s ■■^ ■*5S ^ ^^ B***^ m^ ^.ia«i«*M^ ■ * •^ ^8§f ,„" L 1 E> R.AR.Y OF THE UN IVER5ITY or ILLl NOIS V.2& BliBoll Historical Survey ^*^ • »-*. 7.5 Ic g I ^ THE AMERICAN AERIAL COUNTY HISTORY SERIES, ^nis is Peoria County, Illinois An Up-To-Date Historical Narrative with County and Township Maps and Many Unique Aerial Photo- graphs of Cities, Towns, Villages and Farmsteads JOHN DRURY Author O/d Illinois Houses, Historic Midwest Houses, Midwest Heritage, etc., and member of American Association for State and Local History 1955 PUBLISHED BY THE LOREE COMPANY 3094 Milwaukee Avenue Chicago 10, Illinois COPRIGHT 195S BY THE LOREE CO. AIL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN U.S.A. The American Aerial County History Series Illinois. No. 26 Counties already published for Illinois: Macon Menard Stevenson Fulton Iroquois Peoria Champaign Hancock Vermilion Schuyler Tazewell Stark Pike Knox McDonough Adams Logan Bureau De Witt Mercer Cass Woodford Brown Henry Mason Kankakee Piatt VVill Co unties already published Co unties already published f cr Indiana: for Iowa: Newton Washington Printed in offset lithography by The Loree Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1955 u 9/7.73 -H^:'' ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This is the twenty-sixth of a series of new-style county histories which will include all of the 102 counties of Illinois, and, ultimately, all of the 3,103 counties of the United States. The project, specializing in low-altitude aerial photographs of cities, towns, villages and farmsteads and with brief historical narratives added, is known as The American Aerial County History Series. For a list of already- published volumes in Illinois, see back of title page of this book. Each of the volumes is being written by John Drury, author of Old Illinois Houses, Historic Midwest Houses, Midwest Heritage, etc., and member of the American Association for State and Local History and the Illinois State Historical Society. In the preparation of this work on Peoria County, Illinois, the writer and publisher hereby acknowledge their gratitude, for advice and assistance generously given them, to Mr. Joseph C. Wolf and Mrs. Ellen Chase of the Newberry Library, Chicago; to Mr. Herbert H. Hewitt, Mrs. Roberta Sutton and Miss Winifred Baum, all of the Chicago Public Library, Chicago; and to various librarians, public offi- cials, business executives and private citizens of the city of Peoria and the '^ county of Peoria, Illinois. The author also wishes to express special acknowl- '^ edgment to his wife, Marion Neville Drury, for research, editorial and proof-reading ^ assistance. ^ Grateful appreciation is also shown here to officials of the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States Department of Commerce and to officials of the Depart- ment of Public Roads & Planning of the State of Illinois (in particular to those in charge of that department's Bureau of Research and Planning in the Highway De- partment), for permission to use the Peoria County maps included in this book. Sources used by the author in preparing this volume were: Peoria City and County, Illinois, by Colonel James M. Rice (two volumes. The S. J, Clarke Pub- lishing Company, Chicago, 1912); Inventory of County Archives of Illinois: No. 12, Peoria County (Illinois Historical Records Survey, Chicago, 1942); The History of Peoria, Illinois, by C. Ballance (printed by N. C. Nason, Peoria, 1870); History of Peoria County, by David McCulloch (in Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, edited by Newton Bateman, The Munsell Company, Chicago, 1915); Drown' s Record and ^Historical View of Peoria, by S. De Witt Drown (printed by E. O. Woodcock, Peoria, '^-1850); Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide, The American Guide Series ^,{A. C. McCIurg & Company, Chicago, 1939); County and City Data Book, 1952 > (United States Bureau of the Census, Washington, 1952); The Editor and Publisher V Market Guide for 1955 (The Editor and Publisher Company, New York, 1955); and VTAc Rand McNally Commercial Atlas for 1955 (Rand McNally Company, Chicago, ^" 1955). UI IV TABLE OF CONTENTS MAP OF PEORIA COUNTY VI STORY OF PEORIA COUNTY 1 CITY OF PEORIA , ... 17 Akron Township ( P r i nee v i 1 1 e , Akron) 21 Brimfield Township ( Br i m f i e 1 d ) .47 Chillicothe Township ( Ch i 1 1 i co t he , North Chillicothe, Rome) 75 Elmwood Township (Elmwood, Southport) 89 Hallock Township (Edelstein, West Hallock, North Hampton^ Hallock, Lawn Ridge) 119 Hollis Township (Mapleton, Orchard Mines, Tuscarora, Hoi lis) . . . 147 Jubilee Township (Jubilee) 167 Kickapoo Township (Pottstown, Kickapoo, Edwards, Orange Prairie, Radnor) 187 Limestone Township { Ba r to n v i 1 1 e , Bellevue) .... 213 Logan Township (Hanna City, Eden, Smithville) . . . 241 Medina Township (Mossville, Alta) 277 Millbrook Township (Laura, Elmore) . . .... , 299 Peoria Township & Peoria City Township 319 Princeville Township ( P r i n ce vi 1 1 e , Monica) .... 325 Radnor Township (Dunlap) 351 Richwoods Township (Peoria Heights ) 379 Rosefield Township (Oak Hill, Kramm, Olin) .... 389 Timber Township (Glasford, Kingston Mines, Lancaster) .413 Trivoli Township (Trivoli, Cramer) ....... 443 GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP PEORIA COUNTY ILLINOIS VI STORY OF PEORIA COUNTY, ILLINOIS Containing the second largest city in Illinois and rated 139th in population rank among the 3,103 counties of the United States, Peoria County, located on the Illinois River in the north central part of the Prairie State, is of singular interest as the scene of some of the very first activities of white men in the upper Missis- sippi Valley. It was on the site of present-day Peoria city that Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette stopped briefly when they first discovered the upper Mississippi Valley in 1673, and it was just opposite this site that the great French empire-builder. La Salle, landed in 1680 and built the first military post in what is now the State of Illinois. If the Peoria metropolitan zone, comprising an area of 1,292 square miles in both Peoria and Tazewell counties and with a total population of 250,512, is known throughout America as a leading producer of caterpillar tractors, bulldozers, Diesel engines, farm machinery, Hiram Walker whiskies and Pabst beer, it is also widely famed for its cultural and other institutions, among these being historic old Jubilee College, modern Bradley University, the Peoria State Hospital, Glen Oak Park, the United States Research Laboratory, the Spalding Institute and Fort Crevecouer State Park. Furthermore, the county's principal city— a city of skyscrapers, manufacturing plants, warehouses, railroad yards, residential districts and parks— is unique for its situation. Occupying a mid-position on the important Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway, Peoria city overlooks a grand natural sight-Lake Peoria. The lake is about eigh- teen miles long and was formed by a natural widening of the Illinois River. Front- ing on the lake is the city's great Municipal River and Rail Terminal, with its many cranes and overhead conveyors carrying loads between trains and towboats. Additional interest attaches to Peoria County by reason of the numerous great personages of American history who left their imprint on the pages of the county's annals. In addition to Louis Jolliet, Father Marquette, La Salle, Tonti and the other early French explorers, these personages included, at a later date, Abraham Lincoln, who came here as a lawyer and orator; Stephen A. Douglas, who often appeared in Peoria city; Robert Ingersoll, famed as a lawyer, lecturer and agnos- tic; the Right Reverend Philander Chase, first Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Illinois and founder of Jubilee College; Bishop John L. Spalding, first Roman Catholic bishop of Peoria; and Lorado Taft, celebrated American sculptor. FIRST WHITE MEN First recorded white men to step on the soil that now is Peoria County were those two renowned discoverers of the upper Mississippi Valley region, Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette. After undertaking their first history-making journey on the Mississippi River, which they entered from the Wisconsin River, in 1673, they were returning to Quebec by way of the Illinois River when they stopped at an Indian village where now Peoria city stands. We are told by Father Marquette, in his journal of the expedition, that they visited for three days at the village, which was composed of the bark huts of the Peoria tribe of Indians— the tribe that gave its name to the present city and county. But Father Marquette spelled the name of the tribe as "Peouarea," and added they were a subdivision of the great Illinois tribe— the race that gave its name to the present State of Illinois. Father Marquette says further that he preached to the Peorias during his stay and that just before leaving them h" baptized a dying child brought to him. This was the first baptism performed in what is now Peoria County. And Father Mar- quette's preaching was also the first religious activity in the future county. What Jolliet and Marquette saw as they paddled in their canoes along the Illinois River must have greatly impressed them. In his journal, the explorer-priest wrote: "We had seen nothing like this river for the fertility of the land, its prairies, woods, wild cattle, stags, deer, wildcats, bustards, swans, ducks, parrots, and even beaver; its many little lakes and rivers." He added that the Indians had their own vivid name for the Peoria locality, calling it "Pimiteoui"— "The Land of Great Plenty." LA SALLE BUILDS FORT CREVE COUER After Jolliet and Marquette returned to Quebec and reported their findings, all of the upper Mississippi Valley was claimed as a colony for King Louis XIV of France and given the name of New France. Some three or four years later the great French explorer, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, was commissioned to head an expedition into the new colony, build forts to hold it, and obtain a monopoly of the fur trade. This expedition, consisting of thirty men in eight canoes, descended the Illinois River and arrived at Lake Peoria in 1680. Among members of the expedition were Henri de Tonti, a faithful lieutenant of La Salle's who was popularly known amOng the Indians as the "Iron Hand," and Father Louis Hennepin, chaplain of the group. Others in the expedition were guides, artisans and fur traders. On arrival at Lake Peoria, the expedition built, at a point opposite the Indian village (in what is now Tazewell County) a strong palisaded military post which was named Fort Crevecoeur ("broken heart") after a fort in the Netherlands which had been earlier captured by the French. After completing Fort Crevecoeur and placing Tonti in charge of it. La Salle and a few men returned to Quebec for supplies. About three months later, while Tonti was absent on a local exploring trip, the fort on Lake Peoria was plundered by its men, who then fled into the wilderness. With the return of La Salle to the Illinois country, it was decided to build a new fort at Starved Rock. When this was finished, it was called Fort St. Louis. La Salle then went on to search for the mouth of the Mississippi River, and, on reaching it in 1682, claimed all of the lower Mississippi Valley for France, naming it Louisiana. Several years later, La Salle was murdered by some of his own men while near the Trinity River, in present-day Texas. Thereafter, Tonti was placed in