Complex sentence: Norman Rexford came to Chicago from Charlotte, Vermont in 1835 and in 1836 became the first permanent settler of Blue Island when he established the Blue Island House near the intersection of present-day Western Avenue and Gregory Street just north of the Western Avenue bridge.
Split into simpler sentences: Norman Rexford came to Chicago from Charlotte, Vermont, in 1835 and became the first permanent settler of Blue Island. In 1836, he established the Blue Island House, near the intersection of present-day Western Avenue and Gregory Street just north of the Western Avenue bridge.