a combining form meaning âthat which carriesâ the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: aquifer; conifer; foraminifer. Origin of -fer. < Latin, derivative of ferre to bear1, in L generally forming adjectives; the corresponding E adjectives add -ous; see -ferous.
About thirty years later, the modern neighborhood of Glenbrook Valley took shape. With the launch of. the new Gulf Freeway, the first freeway in Texas, in 1948, Houstonians began to move out of the city. center and into planned neighborhoods of single-family homes.
Glenbrook North High School, founded in 1953 as Glenbrook High School, is located in Northbrook. The village is also home to the Northbrook Park District, founded in 1927, Northbrook Court shopping mall, the Ed Rudolph Velodrome, the Chicago Curling Club, and the Northbrook Public Library.