command of the French colonizing project in the Mississippi Valley. FORT PIMITEOUI « About 1691, Tonti decided to abandon Fort St. Louis at Starved Rock and build a new fort on the site of present Peoria city. When this was completed, he named it Fort St. Louis, but it became better known by the Indian name of Fort Pimiteoui. It will be recalled that the Indians bestowed this name on the Peoria region because it meant "Land of Great Plenty." Soon, a settlement of French fur traders and their families grew up about Fort Pimiteoui. It is on this settlement that some local historians base their claim that Peoria is the oldest city in Illinois, explaining that Cahokia (which claims to be the oldest) was not founded until 1699. If a settlement of white men grew up around Fort Pimiteoui, however, it did not remain in continuous existence. For one thing, it was largely abandoned in 1699 when the French set up a new center of activities at Cahokia, just belr -v present-day East St. Louis. In the decades following, some French fur traders and voyageurs returned and lived at the Lake Peoria site, but there were never enough to form a village or town of any consequence. And this remained the situation even after the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1763-a conflict in which France lost to Great Brit- ain its vast wilderness territory in the interior of America, By that time, the original thirteen American colonies were firmly established on the Atlantic seaboard. Then came the American Revolution of 1775-1783- After George Rogers Clark and a handful of American backwoodsmen captured key Brit- ish military posts in what later became Indiana and Illinois, the American flag was for the first time raised over that vast portion of the Midwest lying east of the Mississippi River (the region west of the river then belonged to Spain). TERRITORIAL DAYS Just after the close of the American Revolution, there was formed the North- west Territory, so-called because it lay northwest of the Ohio River. It was out of this territory there came, later, the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. When the Territory of Illinois was created in 1809, future Peoria County lay in St. Clair County, which then embraced most of Illinois. By that time, a new French settlement had taken root at the Lake Peoria site, composed of traders who returned to carry on business with what few Peoria and Pottawatomie natives remained in the region. Believed to have had a popula- tion of not more than sixty-five white persons, including a few women, this settle- ment was known variously as Au Pe, Le Pe, Opa and Au Pay. As early as 1800, however, it was beginning to be referred to as Piorias; the "s" was not pronounced. END OF FRENCH PEORIA It was during the War of 1812 that old French Peoria came to a sudden and tragic end— due to a military blunder. When, at that time, word was brought to Gov- ernor Ninian Edwards of Illinois Territory that the Indians of northern Illinois were moving southward to attack American settlements, he hastily formed a militia ex- pedition and, heading it himself, marched on the French village at Lake Peoria. The governor thought this village was a strategic center of Indian activities in the upper Illinois country. But when he and his militiamen arrived, they found the settlement deserted. Nonetheless, they destroyed the Indian part of the settle- ment, a part ruled over by Chief Black Partridge. They did not know then that Chief Partridge was friendly to the Americans and that, at the moment, he was absent from his village because he was trying to locate Americans kidnapped by Indians at the Fort Dearborn Massacre at Chicago. Shortly afterwards. Governor Edwards sent another force of militiamen to the Lake Peoria settlement, this one headed by Captain Thomas Craig of Shawneetown. When a few stray shots, fired by unknown persons, greeted Craig and his soldiers, they immediately swooped down on the French village, destroyed a large part of it, and carried off all of its inhabitants. It was afterwards learned that these French settlers at Lake Peoria were friendly toward the Americans, or at least neutral in the War of 1812. When this was ascertained, they were released from military custody. Instead of returning to the Lake Peoria region, however, they scattered to other parts of the state. And thus came to an end the long, and constructive, role played by the French in the early development of Peoria County. CONSTRUCTION OF FORT CLARK Although the Lake Peoria site was a "deserted village" just after the close of the War of 1812, it did not long remain so. Realizing the strategic value of the site, as had the French more than a hundred years earlier. General Benjamin How- ard of the American army led an expedition to the site in 1813 and there built Fort Clark, which he named in honor of George Rogers Clark. He felt this fort would serve to overawe any Indian tribes still hostile to the Americans. Built of logs in the form of a stockade, Fort Clark was about 100 feet square and one corner of it faced toward the lake. This fort was garrisoned intermittently until 1818, at which time it was abandoned. The site of Fort Clark is marked today by a bronze historical plaque on the wall of a power plant at Liberty and Water streets, in Peoria city. As may be seen, this site is just at the lower end of Lake Peoria. FIRST AMERICAN SETTLERS A year after Illinois was admitted to statehood in 1818, there arrived in the vicinity of abandoned Fort Clark a party of seven men who became the first Ameri- can settlers of what is now Peoria County. These seven were Abner Fads, Seth Fulton and Josiah Fulton, all Virginians by birth; S. Dougherty, J. Davis and T. Russell, all Kentuckians; and Joseph Hersey, who came from New York. Completing two log cabins they found partly built and abandoned, the men of the party laid out a farm of fifteen acres, planted corn and potatoes in it, and en- closed it with rails they found lying about.lt was in the early spring of 1819 these men arrived. In June of that year, Abner Fads brought his wife and children to the place, and for some time thereafter Mrs. Eads served as cook and housekeeper for all of the seven men. Of the original seven, however, five did not long remain at this first American settlement in Peoria County. These five were Seth Fulton, Dougherty, Davis, Her- sey and Russell. Of the two who stayed, Abner Eads later became a prominent personage in early county affairs, and Josiah Fulton spent the rest of his long life in the county. Soon other settlers followed the original seven to the Fort Clark site. Among the best known of those who came before 1825— the year in which Peoria County was organized — were John L. Bogardus, Joseph Bryant, John Dixon, William Eads, Samuel Fulton, Isaac Funk, John Hamlin, William Holland, Elijah and Norman Hyde, James Latham, George Sharp and Isaac Waters. In addition to these, quite a number of others settled in the countryside be- yond Fort Clark during the years before Peoria County was established. Among them were Lewis Hallock, who staked out a claim about 1820 in what is now Hal- lock Township, and Gershom Silliman, Moses Clifton, Samuel Clifton, Resolved Cleveland and Hiram Cleveland, all of whom came about 1825 and settled near Hallock's cabin. In 1822 there arrived Daniel Prince, who built a cabin in what is now Prince- ville Township; he was later joined by his brother, Myron, and by Stephen French. In 1824 came the earliest settlers of present-day Medina Township. The first of these were John Ridgeway and George Love, who came in 1824- A few years later they were joined by Abner Cooper, Henry Thomas and Samuel Clifton. ORGANIZATION OF PEORIA COUNTY Apparently, newcomers were arriving fast in the years just after Illinois be- came a state. By 1825 there were an estimated 450 persons within the locality that became Peoria County that same year; of this estimated total 44 were taxable inhabitants. In any case, enough citizens were living there to form a new county. And so it came about that the Illinois state legislature passed an act on January 13, 1825, setting up the new county of Peoria. Although the new county's boundaries were fixed by the act as at present, Peoria's jurisdiction, in the beginning, was extended to a vast unorganized terri- tory that reached from the Illinois River to the Wisconsin line and included Chi- cago. At that period Chicago was a small settlement of log cabins clustered about Fort Dearborn. If any of its residents wanted to obtain a marriage license, or a license to operate a tavern or a ferry, in the period just after 1825, they had to journey by horseback or canoe to the county seat town of Peoria. But this situation lasted for only a few years and was discontinued after new counties were formed in the unorganized region. While Peoria County was still the "parent" county of the widespread region that included Chicago, a census of the entire region was taken and this showed a total of 1,236 inhabitants. This total included those living in what is now Taze- well County, which then was also under the jurisdiction of Peoria County. It is to be remembered that at that early day northern Illinois was a thinly-settled wilder- ness region and Indians were still living in the area; they did not leave until after the Black Hawk War of 1832. COUNTY'S FIRST ELECTION When the new county held its first election on March 7, 1825, its voters had only one polling place in which to cast their ballots. This was in the Peoria log cabin home of William Eads, an early settler. With the polling place at Peoria, then, very few of the total of 1,236 inhabitants in Peoria County and its attached territory (which included Chicago) appeared at the Eads cabin that first election day. There were only sixty-six votes cast. After the ballots were counted, it was found that the following were elected Peoria County's first officers: William Holland, Nathan Dillon and Joseph Smith, commissioners; Samuel Fulton, sheriff; and William Philips, coroner. Two of the commissioners, Dillon and Smith, and Coroner Philips were then residents of the area that now is Tazewell County. On the day following the election, the new officers held their first official meeting in the Peoria cabin home of Joseph Ogee, a half-breed Indian who served as interpreter for the community. The commissioners began their duties by appoint- ing Norman Hyde as county clerk and Aaron Hawley as county treasurer. They then ordered that the county seat should be called Peoria and that a courthouse should be built there as soon as possible. At later meetings, the commissioners appointed Robert Berresford, Reuben Bratton and Seth Wilson as constables, named a panel of grand and petit jurors for the Circuit Court, and appointed Abner Eads, Stephen French and Daniel Prince as school trustees. Also, William Smith was recommended to the Governor of Illinois as "a suitable person" for justice of the peace. When, several months later, Norman Hyde resigned as county clerk (to be- come probate judge), his place was filled by John Dixon, afterwards to become the founder of Dixon, Illinois. The commissioners also appointed John L. Bogardus as county assessor. They then divided the county into three election precincts. The Chicago precinct included all of the region east of the Du Page River and for a polling place the commissioners named the home of Dr. Alexander Wolcott at Chicago. Dr. Wolcott was then Indian Agent at Chicago and his home was popu- larly known as "Cobweb Castle," so-called