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Welcome to Skokie Country Club Creating Lasting Friendships Since 1897 Our Story In 1843 President John Tyler granted through purchase a large tract of land to a man named Marcus Gormley. In 1897 a piece of the property was purchased by a group of Chicago businessmen who had come together to form a golf club. The land stood atop a ridge and overlooked a broad oak savannah plain and in the distance a wetland area. This portion known as the Skokie probably got its name from a Potawatomi Indian word for swamp or marsh.