes 230 acres (93 ha) of land and buildings bounded by Hutchinson and Bartlett Ravines and the shore of Lake Michigan.

[5] The Fort Sheridan station provides Metra commuter rail service along the Union Pacific North Line.

Trains travel south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, and north to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Pace provides bus service on Route 472 connecting Fort Sheridan to Highland Park and other destinations.