because Dr. Wolcott was a bachelor and neglectful of his household duties. TOWN OF PEORIA PLATTED It was on September 6, 1825, that one of the county commissioners, William Holland, in association with several other citizens, presented a petition to the commissioners calling for the establishment of a townsite at Peoria. This was promptly acted upon, and Holland and a lawyer of the period, William S. Hamilton, were ordered to plat the town. Not least interesting about William S. Hamilton is that he was a son of Alex- ander Hamilton, the renowned American statesman who was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr, former Vice President of the United States. An Illinois lawyer for some years, William S. Hamilton, it is said, once met Aaron Burr in St. Louis and chal- lenged him to a duel. But Burr declined, we are told, because his challenger was too young for such an encounter. When their work of platting the townsite of Peoria was completed, Hamilton was paid $58.45 for his services and Holland was allowed $10.50. A public sale of town lots was then ordered for July 10, 1826. At the sale, a total of twenty-nine lots were sold for $1,445.87- Terms of the sale of the lots required a ten per cent payment in cash and the remainder in twelve or eighteen months. FIRST COURTHOUSE It was not until 1836 that Peoria County's first permanent courthouse was completed. The delay was caused by difficulties in securing a clear title to the tract of land in Peoria set aside by the state legislature for a courthouse site. Among these difficulties were certain old French claims to the tract. Eventually, the controversy was cleared and work was started on the county's first courthouse. This building, as we have already noted, was finished in 1836, and the rec- ords show it cost a total of $5, 545. 65. It is described as a two-story edifice of brick construction, designed in the Greek Revival style then popular, and with a tall cupola over its columned portico. In addition to serving as a courthouse, this building was used for religious services, community jgatherings and entertainment programs, although no admission fee was allowed for these extra-curricular affairs. It was in front of the portico of this courthouse that Abraham Lincoln delivered an important speech in 1854. This building remained in use for more than forty years, when it was replaced by the present courthouse. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMBOAT When the first steamboat to arrive at Peoria tied up at the city's riverside on a December day in 1829, it inaugurated a new form of transportation that greatly helped in the development of Peoria County. Soon other steamboats were calling at Peoria, and by 1840 there were forty different vessels in the St. Louis and Peoria run. This went up to fifty-nine steamboats in 1850. It was due largely to its then leading position as a river port that Peoria experienced its greatest increase in population— from 1,467 in 1840 to 5,095 in 1850 (an increase of 247.3 per cent). JUBILEE COLLEGE FOUNDED One of the earliest institutions of higher learning in Illinois was Jubilee College in Peoria County. It was first started in 1839 as a preparatory school by the Right Reverend Philander Chase, first Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Illinois. At an earlier period he had founded Kenyon College, now a leading Ohio institution. After coming to Illinois, Bishop Chase immediately began laying plans for Jubilee College, fourteen miles northwest of Peoria city. It was chartered as a college in 1847. Although the college prospered for a few years after the death of Bishop Chase in 1852, it soon encountered financial difficulties and finally was closed during the Civil War. Fortunately, its stone buildings and tree-shaded campus re- mained intact. In 1934 the grounds and buildings were acquired by the State of Illinois and converted into Jubilee College State Park. The grave of Bishop Chase, marked by a stone lectern, is located in the park. LINCOLN SPEAKS IN PEORIA Although not one of the Great Debate series, Abraham Lincoln's speech in Peoria in 1854 was important in that here, for the first time, he came out publicly against slavery. He delivered the speech in front of the south portico of Peoria County's first courthouse on the evening of October 16, 1854. It was an answer to an address delivered that afternoon by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. During the senatorial campaign of 1858, when Lincoln sought unsuccessfully to unseat Sena- tor Douglas, the tall Springfield lawyer spoke once more in Peoria. On the day of that address (August 19), Lincoln stopped at the Peoria House. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL An outstanding lawyer of ante-bellum days in Peoria was Robert G. Ingersoll. In later years he became widely known in America as an orator and as "The Great Agnostic," so-called because of his anti-Christian views. He was the son of a Congregationalist minister who came to Illinois in 1845. Robert Ingersoll was ad- mitted to the bar in Illinois in 1854 and began the practice of law at Peoria. During the Civil War he organized a cavalry regiment and was commissioned its colonel. In later years he became attorney-general of Illinois. Colonel Ingersoll died in 1899. A bronze statue of Ingersoll stands today in Glen Oak Park, largest of Peoria's recreation places. FIRST RAILROAD On a November day in 1854 the citizens of Peoria County loudly cheered the arrival of the county's first "Iron Horse" — another new form of transportation that became one of the most important factors in the evolution of the county. On that day there was completed to Peoria city the Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad, a line that had been chartered by the state legislature on February 12, 1853. In 1849, however, the legislature chartered the Peoria and Oquawka Railroad, but this line was not completed to Peoria city until 1857. It is now part of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy System. LORADO TAFT IS BORN Now regarded as one of the foremost of American sculptors, the late Lorado Taft was born, on April 29, I860, in a plain little house at Elmwood, in Peoria County. At that time his father, Don Carlos Taft, was a professor in Elmwood Academy. Here the young Lorado Taft spent his earliest boyhood years, but when he was twelve his family moved to Urbana, Illinois, his father having been appoint- ed professor of geology at the University of Illinois. As is generally known, Lorado Taft is best known in Illinois for his "Foun- tain of the Great Lakes" and "Fountain of Time" in Chicago and for his towering Black Hawk statue at Oregon, on the Rock River. He also designed "The Pio- neers" at Elmwood, conceived as a tribute to his father and mother and other Illi- nois pioneers. The sculptor died in 1936. His daughter, Emily, is now the wife of Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois. She herself was formerly a member of Con- gress, having been first elected to the lower house in 1945. BISHOP JOHN L. SPALDING After the Right Reverend John L. Spalding was consecrated a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in 1877, he was sent to Peoria and there, as first bishop of the Peoria diocese, attained high rank as a religious leader, scholar and human- itarian. His diocese included not only Peoria County but many other counties in that part of Illinois. For more than thirty years Bishop Spalding directed the des- tinies of his church in that region, winning the respect and esteem of not only Catholics but of many non-Catholics. He retired from this work in 1908 at the age of sixty-eight. Bishop Spalding died in 1916. SECOND COURTHOUSE BUILT In the years after the Civil War, the county's population increased so rapidly, with a corresponding expansion of its official county business, that a newer and larger courthouse became necessary. It was in 1878 that Peoria County's second courthouse was completed at a cost of approximately $249,000. When the building was dedicated on November 18, 1878, citizens of the county beheld an impressive Italian Renaissance structure of white stone, three stories high and surmounted by a domed tower containing a huge four-faced Seth Thomas clock. In the tower, also, was hung a great bell weighing four thousand pounds. Incidentally, the county's historic first courthouse, built in 1836 and in front of which Abraham Lincoln delivered an important address in 1854, was sold to a local citizen, David Burns, for $250. By the terms of the sale. Burns was required to demolish the building within ten days. WHISKEY INDUSTRY When Almiran S. Cole set up the first distillery in Peoria in 1844, he started an industry that has since brought national fame to the city on the Illinois River. In the Peoria County volume of the Inventory of the County Archives of Illinois we find these words: "The distillation of alcoholic liquors has always been the principal industry of Peoria, except during the period of national prohibition .... Peoria was almost ideally located for the whiskey industry since the city was in the center of a great corn-producing area. By 1880 Peoria had attained world-wide prominence in the whiskey industry .... Not long afterwards, other distilleries were constructed, including the Great Western Distillery, which until the coming of prohibition was considered the largest in the world." BRADLEY UNIVERSITY Now one of the Prairie State's leading institutions of higher learning, with a present enrollment of 4,315, Bradley University in Peoria city was established in 1897 through the generosity of Mrs. Lydia Moss Bradley, widow of a pioneer mer- chant and banker. It was at first called Bradley Polytechnic Institute and then 10 specialized mostly in technical courses. Since then, it has broadened out and now includes a College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Fine and Applied Arts, a College of Music, an Industrial and Trade School and a School of Horology. The last-named offers courses in watch-making and jewelry work. SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT At the southeast corner of the Courthouse Square, in downtown Peoria, stands the county's imposing Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in memory of men of the county who fell in the Civil War. The monument, a tall stone shaft rising from a base containing symbolic figures in bronze, was dedicated in 1899 by Pres- ident Williar McKinley in the presence of thousands of city and county residents. The designer of the monument was Fritz Triebel, noted sculptor and native son of Peoria city. PEORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY When the Illinois Free Public Library Law was enacted in 1872, the city of Peoria established the first library in the state under the new law. Today, the Peoria Public Library, located at 111 West Monroe Street, is one of the largest such institutions in Illinois. In 1881 and 1882 the library's collection of books was greatly increased by donations of volumes from the German and Mercantile Libraries, both of which had been in operation for some years previously. A further gift came from the old Mercantile Library Association in 1894 when it gave a sub- stantial amount of cash, derived from the sale of its building, to the new library for construction of an edifice of its own. This was built in 1897. CEDAR STREET BRIDGE An outstanding achievement in the history of Peoria County was the building, in 1933, of the Cedar Street Bridge, which spans the Illinois