The answer to this question is Gen. Phillip Sheridan, who also had Ft. Sheridan in North Chicago, named for him! He was a famous civil war General who won important battles for the Union, but he was most famous for the destructive "March' through Georgia, to finally take the Souths last manufacturing and material storage area's, to assure the Northern victory!
No it was named after John B. Kendrick.
The M551 Sheridan aluminum tanks used in Vietnam were called she's; but the Sheridan tank itself was named after a "he." General Sheridan, US Army, War of the Rebellion (Civil War).
1974
What period of time? Did not exist late 1960's-now.
15 miles
The Sheridan Deli
The road distance from Chicago to Spokane is approximately 1,750 miles.
You can check the book "Streetwise Chicago" about Clark, Waveland, and Sheffield, but Addison is named after an English physician, Thomas Addison, who noted the disease of the adrenal glands now called Addison's disease. Interesting way streets of Chicago are named after people you don't connect with Chicago. Even more curious is Irving Park Road, named after Washington Irving.
Chicago
The distance between Chicago and Philadelphia is about 757 road miles.
The driving distance from Chicago IL to Auburn IN is 162 road miles.
Doofy is played by a man named Dave Sheridan.