River between Peoria and East Peoria. After its completion, the bridge won the Award of Merit plaque of the American Institute of Steel Construction for being the most beautiful span in the Class A (costing more than $1,000,000) type of bridges built in 1933- The Cedar Street Bridge is almost one and a quarter miles long and, being ninety-seven feet above high water, is one of the few bridges over the Illinois River that do not have a lift or draw span. HISTORIC LANDMARKS « Among historic Peoria County landmarks drawn to scale by staff architects of the Historic American Buildings Survey in the 1930's were old Jubilee College, fourteen miles northwest of Peoria city, and the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mossville, near the Illinois River. These drawings, made under the supervision of 11 Earl H. Reed, prominent Chicago architect, were placed in the archives of the Library of Congress and the Burnham Architectural Library in the Chicago Art Institute. UNITED STATES RESEARCH LABORATORY One of the most important institutions in Peoria County today is the Research Laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture, located in Peoria city. Extensive work is done here in the development of new and improved uses of farm commodities. "WHO'S WHO" IN PEORIA COUNTY In the latest edition (1955) of that standard reference work, V/ho's »i>o in America, may be found biographies-in-brief of forty residents of the Peoria metro- politan area, which includes East Peoria and Pekin (in Tazewell County). Among the forty are United States Senator Everett Dirksen(of Pekin), Congressman Harold H. Velde, President David B. Owen of Bradley University and Bishop William L. Essex of the Quincy diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Others in the group are Alfred T. Brown, executive vice-president of the Cat- erpillar Tractor Company; John E. Cassidy, lawyer, civic leader and president of the Peoria Bar Association; Dr. Clarke E. Chamberlain, dental specialist; J. Rus- sel Coulter, president of the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad; Justice Joseph E. Daily, of the Illinois Supreme Court; and Dr. Edwin H. Dummer, librarian of Bradley University. Still others are John M. Elliott, lawyer and president of the Farmers Savings, Loan & Homestead Association; Professor Earl E. Emme, professor of psychology and religion at Bradley University; H. H. Fair, chairman of the board of the Cater- pillar Tractor Company; Leonard J. Fletcher, a vice-president of the Caterpillar Tractor Company; Dean Arthur E. Gault, of Bradley University; Dean R. E. Gibbs, also of Bradley University; and Virgil V. Grant, treasurer of the Caterpillar Tractor Company. Additional residents in Vfbo's H-Ao are Arthur G. Haussler, vice-president of Bradley University; Jay T. Hunter, lawyer and president of the Peoria Title & Trust Company; Edward W. Jackson, Jr., vice-president of the Caterpillar Tractor Company; Dean Robert Jamieson, of Bradley University; Dr. H. Worley Kendall, of the University of Illinois; Walter V. McAdoo, vice-president of the Keystone Steel & Wire Company; and Ralph M. Monk, lawyer and vice-president of the Caterpillar Tractor Company. The list continues with Harry D. Morgan, lawyer and vice-president of the Peoria Journal-Transcript as well as vice-president of the Peoria Broadcasting Company; Dr. Andrew J. Moyer, director of the Northern Regional Research Labora- tory of the United States Department of Agriculture; W. J. McBrian, a vice-president 12 of the Caterpillar Tractor Company; John A. Moritz, president of the American Wire Association; and Frederick R. Oakley, editor and publisher of the Peoria News and radio and TV commentator. Still more names in the list are Robert J. Riddell, president of the National Livestock Exchange; Carl G. A. Rosen, construction engineer of the Caterpillar Tractor Company; Theodore A. Schlink, president of the Central Illinois Light Com- pany; Carl P. Slane, president of Peoria Newspapers, Inc.; Gail E. Spain, a vice- president of the Caterpillar Tractor Company; and Henry G. Sommer, Daniel P. Som- mer and Reuben E. Soomer, all of the Keystone Steel & Wire Company. Additional names are Dean Loyal G. Tillotson, of Bradley University; Dr. Harold A. Vonachen, medical director of the Caterpillar Tractor Company; Profes- sor Henry F. White, author and professor of economics at Bradley University; and Albert N. Whitlock, controller of the Caterpillar Tractor Company. PEORIA COUNTY TODAY On the basis of the latest published United States census returns, a statisti- cal profile may be drawn of Peoria County as it was in 1950. This profile will show that the county then had a total population of 174,347— an increase of 13.7 per cent over its 1940 figure. In population rank, Peoria County in 1950 was rated 139th among the 3,103 counties of the United States. Its principal city, however, has a metropolitan zone of greater dimensions than the county itself. Not only is Peoria the second largest city in Illinois (with a 1950 population of 111,856), but it has a metropolitan area that embraces both Peoria and Tazewell counties— an area of 1,292 square miles with a 1950 popula- tion of 250,512, Within this vast area, that same year, there were 311 manufactur- ing establishments which employed 47,054 persons. Returning to Peoria County itself, the 1950 census figures show further that the county occupies a land area of 624 miles and that its densityof population was 279 inhabitants per square mile. It had an urban population of 137,864 (dwellers in Peoria and other cities), a rural non-farm population of 28,050 (residents of towns, villages and country places) and a rural farm population of 8,433- In 1950 there were 17,303 infants under five years of age in the county, 15,599 persons sixty- five years old and over, and the median age was given as 31-9 years. Some 11,500 residents, during 1950, either lived in a different county of the United States or abroad. In that same year, also, there were 116,674 potential voters (citizens twenty-one years old and over). Under the heading of vital statistics, Peoria County in 1950 had 4,012 live births, 1,760 deaths (including 89 infants) and 2,021 marriages. The number of families (two or more persons related by marriage or blood) then in the county was 45,425 and the median income of all of these families was 13 given as $3,598. More than 16 per cent of these families had incomes of less than $2,000 while 25.5 per cent had incomes of $5,000 or more. In the field of education, the county had a total of 25,775 young persons be- tween the ages of seven and seventeen years (school age). Of the 16,900 between the ages of seven and thirteen years (primary school age), 97.9 per cent were en- rolled in primary schools, and of the 7,380 between the ages of fourteen and seven- teen (high school age), 86.8 per cent were enrolled in high schools. The median number of school years completed for all persons in the county twenty-five years old and over was given as 9.8 years. More than 5 per cent of these completed less than five grades, while 37.7 per cent completed high school training. The institu- tional population (inmates of homes for delinquent or dependent children, homes for the aged, prisons, Peoria State Hospital, etc.) of the county in 1950 was 3,641. With reference to the county's labor force in 1950, the figures show that it had a total potential force of 134,198 (persons fourteen years old and over). Actu- ally employed, however, were 74,311, of which 80.7 per cent were males and 30.8 per cent were females. A little over 26,000 were employed in manufacturing, 15,278 were employed in wholesale and retail trade, 6,115 in professional and related services, 5,189 in transportation, communication and other public utilities, 4,152 in business and personal services, 3,846 in construction, 2,770 in agriculture, 2,455 in finance, insurance and real estate, and 488 in mining. The labor figures are summed up by showing that 36.7 per cent of Peoria County's total employed persons in 1950 were engaged in manufacturing, while 3.9 per cent were engaged in agriculture. There were 52,935 dwelling units in the county in 1950 (in 1940 there were 44,330). The median number of rooms per unit was given as A. 6. More than 69 per cent were one-dwelling unit detached structures (including occupied trailers), 18.0 per cent were built in 1940 or later, and 66.9 per cent had hot running water with private toilet and bath. The housing figures showed further that 61.6 per cent of all units were owner- occupied, 3.0 per cent were occupied by non-white households, 77.6 per cent had central heating, 85-3 per cent had mechanical refrigerators, and 97.9 per cent had radios. There were 50,524 houses classified as non-farm dwelling units, and the median value of these was given as $8,167. The median gross monthly rental of renter-occupied houses was given as $44.49. In 1948, when the last United States business census was taken, there were 1,887 retail stores in the county and these grossed a total of $190,898,000 in sales. The largest group, numbering 539, were eating and drinking places, and these grossed $18,903,000 in sales. The next largest were food stores, which numbered 463 and which grossed $39,392,000 in sales. That same year, there were 352 wholesale establishments in the county, which grossed $358,903,000 in sales. In the field of personal, business and repair services, there were 636 such estab- lishments and total receipts of these amounted to $13,366,000. 14 As we have already indicated, Peoria County is more of an industrial county than an agricultural one. In 1947, when the last manufacturing census was taken, the county had a total of 219 manufacturing establishments which employed 17,476 persons and which turned out products in the amount of $158,056,000 (the value of all of the county's farm products in 1949 was $14,154,000). Salaries and wages paid by all manufacturing establishments in 1947 amounted to $51,423,000. On the subject of agriculture, Peoria County in 1950 had a total of 2,252 farms, of which 1,806 were classified as commercial farms. A""little more than 31 per cent of all farms were operated by tenants. The average value of land and buildings per farm for all farms was given as $29,008. As has already been stated, the value of all farm products sold in 1949, four years after the close of World War II, was $14,154,000. In that same year, farm expenditures amounted to $1,628,000 for livestock and poultry feed and $665,000 for hired labor. The United States census figures for 1950 showed, finally, that Peoria Coun- ty in that year had bank deposits (deposits of individuals, partnerships and cor- porations) amounting to $159,784,000. In addition, savings capital in the county's ten savings and loan associations amounted to $52,212,000, with $55,079,000 in first mortgage bonds outstanding. 15 16 PEORIA CITY TOWNSHP PEORIA CITY 17 «£ VISIONS set CvONir MAP fOR Of AND OATtS REVISIONS ROAO TYPE CULIURAL TURES. PEORIA CITY TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANN(NG 0V1S10N OF HIGHWAYS OCPARTMCNT OF PUBLIC WOftKS & BUR.DINC9 SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS POLVCONIC PROJECTION WOODFORD COUNTY / / MOLLIS TOmSHIP ' <*- I I 18 CITY OF PEORIA As the story of Peoria County is largely the story of Peoria city, the reader is referred to the opening historical narrative of this book for details of the city's past. Today, Peoria stands forth as the second largest city in Illinois and as one of America's leading manufacturing centers, famed alike for its great Caterpillar Tractor Company plant and for its great Hiram Walker & Sons distillery. Occupying a mid-position on the important Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway and served by a dozen leading railroads and truck lines, Peoria city in 1950 had a total popu- lation of 111,856— an increase of 6.4 per cent over its 1940 figure. It has, however, a metropolitan zone embracing both Peoria and Tazewell counties, with a land area of 1,292 square miles and a population of 250,512. This vast zone is linked together by two great bridges over the Illinois River. From Lake Peoria, on which the city is located, one can see the extensive plants of Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc., and the National Distillers Products Corpora- tion, two of the largest distilleries in America. On the opposite shore, in East Peoria, stand the many buildings of the Caterpillar Tractor Company, which em- ploys more than 21,000 persons and whose caterpillar tractors and Diesel engines are shipped out to all parts of the world. Other leading industrial plants in the Peoria metropolitan area are the Key- stone Steel & Wire Company (fences and wire products); Le Tourneau-Westinghouse Company (earth-moving machinery); Pabst Brewing Company (beer); Armour & Com- pany (meats); Altorfer Bros. Company (home laundry equipment); Princess Peggy, Inc. (cotton dresses); R. Herschel Manufacturing Company (farm equipment); Bemis Bros. Bag Company (paper sacks); Hyster Company (industrial trucks); Meyer Fur- nace Company (air furnaces, air conditioners); Hart-Carter Company (harvesting equipment); and Allied Mills, Inc. (livestock and poultry feeds). Peoria city is also the focus of a four-county (Peoria, Fulton, Knox and Henry) coal mining region which employs nearly 3,000 men and produces some 8,000,000 tons of coal annually at an approximate value of $30,000,000. Fronting on Lake Peoria is the city's great Municipal River and Rail Terminal, serving both land and water traffic. Just southwest of the city lie the long runways of the Greater Peoria Airport. In addition to its industrial plants, Peoria is noted for its Bradley University, founded more than fifty years ago and now one of the Prairie State's leading in- stitutions of higher learning. Here, too, may be found numerous park and riverside drives, including Glen Oak Park, and, across the river, Fort Crevecouer State Park. Fourteen miles northwest of Peoria is located Jubilee College State Park. A vil- lage just outside the city is Peoria Heights, which has a population of 5,425— an increase of 24.0 per cent over its 1940 figure. 19 PECRIA COUNTY COURT HOUSE PEORIA COUNTY FARM BUREAU BUILDING 20 AKRON TOWNSHP PRINCEVILLE AKRON 21 OF RCVISIONS 0« R0»0 TYPE AKRON TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING aVISlON OF HICMWATS OCPARTMCNT OF PUBLIC WORKS & BUILDINGS fr-1 I i:=E SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS POLYCONIC PROJECTION 22 PRINCEVILLE Located near the north boundary of the county at the junction of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Santa Fe railroads, the incorporated village of Princeville today has a population of 1,113. It has numerous retail stores, service establishments, a postoffice and banking facilities. The village was platted in 1837 by William C. Stevens, Banjamin Clark and Jesse M. McCutcheon. Today, Princeville is the main community of Princeville Township, with a total population of 1,582. First settler of the township was Stephen French, who came in the early 1830's. The township was named after Daniel Prince, early settler. 23 UNITED HARMONY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rt. Smithville AKRON Only other community of Akron Township is the small village of Akron, with a population of seventeen. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Edelstein. Akron village is located on the Chicago & North Western Railroad. It was founded soon after the railroad was built through the region about seventy-five years ago. 24 LONG ROCK COMPANY Agricultural Limestone Road Rock ON ROUTE 90 and 91 7 mile east of PRINCEVILLE, ILL. PHONE 136 PRINCEVILLE STONE CO. A. G. LIME ROADSTONE CUSTOM BULLDOZING Phone 46 Princeville, ill. LA MAR STONE CO. Producers of AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE AND CRUSHED STONE EARL D. WERNER, Owner Phones PRINCEVILLE 71 OR EDELSTEIN 2251 PRINCEVILLE, ILL. DELMAR CROSSAINT General Insurance and Real Estate ALL TYPES OF INSURANCE AUTO — FIRE — HAIL — LIFE HEALTH AND ACCIDENT PRINCEVILLE, ILL. Princeville Brimfield Phone 83 Phone 3656 25 "^1% A jjh i jf ^w U W HAWLEY pi ST. I Sec. I Edelstein Rt. I STREITMATTER CEMETERY Sec. 8 Rt. | Princevi 1 le POTTER SCHOOL Ede 1 s te i n Dist. 7 Sec. 36 I acre AKRON TQWN HOUSE Sec. 16 Rt. I Princevi lie Dist. 5 I acre SUMMIT SCHOOL Dist. 8 princevi He Sec. 3iJ Rt. 2 I acre ;^ PRINCEVILLE CANNING FACTORY Sec. II Rt. • Edelstein 480 acres ELMORE CEMETERY Sec. 7 Tiaor PEORIA COUNTY COURT HOUSE 26 ADAMS G. FRED Sec. 27 Rt. 2 Princeville 160 acres ADAMS MOLLY Sec. 8^ ^ „^ Rt. I Princeville Alva pullen Renter 80 acres ANDERSON BROTHERS Sec. 12 Rt. I Edelstein G. Berchtold Renter 220 acres ANDERSON BROTHERS Sec. I Rt. I Edelstein C. Diver Renter 200 acres BAQKES MINNIE Sec. 27 Princevil le Rt. 2 80 acres 27 S. C. BARTLETT GRAIN CO. Sec. 25 Rt. I Edelstein BEGNER MATT IE Sec. 8 ' Rt. I princeville Eldon Darling Rent. 120 acres BAVRER gOHN Pnncevi I le Rt. 2 i|2 acres BERCHTOLD ALBERT Sec. 25 Rt. I Edelstein Robert Berchtold Ten. 160 acres BECKER D. F. Sec. 2^ Rt. I Edelstein Charles A. Timmons Ten. 213 acres BUIR W. H. Sec. 1 Rt. 1 Speer 122 acres BEGNER CHAS. W. Sec. 26 Ede 1 s te I n Rt. I 160 acres BUNCHARD H. C. Sec. 25 Edelstein Renter B. Hofer Rt. I 395 acres '<» BUNCHARD H. C. oec. is Dunlap ..^f*L-««r ^^^^^^^^S^l ^ ■K^^flH^^^v^Jj^^^l r , ^^^^^^^^■^' '' ^If-:-/ v^ *" ' BOUTEN WM. & LYLE Sec. 30 Princevi lie Rt. 2 80 acres BOgTON WM, & LYLE Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Princevi lie Wm. Lyle Resident 240 acres BURTON L. W. Sec. 5 Rt. I Princevi tie Herman Fuchs Renter 240 acres BYRNES ESTATE Sec. 16 Rt. | Princeville Renter H. Benson 160 acres GALLERY JANE MRS. Sec. 12 Edel stein W. Oh 1 man Renter Rt. I 80 acres GALLERY LtO Princevil 1e Sec. 11 Rt. I 80 acres CARLSON WALTER G. (SwedeL Sec. 2t , Rt. I Edel stein i acre 29 CHRISTIAN CLEM Pr Incevi I le Sec. 35 Rt. 2 to 10 acres ^^^ DICKINSON HOWARD Sec. 6 Princevi 1 le CHRISTIAN JOSEPH Sec. 27 * Rt. 2 Princevi lie 76 acres COATS ROBERT Sec. 23 Rt. I Edelstein 12 acres CU$HING$.HABEL Sec. 34 pnncevil le EHLE WM. Sec. 34 Rt. 2 Princevi lie 80 acres EHMLE LQUIE JR. Sec. 14 Edelstein Kt. I Kt. Z EHNLE WM. Sec. 34 Rt. 2 5 acres Princeville 120 acres 30 FELICHT WM. Sec. 17 Princevi lie Rt. I 80 acres ERNEST WM. J. Sec. 36 Rt. I Edelstein 78.32 acres FOGERTY HAZEL MRS. Sec. 33 Rt. 2 Princeville V.P.Foqerty Renter|55.UU acres FAUST MRS. DOROTHEA Sec. 2H Rt. I Edelstein I>t0 acres FORGERTY THOMAS Sec. 14 Edelste in 75 acres FEgCT REUBEN Sec. 21 Rt. 2 Princeville Jake Menold Ten. 140 acres FOGERTY THOMAS Edelstein Sec. 13 31 FRY CHARLES 0. Sec. 21 Princev i I le Rt. I mo acres *.- ; * KM --j!^- ""'^''f^ FRYE C. D Duniap Sec. 3^ GILBERT FRED Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Princeville Opr. W. E. Wallace 160 acres GOULD SAHUEL Sec. ^21 Rt. 2 Princeville Matt Stoecker Renter ||0 acres GRAVES LEE Sec. 9 Princeville C. Caraody Renter 160 Rt. I acres GIFFIN LETCHER Pr jncevi I le Sec. 21 GREEN ROSA Sec. 7 . Rt. I Princeville Renter Dorrance King 200 acres 32 GR5EH WILLIAM Sec. 34 Pnnceville Lester Brown 2it0 Rt. 2 acres GUTH REjNHOLD C. Sec. 29 Rt. 2 Princeville yij acres HAWLEY ALFRED Sec. 2, Edeistein E. Lank in Renter 80 Rt. i acres HARMON WILLIAM S. ESTATE Sec. 28 Rt. 2 Princeville William & Robert Harmon 200 acres 4AWLEY RAYMOND J. Sec. 2 Edeistein Kt. I 80 acres 33 HERRMANN ALBERT F. Sec. 23 Rt. I Edelstein 237 acres HOERR JACOB J. Edelstein Sec. 24 Rt. I 2H0 acres HERRMANN JOHN G. Edelstein Sec. 24 Rt. I 160 acres HOLMES R. L. Sec. 15 Rt. I Edelstein Fred Epley Renter 240 acres HE?SLIH6 EDWARD Sec. 27 Rt. 2 PrincevilTe Renter Arthur Heinz 80 acres HOLMES RAYMOND Sec. 23 Pr incevi 1 le Rt. 2 HOCKSTETTER SUSAN Sec. 8 Princevil le Harold Harlan Rt. I 120 acres HCgGH JOHN Sec. 20 Rt. I Princeville Walter Stickling Ten. 232 acres 34 KACKLEY ARTHUR Sec. 5 Rt. I Princeville Renter J. Riggins 80 acres HUBER WILLIAM Sec. 16 Rt. I Princeville Ten. Walter Wei land 2'tO acres KNOBLACH E. R. Sec. 15 Rt. 2 Princevi 1 le L. Menlod Renter 180 acres HUHT HELEN Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Princeville Ed R. Kunz Renter 185 acres KOEHLER WILLIAM Sec. 33 Rt. 2 Princeville 215 acres JACOBSON LEOLA Princevi lie KUHN MR$. LOUISE Sec. 24 Edelstein Kuhn Stella M. Rt. I 120 acres 35 KUNTZ DANIEL sec. 30 ^ ,__ Rt. 2 Princevilie Jim Kuntz Tenant 149 acree ':s»- LABEY JANET . Sec. 9 Princevilie Daniel Feucht Rent. 160 Rt. I acres LONSDALE MRS. 'DELIA Sec. 29 Rt. 2 Pr incevi I le 80 acres LYON BERT Sec. 12 Rt. I Edelstein Renter W. Henderson 120 acres LEUTHOLD SILAS Edelstel n Sec. 13 Rt. I im acres MADDOX ORVILLE Sec. 36 Rt. I Edelstein Renter Carl Maddox 78 acres 36 MARTIN Q, ESTATE Sec. 15 Princeville C. Neff Renter Kt. I acres MARTIN CHRISTIAN, ESTATE Sec. 12 Rt. I Edelstein Nathan Martin Renter 228 acres -^S'W X^^'-'W MCCARTY MRS. THOMAS Sec. 32 Rt. 2 Princeville Renter Thomas Fogerty 160 acres MARTIN SAMUEL Sec. m Rt. I Edelete in 160 acres MCGARVEY H. Sec. 25 Rt. I Edelstein I acre MARTIN SAMUEL Edelstein H. Price Renter MORAN WM. J. Sec. 29 Rt. 2 Princeville A. Menold operator 156 acres 37 MORAN WM, J. ESTATE Sec. 32 Princeville Renter M. Badger Rt. 2 90 acres ^i.-^, ■^•^*ii 1S*4.' NO(JNEN ESTATE Sec. 32 Rt. 2 Princeville Renter Clem No cnen |it5 acres PLUNKETT HESTER Sec 22 ^ „ Princeville Lavsrgne Plunket TenJ27 Rt. 2 acres POTTER FORREST D. Sec. 26 Rt. I Edel stein 240 acres ■£-^ v3n^ POTTER JOHN W. Sec. 25 ,„„"*■,' Edelstein Renter Paul Pinkstnn laO acres OERTLEY WILBURT Sec. 10 PrI ncev i 1 1 e i^^^^&gi:-^ PUILEN ELMER, ESTATE Sec. 33 Rt. 2 Princeville 40 acres 38 RICE EDWIN, PAUL, & INEZ M. Sec. 22 Rt. I Princeville 305 acres PURCELL MRS. ELIZABETH Sec. 29 Princeville Joseph H. Boy Ian Rt. 2 mo acres RICKEY ROBERT Pnncevi I le Sec. 19 . Rt. 2 2i acres RICE E. F,, Pr incevil le P. S. & INEZ Sec. 21 Rt. 2 80 acres RIEKERT BROS Pr incevil le 39 RUHBOLO ROY Pr incevil le Sec. 9 SCHICK JACOB Sec. 35 i 36 Rt. I Edelstein Opr. Herbert Schick 113 acres RUHBOLO ROY Princevi 1 le Sec. 8 Rt. I 220 acres SLQAN AUGUSTA Sec. 18. Rt. I Rrincevilie Mngr. Leland Sloan 200 acres Sec. 5 Rt. I RUMBOLD ROY Princevi lie Ray Smegfried Renter Renter 161.4 acres SIMONS CECIL Princevil le Sec. 6 Rt. 1 217 acres ^^^^^^^^2 1 WM tSjl^ m F^^j^^l 1 SCHAAD NELLIE M. Sec. 31 Rt. 2 Princevi lie 100 acres SLQAN LELAND Princeville Sec. 19 Rt. I 151 acres 40 SLOAN LELAND Sec. 19 Kt. I princeville Donald Sloan Rent. 106 acres SMITH MRS, ZITA Sec. 16 Rt. I Pnncevilje McDermott Mrs. Emma 160 acres SMITH H. A. Sec. 24 Rt. 1 STAHL DAH Princevil le Sec. 19 Rt. 2 Edelste in 1 acre 103 acres SMITH RUTHA Sec. 8 Rt. I Princeville Renter G. Wagenbach 96 acres STAHL ROSE MRS. .Sec. 36 Rt. I Dunlap Renter Emit E. Stahl 87.66 acres 41 ■4 ^ . -s^V- V* STAHL m. Sec. II Princeville John Stahl Rt. I mo acres STINSON MARY D. Sec, 31 Rt. 2 Princeville Renter Vernon Smith 200 acres STEPHEN? LUU ^c. 26 Princeville STOLLER ELIZ. MRS. Sec. 3 Speer Joe Stoller Renter Rt. I 160 acres STERLING ESTATE Sec. 18 Kt. i Princeville 150 acres STORMS W. Sec. 17 Rt. I Princeville R.G.Harlan Renter 160 acres ideistein G KARL Sec. 36 Rt. I 210 acres ST8EITMATTER WM. A. HEjRS Sec. 2 Rt. I princeville Ralph Streitmatter 160 acres 42 STREITMATTER ANDREW Sec. 25 Rt. I Edelstein 150 acres STREITMATTER DAVID o.-. .0 .. - . Princeville Glenn Streltmatter 162 acres STREITMATTER BEHJ. L. Sec. H Rt. I Princevil le 1 15 acres STREITMATTER CURENCE A. Sec. 2. Rt. I Speer Lloyd Streitmatter Renter 160 acres STREITMATTER EARL Sec. 23 Princevil le STREITMATTER AMELIA Sec. 27 Princeville Rt. 2 120 acres STREITMATTER DAN Sec. 2 Speer ki-' STREITMATTER AMELIA Sec. 27 Rt. 2 Princeville 120 acres 43 STREITMATTER EMMA Sec. 3 Pr incevi I le Rt. I 160 acres ST1?EITMATTER HILDA & HELEN Pnnceville Sec. 22 STREITMATTER L. H. Sec. 3 Speer I STREITMATTER RUDOLPH A. Sec. 26 Rt. Edeistein 160 acres 1 STREITMATTER THOMAS Sec. 7 Pr incevil te SWITZER JOHN B. Sec. 6 . ,,''*■' prlncevilie Renter Wm. Keith McMullen I7H acres STREITMAHER HELLIE Sec. 22 Pnncevil le TANNEY THERESA Sec. 17 Rt. I PrincevilTe 120 acres 44 TRUITT R. H. Sec. tl Rt. I Princeville E. Martin Renter 480 acres TUCKER IRVIN R. Sec. 20 Edel stein Rt. I 160 acres WESTART SAMUEL Sec. 5 Rt. I Princeville George Walker Renter 160 acres WILLIAMS GEORGE Sec. 20 Rt. 2 Princeville Williams LeRoy Ten. 301 acres WOERTZ EDDIE Sec. 18 Rt. J Princeville 20 acres WESTEFER LEA DELL Sec. 28 Prince V i 1 le WOERTZ NELLIE Pr incevi 1 le 45 46 BRIMFIELD TOWNSHP BRIMFIELD 47 FOR DATES OF REVISIONS It ROAD TYPE ,M0 CULTURAL BRIMFIELD TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU or RESEARCH AND PLANNING DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DCPARTMCNT OF PUBLIC WORKS & BUILDINGS SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS ^2 POLYCONIC PROJECTION 48 BRIMFIELD Northwest of Peoria city, on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, lies the incorporated village of Brimfield, with a population of 648. Through it runs US 150. The village contains a number of retail stores, service establishments, a postoffice and banking facilities. Brimfield village was laid out in 1836 by Abner Clark and at first was called Charleston. It is now the only community in Brimfield Township, which has a total population of 1,225. First settler of the township was Philip Atkinson, who came in 1834. 49 ST. PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH Howard G. Welch Pastor Est. 1879 Built 1954 B r im f i el d METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Wm. F. Caulkins Est. 1900 Brimfield 50 ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Thomas Harrison Built 1953 Brimfield UNION CHURCH Rev. Loyal Pearce Pastor Brimfield UNIVFRSITV OF ILLINOIS 51 BRjHFIELO GRAID SCHOOL Briafield Lee Atwater "^ OLD PARADISE SCHOOL Sec. 32 Elmwood Rt. I BR IMF I ELD CB l€TERY Brimf ield BR|MF|ELD COMM. UNIT Briafield Prin. Lee E. Atwater EWALTS RECREATION Brimfield Murton Ewalt - Prop. ABOGAST CARE Sec. 22 E 1 mwood Rt. I 82 acres ARBOGAST LEE E 1 mwood Sec. 22 Rt. I 78 acres ARMSTRONG BLAIR H. Sec. 17 ETmwood Rt. I 80 acres 52 I BARRETT ADD IE Sec. 7 Einwood Joe Kendall Rt. I 360 acres BARRETT MRS, ADIE Sec. 7 Elmwood Renter C. C. Kenaall Rt. I 360 acres BARRETT ADD IE L. Brinf leld BATEHAN CLYDE EloMOod 53 BEALL EVERETTE Sec. 35 Oak Hill Rt. I I 57 ac re s .."SP; t!P BLUNDY GWENDOLYN Sec. II ^ Rt. I Brimfield Frank loock Renter 80 acres BLACKWELL WYLIE Sec. m Brimfield )LUNDY MRS. CLIFF. Sec. 12 Jrimfleld Ross Coulter Kt. I 160 acres BLUHOY FRANK Sec. 2^^.,,. ^ R Brimfield Charles Dell & Phillip Dell Rt. I BLUNDY MRS. MERLE Sec. 13 Brimfield Rt. I 80 acres BLUNDY R. W. Sec. 26 , ^ _ Rt. 1 Brimfield Renter Edward Calef I acre Renter 87 acres BOLETTO JOE Sec. 31 Rt- I Elmwcod 200 acres 54 BO^TIQ & JOHNSTW D-X SERVICE Br inf le leld BRUNINGA RUDOLPH Elmwood Rt. I BRUNINGA RUDOLPH Sec. 6 & 7 Rt. I ElBMood Leroy Bruninga 260 acres. BRUNINGA RUDOLPH Sec. 8 & 7 Rt. Elawood Chester Bruninga |65 acres *i^^ BROOKS MIHNYE B, MRS. Sec. 6 Rt. I ElBwood Earl Mott I7>t acres BURDESS IRVING Sec. 27 Peoria Rt. 3 80 acres 55 BURO^SS IRBING J. Sec. 27 Peoria Rt. 3 80 acres J^\ CAMERON DONALD Sec. 32 Rt. I Elmwood Renter Clarence Ekena |60 acres CARROLL ROBERT & FREDERICK Sec. | Rt. I Bri.field 315^ acres CAPRON R. sec. 2< Br imf ield Paul Gil 1 i s Kt. I 255 acres CAHON WILLIAM R. Sec. 2 Br imf ield Rt. I CARROLL F. R. Brimfield Sec. I CATTON WILLIAM R. Sec. 2 . Rt. I Brimfield Desne Miller Renter 160 acres 56 ^■.fJf^:- CHAMBERUIN WM. Sec. 2H 4 25 Rt. I Brimf ield Beryl Shcrt Renter 160 acres CHICHESTER CLEMME Sec. 24 Br imfield Kt. I 80 acres CLARK L, H. Sec. 25 Rt. I Brimfield Renter Willard CJark 188 acres COLLI STER HOMEFf Sec. 18 Rt, i Elmwood Renter Warren Stenwall 80 acres COLLISTER JOHN Sec. Elmwood Renter Robert Wei son Rt. I 57 COLLISTER H. J. Sec. 21 Rt. 2 Elmwood 80 acres DAY EDWARD R. Sec. 9 Brimfield L. 0. Webber M. LEONA DAY Sec. 4 Brimfield Clinton L. Day Rt. I 1 60 acres DJKEMAN AMBROSE ESTAJE Sec. 31 Rt. I Elmwood Renter El. Kifflbrough 160 acres EKENA MRS. ELIZABETH Sec. Rt. I Brimfield Renter Arthur Ekena 200 acres FEUCHT KLUMPP Sec. I I & 12 Rt. I Brimfield Waher Feucht 80 acres 59 FORNEY CHAIXER 320 acres Brimfield Renter Wilbur A. Tucker FORKFY CHALMERS Sec. I I Brlrtifield 320 acres FORNEY CHALMER Sec. I I Brimfield Bernard Cluskev Rt. I 160 acres FOSTER ALL IE 8. Sec. 30 Rt. j Elmwood Renter Merlin Guts ha 1 1 |60 acres FORNEY NEVA & CHALMER Sec. 2 Brimfield 210 acres GARBER JOE E. Sec. 18 Elmwood Renter Joe Kendall Rt. I 160 acres 60 GIBBS. BETTY ESTATE Sec. 35 Rt. | Oak Hill Renter Dale Emerick 268 acres HAMILTON KENNETH Sec. 23 Brimfield Rt. I 139 acres GUTSHALL GLEN Elmwood Sec. 19 61 HERRMANN ALBERT Sec. 8 Brimfield Earl D. Rusch Rt. I 1 20 acres HETZEL ALFRED V. Sec. 28 Rt. 3 Peoria 5 acres P^'^ R". g| %^ -^ Kit ^^^77,. 1 |p ^ *:^7» .4 ■ 1 HICK WILLIAM Brimfield Sec. 2 Rt. 2 23 acres LOUISE HUNKLER Sec. 16 Elmwood Minnie Chambers LOUISE HUNKLER Sec. 20 Elmwood Minnie Chambers Renter Harry Moody Jf / HURST M. L. Peoria Sec. 35 Rt. 3 12 acres HQYT PEARL Elmwood 62 JOHNSON GEO. & AMEY Sec. 33 Rt. 3 Peoria 128 acres JOHNSON MENNO B. Brimf ield Sec. 13 Rt. I 320 acres KEMP EARL Sec. 31 Elmwood Renter Albert Windish Rt. I *I60 acres 5*ii^,"»^'^, KHAPP DR. Sec. I Rt. Green Farm Mgt. I5H acres Brimf ield Renter Marshall Clarke KIHGDON CHARLES Sec. 14 Rt. I Brimf ield Willis F. Kingdon Jr. 100 acres KROCK JAMES R. Sec. 33 Einwood Renter C. R. Krock Rt. t 195 acres 63 CELLING WM. Sec. 35 Rt. I Briinfield Renter Earl Collins 155 acres MCKOWN FRANK Sec. 30 Rt. I Elmwood Renter Donald McKown 160 acres :5^:~^ ■■ LOVTH StIERMAN Sec. 21 Brimfi< - Rt. I BrTmfield Renter Ray A. Meyer 157 acres MAKER CHARLES Sec. 17 Elmwood Rt. I 59 acres LUTHY C. C. Sec. 36 oak Hill Renter Merle Coon CUTSHALL LEO Sec. 19 Elnwood Renter Carl Snyder Rt. I 40 acres BMl^tP *''^""'* '"''• "* 2l6S^rei 64 HAHER SAHRA ^ . Sec. 9 Rt. I Brinfield Renter John D. Culgan Jr. 160 acres MARTENS MRS. HERB IE & GEQ. Sec. 29 Rt. I Elmwood Renter DuaroT Wfiitehaad 160 acres MCDONOUGH C. L. Sec. 9 & 10 Rt. I Brimfield 160 acres ■ :*^ir^^^^ jfeSjju;- 'afiAi^^ iHis^^l^^^Hli j^S^^ ^Sv^' ^^^^^^^^^H BSHBl^PMB^-^. ' ^^■Hf B^j^^^yg" ^9 m^ MULVAHEY H. E. Sec. 23 Br imf ield MCCLUGGAGE SAM M. Sec. Elmwood Renter Tom J. Clark Rt. I 160 acres MCCLUGA6E JUNIUS Sec. 33 .■ ^ Rt. I Elmwood 120 acres MCKINTY MRS. MAUDE E. Sec. 19 Rt. I Elmwood Renter Lynn McKinty 160 acres MCKOWN ELi)ON Sec. 30 Elmwood Renter Edwin Burns Rt. I 80 acres 65 HCLOUTH SHERMAN Sec. 10 Briafield Willard Snyder Rt. I 160 acres MILBROOK GRACE Brimf ield Rt. I >f*g»re 85 SHEPARD MRS. L, C. Sec. 7 Rt. I Snepard Earnest Rented By Chill icothe 260 acres STEWART EUGENE Sec. it Chil 1 icothe ^^., iftiirf }i. ■•*. STAAB LEO R. Sec. 29 & 30 Rt. 2 Chil 1 icothe 200 acres CHILLICOTHE STANDARD .lAT OhRAGt Rt. 2 Chill icothe I acre THEINERT CHARLES S GEORGE Sec. 6 Rt. 2 Chi 11 icothe 20 acres STEWART LUGENE Sec. 4 Spar I and Kt. I 120 acres TIARK W. Chill irnthf> 86 VON ACHEM E. M. Sec. 6 Rome Rt. 2 i/* i ^ WALLACE THOS. Sec. i| Ch i 1 1 icothe Rt. I 240 acres WILHELM ALFRED Sec. 6 Chi 11 icothe WILSON LUMBER CO., INC. Rome WOLFE GfORGE Sec. 35 Rt. 2 Pr incevi 1 le 150 acres TRUITT-MAHHEWS BANKING CO. PHONE 86 CHILLICOTHE. ILLINOIS 87 88 ELMWOOD TOWNSHP ELMWOOD SOUTHPORT 89 TO YATES CITY 90 ELMWOOD At the western edge of Peoria County, in a fertile agricultural and rich coal mining area, lies the city of Elmwood, birthplace of the late Lorado Taft, one of the foremost of American sculptors. Two outstanding sights of the city are the modest home in which Taft was born in I860 and "The Pioneers," a bronze statu- ary group executed by Lorado Taft. The sculptor's daughter, Emily, is now the wife of United States Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois. With a present population of 1,613, Elmwood city is an important shipping point for coal, hogs, corn and soybeans. It is situated on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and on state highways 8 and 78. The city was platted in 1852 by William J. Phelps and named after his first home in the vicinity. Today, it is the principal community of Elmwood Township, which has a total population of 2,220. First settler of the township was John E. Ewalt, who came in 1831- 91 SOUTHPORT Another community in Elmwood Township is the hamlet of Southport, with a population of seventeen.lt is served by the postoffice at nearby Oak Hill (in Rose- field Township). Southport is situated on State 8. 92 ELMWOOD METHODIST CHURCH Rev. David E. Ericson E 1 mwoo d ELMWOOD GRADE SCHOOL Elmwood Prin. Donald R. Hartley ELMWOOD COM. HIGH SCHOOL , Elmwood principal Re Bickford ^ai^H EDSON SMITH & SON, INC. Est. 1885 HARDWARE • HEATING • PLUMBING WESTINGHOUSE and MAYTAG ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OIL-O-MATIC AND WEIR FURNACES ROPER RANGES • DRI-GAS 2h/- ff r^] The All-Purpose Fuel ELMWOOD, ILL. PHONE 10 93 GRAHAM CHAPEL SCHOOL Sec. 28 Rt. I Elrawood EUWOOO CEMETERY Elnwood LEHIGH CEMETERY Sec. 15 ElBIMOOd Rt. 2 LEHIGH SCHOOL Dist. 27 Sec. 15 Rt. 2 Elfflwood Teacher Mrs. Ana C. Gibbs SOUTHPORT CEMETER. Sec. ; E 1 Biwood SOUTHPORT SCHOOL Southport Sec. 2 ST. MARY'S CEMETERY Elfflwood U acres 94 GRAHAM CHAPEL Elmwood Built 1869 Sec. 2V Rt . 2 ST. PATRICKS Built 1870 Rev. Daniel Sheehan E 1 mwoo d 95 y ^mmiff- MORRISON i HARY E Imwood WiJey Library ANDREWS ESTATE Sec. 36 Rt. I Trivoi I J. H. Greenfield 200 acres ARNOLD WM. Tr ivol i Sec. 13 Rt. I 1 1 H acres TURKEY FARM Sec. 3>( EiBMOod Clyde Archibald Rt. 2 95 acres BQURGOIN MONUMENT CO. Elnwood Display Yard 96 BOOHE ED. Sec. 21 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Daniel Bowhay 80 acres tKK^MK^( ,; ^ ^^S^***^ 1 ■| ■ Lr. "g;**.^ ^uf"^^ '^ Wff/tBn^M H ■ T^ " ^^**«»- 'Z^J^^^I 1 1 "-JHH^ ^Ss^^^B -■.Tr -tWST^^ ^^^^^^ 1^ i 1 E BOYER HARRY Farminaton Sec. 33 BOYER WALTER Sec. 2H Elmwood Robert Boyer Renter -■5gf»«--- -^ !« BOYER HARRY SR. Sec. 23 Elmood Renter Elmer Boyer Rt. 2 ■ 1*^ BBE-- »^^^* ~ ^ -'^H ^ BOYER HARRY i,n. Elmwood Sec. 24 Rt. 2 526 acres BRANDT RICHARD Sec. 15 Elmwood Rt. 2 10 acres BROADFIELD MARION Sec. II E Imwood - Rt. I 179 acres 97 CALLENOER E. A. Sec. II Rt. I Laura 2W acres CLAUSON ELDEN Sec. 7 Glastord COLEMAH H. M. Sec. 3 Rt. | Elmwood 1 17 acres CHRISTOFFEL ALTA Sec. 22 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Paul Q i Thompson 80 acres COLGAN J«CK Elmwood Sec. 9 Rt. I 195 acres CISEL GEO. , JOE, ELIZABETH Sec. - Elmwood Renter Lee Cisel 10 acres COLLINS EARL E 1 mwood 98 DALEY DIKEMAN Rt. 2 Eltnwood Renter Paul D. Thompson 240 acres DEGROOT ROBERT Sec. 2t Elmwood CULLINGS MRS. WELLIE Sec. 6 Rt. ElBwocd 26 acres DUGGINS VIRGIL ElDMOOd 99 EKSTRAND EDWIN Sec. 20 Elmwood Renter David Korth Rt. 2 80 acres ESPENSCHEID ALBERT Sec. 9 Rt. I Elmwood 77 acres Sec. 34 EUBANK? MR. S MRS. WALTER Sec. 27 Rt. I Trivol I 160 acres EHERICH RAYMOND Elawood FAGOHE GEORGE Sec. 16 Rt. 2 Elmwood 80 acres 100 FUNEGIN MRS. L. E. Sec. 5 Rt. I ElBMOod Renter W. R. Schleich 200 acres FLEMING A. 1. Sec. 1 1 I Elmwood Renter Wm. Whitaore 200 Rt. I acres FORBE; GEORGE W. Sec. 12 Oak Hill FOSTER 4 SON GERALD Sec. 28 Elmwood Rt. 2 80 acres GERBER DAYTOH Sec. 6 Rt. I Elmwood 278 acres GEBER ED. L. Tr ivol i 101 GRAHAM FRANK R. Tr I vo I i Sec. 22 Rt. I 190 acres 1 H ^^H ■ 1^-^ ' '^:- '"- f^^^ '^ .- Nh m Hlgggi HARUND CAY E 1 mwood Sec. 5 Rt. I 101 acres GRAHAM LLOYD RALPH Sec. 21 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Wm. Hale |80 acres HAMMAM MARVIN E. Sec. 25 Tr ivol i HARDING JR. 0. M. Sec Oak Hill 102 HEDDEN JAQK T. Sec. 36 Rt. I Trivoll Virgil L. Hedden Mangr. 160 acres HOCHSTEHLER J. B. Sec. 2$ Elmwood Renter Harold Davis Rt. 2 1 15 acres HOVENDEN CHARLES Elmwood Old Phelps School Rt. 2 I acre HOWARD THELMA Sec. 2 Rt. | Elmwood Renter Clifford Bleichner KAEMMERLING HARRIET E. Sec. 28 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Albert Wuhn 80 acres KELLEY MILDRED A. Sec. 31* Tr ivol i KEYSER LOIS M. Sec. |0 Elmwood Renter Wayne Thomson JAGGARON CHARLES Sec. 8 E 1 mwo od Rt. I a acres KESSLER MRS. BELLE Sec. 28 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Foster Gerald S Son 160 acres 103 KE5SLES ED. Sec. 3H Tnvoli Renter McMeen George 211^ Rt. I acres KORTH LOUIS F. Sec. 21 Elmwood Renter Carl Korth Rt. 2 120 acres KILPATRICK m. Sec. 15 Rt. I Elmwood 80 acres KORTH FRANK Elmwood Sec. 33 Rt. 2 100 acres KQRTH FRANK L. Sec. 28 E I mwood 104 Rt. 2 225 acres ®»^ fr w i^ KORTH LOUIS F. Sec. 27 Rt. I Trivol I 119 acres LAWRENCE ESTATE Sec. I Elmwood Renter Francis Roffey Rt. 2 ^ SKK/p "^1 1 i BjpS^i'-... '":-•., - K I jM^ii^ ' *■ LOTT C. W. Sec. 20 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Ronald Gibson 280 acres LI BBS JOHN CARL Sec. 9 Elmwood Rt. I 1(0 acres LOVERH)GE t-LORIST INC. Sec. Rt. I Elmwood Renter Chas. M. Kraft I7U acres LOWRIE MRS. REBECCA Sec. Rt. I Elmwood Renter Lyle Roffey 889 acres LINDZEY BRUCE Sec. 5 Elmwood Rt. I acre GtrrSHALL FLOYD & RUTH Sec. 6 Rt. I Elmwood Renter John Gutshall 122 acres 105 MABEM MRS. ELLS B. Sec. 19 Rt. 2 Elfflwood Renter Bernard Schmitt 180 acres MACY ANNA Sec. J Rt. | Oak Hill Renter John Vohlund ms acres MAY CURENCE E I mwood Sec. 24 Rt. 2 120 acres 3Ai. MACY HARRY Oak Hill Sec. I Rt. I 160 acres MCQANH CHARLES S. Sec. Rt. I Trivoli Renter Charles Loren Harkness 231 acres MAHER WALTER Elawood Sec. 8 Rt. I 3 acres HCCOY MRS. LEE E I awood Sec. 2 106 4 MIDLAND ELECTRIC COAL CO, Sec. 23 Rt. 2 Elmwood Ray Hamby Renter |89 acres MIDLAND ELECTRIC COAL CO. Sec. 15 Rt. j Elmwood Renter Earl Stanbau i!. m4 acres MILES ALFRED Elmwood Sec. - Rt. I iOli acres '*J» \ .-"^^ ^-.#*w MIDLAND bLECTRIC COAL CO. Sec. IH Rt. I Elmwood Renter Earl Stanbaugh 2 90 acres MILES BENT Sec. II Elmwood Renter Lewis Knot 107 MILES PAUL LOUIS Sec. II Elawood Rt. I m? acres MOLCHIN N. E Trivol i 108 x-^^ MORAN ESTATE Sec. 28 ' Rt. I Trivoli Renter Harry Worsfold 125 acres HICieSON HARLEY ESTATE Sec. !5 Rt. 2 Eimwood Renter John Nickeson 200 acres MORTON OR. Sec. 5 Rt. I Etmwood Renter Carl Schoenbein I'ib acres j^m^ ^^^ - i^^^t^ 91 MORRISON MARY WILEYSec. 20 Rt. 2 Eimwood Renter Robert Reich 6H0 acres PACK ALBERT V. Sec. 2 Rt. I Eimwood 9 acres NICKESON HARLEY ESTATE Sec. 15 Rt. 2 Eimwood Renter Harlan Nickeson PAGE DARAL Eimwood 109 PENOAVIS W. W. Elmwood Sec. 32 Rt. 2 PETRI GERTIE M. Sec. 16 Rt. I Elmwood Renter R. F. Shaffer 135 acres RAHDELL W. C. Sec. 33 Rt. 2 Elmwood 72^ acres RIES FRANK F. Sec. 3H Rt. 2 Elmwood 2U0 acres RODGERS JAMES DORCAS Sec. Elmwood Rt. 2 13 acres 110 ROFFEY FRAHCIS Sec. 5 Rt. I Elmwood Renter C. W. Kinqdon 128 acres ROSS CHARLES MARY Sec. 7 Elmwood SCHMIDT JOHN T E 1 fliwood SELTZER KATHERINE Sec. 21 IT« - ■ Rf. 2 ETmMOod Renter Herman W. Layman 120 acres SHAHEEN LOUIS Sec. 26 ^. ,^ Rt. I Trivoli Renter Wayne Brortlifield 160 acres 111 SHISSLER LANGELY ESTATE Sec. Eliwood Renter Frank underwood i|0 acres SILZER HERMAN Sec. II Rt. I ElBMOod Renter Fred Silzer 220 acres SLOAN ADA M. Sec. I Rt. I Oak Hill 120 acres // \% It J f SMITH. PAUL H. Sec. 35 Rt. | In vol I I acre SNEBLIN CHARLES Sec. 30 Elmwood Renter Morse L>C. Rt. 2 80 acres SMITH EDSON Einwood Hardware SOLLENBERGER ROBT. Sec. 10 Einwood Rt. I 55 acres 112 STAITER HARRY Sec. 35 Tr ivoT i Rt. I 158 acres STRAPPE EHSLEY EIr I mwood Sec. 3 Rt. I 1 15 acres STAITER LOUIS Tr ivol i Sec. 26 Rt. I 2>I0 acres SUTHERLAND ALICE L. Sec. 10 Rt. I Elmwood 236 acres STARR ERNEST Sec. Ij Einwooa Starr Hatchery Rt. 2 32 acres STECK VERNIE Elmwood Sec. 7 TAYLOR LLOYD Sec. 16 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Bernard Taylor 120 acres 113 THOMPSON GEO. S. Sec. 33 Rt. 2 Elmwood \Z0 acres THREW GLEN Sec. Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Kay Owens 184 acres THOMPSON GEORGE Sec. 21 Rt. 2 THREW LESLIE Elmwood 160 acres Elmwood THREW FRANK Elmwood Sec. 30 Rt. 2 79 acres THORNTON T. J. Sec. 8 „^ Rt. I Elmwooo 83 acres 114 *^ i:^4^ TOOHILL JOE Sec. 19 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Robert Sloan 3io acres «?- •*;.'«^ ^ ^A.^ WEBER LEE Elmwood Sec. 2it Rt. 2 160 acres - ^ j^'^'^'^^^HIi WEYHRICH H. J. Sec. 27 Tr i vol i Rt. I H2I acres ,M^', ^^Jim- TWEDELL WILLIAM J. Trivol i Rt. I 80 acres WHITNEY L. RICHARD Sec. 16 Rt. I Elmwood Renter Raymond Weber 50 acres WARNER E. L Elmwood 115 NILSOM MARGARET S. Sec. 5 Rt. I ElaMOod Renter Glenn Dikenan 213 acres NJNDISH LLOYD Sec. Elawod , Rt. I ii acres WINISH GLEH Sec. 29 Rt. 2 WORLEY WOOOROW Sec. 6 Rt. 1 Elmwood 318 acres E 1 mwood 85 acres WINDISH HOWARD Elmwood Sec. 32 WYMAH MAX Sec. 2, Rt. I Oak Hill Renter Kenneth Nelson 85 acres 116 ZIEMER HENRY ElHWood Sec. 3 Rt. I 50 acres ZIEHER ORVILLE Oak Hill Sec. 2 ^ Rt. I 86 acres rS?»^ ELHWOOD GYMNASIUM Elmwood 117 118 HALLOCK TOWNSHIP EDELSTEIN WEST HALLOCK NORTH HAMPTON HALLOCK LAWN RIDGE U9 FOR DATES OF REVISIONS N R0«0 TYPE ND 'TULTURAL FEATURES. HALLOCK TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING DIVISION OF MIGHWAV5 OCPARTMCNT Of PUBLIC WOflKS A BUILOtNCS SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS Vz 3/4 POLYCONIC PROJECTION R 8 E MARSHALL COUNTir 120 EDELSTEIN Just north of Peoria, on the Santa Fe Railroad and State 88, is located the village of Edelstein, with a population of 188. The village was founded in 1887 on land originally owned by Samuel Burns. Shortly afterwards, Robert A, Green erected a grain elevator here and thereafter not only handled grain but coal, tile, seeds and livestock. Today, Edelstein is the principal community of Hallock Town- ship, which has a total population of 990. The township was named after Lewis Hallock, who came here in 1820 and who was among the earliest settlers of Peoria County. WEST HALLOCK Another community in Hallock Township is the small village of West Hal- lock, with a population of thirty-three. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Edelstein. The village was founded more than fifty years ago and originally con- tained a large cheese factory. 121 LAWN RIDGE Another community in Hallock Township is the village of Lawn Ridge, with a population of forty-seven. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Edelstein. The village is located adjacent to the Marshall County line on State 88. Lawn Ridge was founded more than fifty years ago. HALLOCK Also in Hallock Township is the small community of Hallock, located in the north part of the township near the Marshall County line. The farming area around it is drained by nearby Henry Creek. 122 HYBRID SEED CORN OF THE FINEST QUALITY SINCE 1935 mmtM'W' HOLMES HYBRIDS INC. EDELSTEIN, ILL. Phone 2726 MEYER PLUMBING AND HEATING ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES — WATER SYSTEMS SALES — SERVICE — INSTALLATION Member of l/lineii Ktlail Numbing AMeciah'en Edelstein, Illinois Phone 2101 BLUE RIDGE CHURCH i SCHOOL Sec. 3 Rt. I Chi 1 1 icothe EDELSTEIN CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL Rt. Edelstein 123 CATHOLIC CHURCH Edelstein CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Rt. 1 Ede 1 s t e i n 124 m ■ ■ m ^^^giiiim^H i l-m r'lJMK ^^«s^p m 1 EDELSTEIN GRADE SCHOOL Edelstein BLUE RIDGE CEMETERY Sec. 3 Chil 1 icothe K SCHOOL cothe Rt. 2 I acre WEST HALLOCK CEMETERY Edelstein SOUTH HAMPTON SCHOOL Oist. 35 Edelstein Sec. 35 Rt. I ELMWOOD CEMETERY El mwood WEST HALLOCK SCHOOL Sec. I9 Edelstein Rt. I 125 BAER OTTO M. Sec. 19 Rt. Edel Stein |60 acres BANKS F. W. ETAL Sec. 21 Chillicothe Fred Momche Rt. I 394 acres iHDERSON J. H. Sec. 7 Rt. I :delstein Renter Crilly Thomas 127 acres BEETLER WM. D. Sec. 27 Rt. 2 Chillicothe Bernie Sta * Renter 180 acres iS^-, BAER HERMAN Edelste in bee. 19 Rt. I 2t0 acres BERCHTOLO JERRY Sec. 2 Rt. I Chill icothe 102 acres 126 BROS. HAWLEY Sec. I Chill icothe PREHTESS BROS. Sec. 3 Edel stein Rt. I 80 acres CALDWELL C. DONALD Sec. 18 Edelstein Rt. I I acre CALDWELL MRS. IDS Sec. 32 Rt. I Edelstein Renter J.D. Johnston 57 acres CHAP I H ELMER S.^. Sec. 18 Edelstein T. Ship Hallock Rt. I 160 acres 127 COON FRANK Sec. 12 Rt. I Chill icothe Nolan Fred E. Rent. 553 acres COON FRANK ESTATE Sec. 34 Rt. 2 Chill icothe Henry Foster Opr. 293 acres ChMlicotfi 128 ^' ^r COON FRA;. V^ '''■' f ^1 ^•:-- ■ -1 K M PE^ QIFFIM HELEM i GLENM Sec. 7 Rt. I Edel stein 160 acres GEHRIG ROBERT A. Sec. 5 EdeUtein Rt. I 1 15 acres QUNOERSON G. G. Chi 1 1 icothe Sec. 23 131 HAKES BROTHERS Sec. 31 Rt. I Edel stein Renter Edwin Metzqer 260 acres HARMS ELLIS Sec. 29 Edelstein Rt. I ^jjj^l 9 ^1 ■P^ HARMS ELLIS Edelstein Sec. 29 HARPER LOUIS W. Ede 1 s te I n Sec. 19 Rt. I 3^ acres HEATH CLAYTON Cnill icothe Sec. 23 Rt. 2 20 acres 132 -.y'^'^^^^^^n.^'^. ^^^* — -^^^^^^ HEHSEL OSCAR Sec. 6 Rt. I Edelste n ohn Hensel Renter 80 acres R. IHOFSTATTER OIL CO. Sec. ii Edeistein Rt. I I acre HEUSER R, F. Sec. 32 4 33 Rt. I Edeistein Bohannan Brothers 211 acres HICKS MRS. LOUIS Sec. 34 Edeistein Rt. 80 acres JOHNSON H. Sec. 15 Chill icothe 133 KEACH WM. i EDNA Sec. 31 Rt. I Edelstein Renter W. Gronewald 239 acres KIESER I.UOWIG Edelste in Sec. 19 KREILING ARTHUR Sec. 16 Kt. I Chillicothe Mattox Hubert Rent. 165 acres 134 LARSON FRED Sec. 16 Rt. | Cni 1 1 icothe 160 acres s^*** LAOD HAROLD Sec. 14 Rt. I 85 acres LADD OLIVER Sec. 17 Edelstein s LEONHAROT MRS, M. Sec. 5 • Rt. I Edelstein Renter Callais George 128 acres tc^-^ ttmntzr frr^ ^ % ^ ^^^^^^^n ■1 ■ a^flHl H ^M i 1 s 1 ;^« LADD OLIVER Chill icothe Rt. I 80 acres LINDEN JOHN J. Sec. 25 Chill icothe Rt. 2 160 acres 135 LUNDHOLM ELMER Sec. 10 Rt. I Chill jcothe 132 acres MARKWELL RAY Sec. 15 Rt. I r.hi 1 1 irntho 70 acres "^^^ LOSHERS F. Sec. 9 Rt. 1 MARKWELL RAY Sec. 10 Rt. 1 Chillicothe 120 acres Chillicothe 80 acres MARL I ERE HENRY Sec. 25 Chill icothe Rt. 2 I acre IWP*W :<-Mm0'^ ,-- , jw^^w;;-. MARSHALL PAUL A. Sec. 7 Rt. I Edel stein John Marshall Renter 160 acres MARKWELL RAY Chil I icothe MARSHALL PAUL Sec. I Ch ill icothe 136 MARTIN MRS. JESSIE Sec. 28 Edelstein Rt. I 20 acres MCDONNELL JULIA Sec. 18 Rt. I Edelstein J. McGinn Renter 180 acres MCDONNELL MAT Chr 1 1 icothe Sec. 20 Rt. I 200 acres MILLER Q. R Edesstein 137' MILLARD CHARLES H. Sec. I9 Ede istein Rt. I 9i acres MILLER GEORGE A. Sec. 36 Rt. 2 Chill icothe Renter Walter W. Joos 160 acres MURPHY F. Sec. 9 Chi 1 1 icothe NEWHAVEN EDWARD W. Sec. 35 Rt. 2 Chill icothe Renter Earle Rogers 80 acres MULVANEY WILBUR Chill icothe NURSE ALBERT Chi II icothe Sec. 3 Rt. I 60 acres 138 OHUAN HARRY Sec. I Chi 1 1 icothe Rt. I I GO acres ^^^, EUHER Sec. 22 Rt. I icofhe Renter Wm. Porter 3 acres ■?»'«^ •::?■'?""■■ 3.,- . N v»^ PERKINS GEO. Sec. 7 Rt. I Edel stein 162 acres PORTER JAMES H. Sec. 5 Edelstein 139 PRENTISS BROS. ASHLEY C. Sec. 10, 9, "1, 3 Edelstein p^_ I ^ ^- PRENTISS B. G. BROS. Sec. 3, 9 , 10 Rt. Edelstein 987 acres PRENTISS BROS Chi II icothe Sec. 10 Rt. I RArilH- JOHN ¥. Sec. 24 Chil I icothe PREDHORE m.E Edelstein Sec. 3 & H Rt. 70 acres 140 REYNOLDS J. H ChM I icothe Sec. 23 ROSTETTER CARL Edelste in Sec. 3 1 Rt. I 20 acres ROHMAN E. J. Chill icothe Sec. 36 Rt. 2 ov au 1 C5 ROLL T. A. Sec. Edelste in Renter E. Roll SCHAUFELBERGER WALTER Sec. 25 Rt. 2 Chil I icothe 30 acres 141 SCHAUFELBERGER Sec. 25 Chil 1 icothe SCHULTZ RUDOLPH Sec. 22 Chi iTicothe SEEI CHARLES J. Sec. 8 Rt. I Edelstein 195 acres SERVICE. STAT I OH. Sec. 7 Rt. | Helstein Hazel Streitaatter ^ acre SEFRIED C. W. SR. Sec. 10 Chill icothe Rt. I 5O2 acres SNYDER ORA Sec. 34 Rt. 2 Chillicothe John Snyder Renter 160 acres 14ii SPILLHAN FRANK Chill icothe Sec. 36 240 acres SPILLMAN ROBERT Sec. 23 i 2*^ Chtll icothe SPILLMAH ROBERT Sec. 23 Chi 11 icothe Renter R. S. STARNES ARTHUR Chill icothe Sec. 9 Rt. 2 93 acres Rt. I ^ Rt. I 93 acres STOWELL ARTHUR C. Sec. 28 Edel stein Rt. I 19 acres 143 STOWELL CALVIN Sec. 7 Edelstein SWANSON MRS. G. I. Sec. 36 Chil I icothe STREITMATTER ALFRED Sec. 30 Edelstein Rt. I 80 acres THRALL SARA Sec. 15 Rt. I Chill icothe Hosier Robt. Rent. 93 acres STREITMATTER PHILLIP & SALLIE Sec. 30 Edelstein 80 acres TIPPITT C. B Chill icothe 144 ■ 1 ^tsawy. TIPPETT C. V. Sec. 9 Rt. 1 WESTERMAN R. P. Sec. 28 Rt. 1 Chill icothe 101 acres Edelstein 271 acres WILLIAMS R. Chll I Icothe Sec. m Rt. I 15 acres WILSON PERRY ESTATE Sec. 5 Rt. | Edelstein 200 acres Wi\ ^--.:pTT MRS. C. E. Sec. 26 Rt. 2 Chill icothe Renter Aithur Damm 160 acres YOUNG EMMA Sec. 26 Rt. 2 Chill icothe Renter John Foster I2i acres 145 YOUNG PUUL E., EVERETT, ERMA BODIME Rt. 2 ChilHcothe Hosier Rollie Renter |60 acres 146 MOLLIS TOWNSHIP MAPLETON ORCHARD MINES TUSCARORA MOLLIS 147 FOB OATtS Of RE/ISIONS ON R0*0 TrPE AND CULTUH FEATUBtS. HOLLIS TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING S DE:pabTMENT Of COMMCRCE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS V4 Vz 148 MAPLETON In an old coal mining area on the Illinois River southwest of Peoria city lies the village of Mapleton, with a present population of 250. Through it runs the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad, US 24 and State 9. The village was laid out in 1868 by John T. Lindsay, of Peoria, and Samuel Gilfoy and William T. Maple, of Mollis Township. Mapleton is the principal community of Mollis Township, which has a total population of 1,329. The township was named after Denzil Mollis, an early settler. First to arrive in the township was Andrew Tharp, who came in 1826. TUSCARORA Another community in Mollis Township is the village of Tuscarora, with a population of 100. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Peoria city. Principal street through the village is US 24. The village is located on the Chicago & North Western Railroad. 149 ORCHARD MINES At the intersection of US 24 and State 9, in Mollis Township, is located the village of Orchard Mines, with a population of 200. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Peoria city. Through the village runs the Toledo, Peoria & Western Rail- road. MOLLIS Also in Mollis Township is the village of Mollis, with a population of forty- four. This village was laid out in 1868 by E.J. and M.A.Jones. Through it run the Chicago & North Western, the Peoria Terminal and the Toledo, Peoria & Western railroads. 150 MPLETON SCHOOL Sec. 21 Maple ton Rt. I 2 acres ALEXANDER EDWARD Sec. Mapleton Rt. I MARTIN SCHOOL Dist. 43 Mapleton Rt. I I acre m^ WHEELER GRADE SCHOOL Sec. 22 . Rt. 3 .jiapleton Dist. HI 1^ acres ALLEN CARRIE B. Sec. 20 ALLEN C. B. Sec. 16 , Rt. | Mapleton sO acres ALDR IDliE OWEN Mapleton Sec. 8 ALPS VICTOR i ALICE Sec. 14 4 15 Rt. 3 Peoria 104 acres 151 ASTLE THEO Peoria BOOTH JOHN Peoria Sec 17 152 BOSWELL CHARLIE Sec. 19 Rt. I Mapleton 1 10 acres b2(^ K. I CALHOUN JOHN Map I e ton Rt. I I acre 80UCHEZ MARSHALL Sec. |6 Rt. I Mapleton 7 acres COLE CLARENCE Peoria Sec. 16 Rt. 3 62 28/100 acres BREEOLOVE J. P. Sec. 18 Hapleton Rt. I 5 acres CUMMINGS GEORGE Peoria Sec. 15 Rt. 3 1(12 acres BUCHANAN ELLIS Sec. |7 Peoria DAVISON D. L Peoria 153 DIAMOND TAP BAKERS Maple ton , Rt. I 2j acres »K^&ias^»Baii0igs;»Sgai(^^ FOLEY G. W. Sec. 20 Maoleton Rt. I I acre .^.'^ FLY CHAS. Sec. 20 Et. 1 GALLON L. Sec. 17 Rt. 3 Mapleton 66 acres Mapleton 80 acres 154 GOETZE CARL Mapleton Sec. 5 GLASS MAPLE Sec. 17 Peoria Mary El izabeth . Rt. 3 12 acres 155 ^hl: -^ GOLLON LAWRENCE F. Sec. 17 Peoria Rt. 3 79 acres HEITZMAN BERTHA Sec. II Rt. 3 Peoria 65 acres GRABER HENRY Sec. II Peoria ..r4.>'^. , Rt. 3 6i acres HEITZMAN B. C. Peoria Sec. 15 Rt. 3 1^ acres HAHN WALT.. Sec. 2! Rt. I Maple ton 61 acres HELSEY F. H. Sec. 19 Rt. 3 Peoria 13 acres HSRTSEIL MRS. ANNA Sec. 3 Rt. 3 Peoria 77 acres . Rt. I 10 acres 156 ^■^"^ X\V\\\W\\>("\\V.^SlL.'.'''^\'!\.<. MBWWW^il^aSSWSNNJWN^JS HURST HENRY & MELVIN H. Sec. 10 & I I Peoria Rt. 3 120 acres JENKINS RAYMOND Sec. H Rt. | Mapleton go acres JOST NICK Mapleton Sec. 8 Rt. 3 1 15 acres JANNSON SISTERS Sec. 22 Rt. 3 Peoria A. C. N ierxthe imer 160 acres KEMPER J. A. Sec. 10 Pe or I a Rt. 3 77 acres 157 "%>•«" Sec. 9 4 10 Rt. I 79ii acres UYNE ARNOLD W. Sec. 20 Peoria Rt. 3 8 acres LIGHTBODY 0. W. Mapleton Rt. I MEYER WILLIAM Peoria Sec. 3 158 NEPKINS VINCENT Peoria Sec. 2 Rt. 3 I acre NEUENSCHWANDER CHARLES B. Sec. 8 Rt. I Mapleton | acre NASH ALVA H Mapleton O'HARE GLEN Mapleton Sec. 20 Rt. I I acre 159 PETRI FRANK Peoria ItJO POWELL LENA Hapieton RAILROAD T. P * W Rt. I Hapieton George Yogel Tenter 192 acres tvlij^.^ RINALDO JOHN Sec. 18 Mapleton Rt. I 22t acres RANOLDO JOHN Sec. || Mapleton Rt. 160 acres ROBERTS DAVID Sec. |6 Mapleton Rt. I 10 acres 161 ROBERTS DAVID Sec. 16 Mapleton jS^ Ot.;C*!3fc^''*^^ ROBINSON FRANK Sec. 17 Peoria Rt. 3 2 acres ROTHLISBERGER JOHN Sec. 9 Rt. I Mapleton 80 acres ROSENBOHM ALBERT Sec. 7 Peoria Rt. 3 80 acres RUSSELL M. R. Sec. 16 Peo r I a 162 SCHWINOENHAMMER MRS. ANN i SON Rt. 3 Peoria Sec. II 36 acres SAMMIS EDWARD Sec. 5 Pe or i a Rt. 3 172 acres SCHWINDENHAKMER MRS. ANNA ft SON Rt. 30 acres ' '7*^^^^ SCHMIDT GEORGE Sec. 9 Maple ton SHOEMAKER RALPH Sec. 7 Rt. 3 Peoria 106 acres JSy. ^^ ;' SCHNEBLIN FRANK Sec. 6 Rt. 3 SHORT TOM Sec. 7 Rt. 3 Pe or 1 a 10 acres Peoria 10 acres 163 ^^^^^^^^23^1 i^^^"^ '"" '4 1^3 '"^^B ^■p ''*^~'w«' '■ ^ ^J^^^^B ijBS I^^^^^^^^^^^^HHt^i^tj^^^^jj^J^^^^^H SMITH HAROLD Mapleton Sec. 17 Rt. I 3i acres STAPLES EVERETT Sec. 7 Peo r i a Rt. 3 162 acres VnS^^9HS^^9^^^^^|^H^^^^| ■■HH IH SMITH HERMAN J Mapleton Sec. 17 STRANTZ LEWIS R. Sec. 8 Rt. I Mapleton 131 acres 164 STUERMER GUS Sec. 17 Rt. 1 TAPPING HAH IE Sec. 1 Rt. 1 Mapletcn 2 acres Mapleton 80 acres STAUTHAMMER JOHN H. Sec. 15 Peoria TRILQFF CHAS. Peoria Sec. 10 Rt. 3 80 acres TAPPING C. A. Sec. H Mapleton 165 WEBB ROUND Mapleton Sec. 18 Rt. I I acre 2IPPERICH C. Peo r i a Sec. 15 166 JUBILEE TOWNSHIP JUBILEE 167 fon OAits OF BtVISIO«S N ROAD tret HO COLroRAL FEATURES, JUBILEE TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND F>LANNING DCPARTMENT Of PUBLIC WORWS & BUILDINGS SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS \ V2 55, POLYCONIC PROJECTION PRINCEVILLE TOITNSHIP ROSEFIELD TOWNSHIP 168 I. .'^^^i^^ ST. JLBILEE COLLEGE JUBILEE Located fourteen miles northwest of Peoria city, Jubilee village is widely famed for its Jubilee College State Park. The village has a present population of fifteen and is served by the postoffice at nearby Oak Hill. It was here that the Right Reverend Philander Chase, first bishop of the Episcopal Church in Illinois, established Jubilee College in 1839. It continued in existence until after Bishop Chase's death in 1852. Surviving to the present time, the old Jubilee College build- ing is now an historic shrine maintained by the State of Illinois. The township in which it is located. Jubilee, has a total population of 500. One of the earliest settlers of the township was Bishop Chase, who came in 1836 and at first lived with his family in a log cabin. 169 JUBILEE COLLEGE 4 CHAPEL Oak Hill JUBILEE CEMETERY Oak Hill Jubilee Coclege State Park JUBILEE COLLEGE STATE PARK Oak Hill ANTONACCI MICHAEL A. Sec. 17 Rt. I Brimfield 120 acres CALVARY CEMETERY Sec. 18 Brimfield Rt. BARNEWOLT C. R. Sec. 36 Rt. j Oak Hill 285 acres 170 ^ BE§T J. DONALD Sec. 20 & 30 Rt. I Brimfield 320 acres ■■>- BEST g. DONALD Sec. 20 & 30 Rt. I Brimfield 320 acres BINDER FLORENCE M. Sec. 32 Rt. I Oak Hill 130 acres BEST J. DONALD Sec. 20 & 30 Rt. I Brimfield 320 acres BURK THOMAS Mon ica 171 CATTOH CLARENCE W. Sec. 6 Rt. I Brimfield 320 acres K ^ •"- ^^gjr " ^^m. 4 m ^^^rs^^^^^vk^ ^^^^^h CLUSKEY JOHN H. Sec. 7 Brimfield Gerald Cluskey CATTON CLARENCE W. Sec. 8 Brimf ield Rt. I CORNEY CLARENCE Sec. 25 princevi lie Rt. 2 3 acres •*, -'-^^Sii^ CHALLICOMBE MRS. CHARLES Sec. 25 Rt. I Oak HllT 'On arrcs CORHEY QLAREHCE Sec. K Rt. 2 Princeville Ronald Slane 9pr. 80 acres CLgSKEY J. ALBERT ESTATE Sec. 7- Rt. I CORNEY JOHN Brimfield Wilbur Cluskey Opr. Il7i acres Oak Hi 11 Sec. 25 & 26 Rt. I 330 acres 172 CORHY RUTH MISS Sec. 25 Rt. 2 PrincevMIe Karl Christian 2H7.5 acres DEWULF PHILIP F. Sec. 23 Princevi 1 le DACEY CAROLINE Sec. 30 Rt. 1 Brimfleld 60.75 acres DE WULF JOSEPH Sec. 25 Rt. 2 Princevi lie I 05 acres DAWSON CLARENCE Sec. Brimf ieid Rt. I 62 acres DIKEMAN JOSEPH H. Sec. 2 Pr incevi 1 le Rt. 2 322 acres 173 •"M^, DUOGAHS SELWELL Sec. 11 Princeville Ernest Elwell 160 Rt. 2 acres DUNCAN C. F. Br imf ield Sec. 29 Rt. I 160 acres EHDRESS HENRY Sec. 23 Rt. 2 Princeville Arthur Endress Renterll acres DUNGAN ESTATE S>=c. 16 Rt. | Br imf ield 240 acres FAIRFIELD CARRIE DUNGAN Sec. 21 Rt. I Brimfield Renter Geo. Bridson 160 acres DURST R. J. Princevil le FAgTH HARRY C. Sec. 23 .^^ ; ^Rt. 2 Prrnceville Renter H. L. Smith 161.5 acres 174 FERNANOES REV. E. L. Sec. 20 Brimf ield FRANK MYRTLE Br imf ield GESSEL CLINTON J. Oak Hill Sec. 28 Rt. I 317 acres HARRISON WILBUR Pr incevi 1 le Sec. 2"^ Rt. 2 320 acres HALL HOWARD L. Sec. Pr incevi I le Rt. I 93^ acres HARTMAN ALPHIA Pr incevi) le Sec. 12 Rt. 2 80 acres HANLON MRS. ROSELLA Sec. 31 Rt. | Brimfleld Renter Fabian Cah II 1 3|| acres HASSELBACHER DAVID Sec. 29 Rt. I Brimfleld 22 acre- ■HARMON JAMES L. Sec. 5 Monica Renter Bob Wilson Rt. I U20 acres HAYES CHARLES T. Br imf ield 176 HEINZ ANTHONY Oak Hill Sec. 35 Rt. I 135 acres HOERN D. A. 4 SONS Sec. 29 Rt. I Brimfield J. P. Bieneman 58 acres HERMAN RAYMOND Sec. 9 Rt. 1 HUBER LINCOLN Princevil le Sec. 13 Rt. 2 Brimfield 80 acres 160 acres ''''■'^'^ffiy^;,.,. HI6GS GERALD G. Sec. 7 Rt. 1 JOHNSON CHARLES Sec. 29 Rt. 1 Brimfield 158 acres Brimfield 52 acres 177 JOHNSON JOHN R. Br jmf ield Sec. 18 . Rt. I 101 acres JOHES E. E. Princevi I le Sec. 10 Rt. 2 10 acres ,-^.. J.W.MARGARET Sec. 32 Srimfield Lyle Johnson Rt. I 100 acres JOHNSON MENNO Sec. |7 Rt. I Brimfield Johnson LeRoy Tenant 40 acres KEHL E. E. Sec. I>( & 15 Rt. 2 Princeville Gene Fuchs Renter 210 acres JOHNSON MERLE W. sec. 5 Kt. 1 KELLEY J, W Monica 180 acres Rrincevil le Sec. 22 Rt. 2 157.5 acres 178 *• -i^iS^r KHOBLQCH CLARENCE Sec. 30 Rt. i Brimfield Renter Wm. Hornback 200 acres KING JOE Sec. 27 Rt. I Brimfield 223 acres KOCH E. J Princevi I 1e Sec. m Rt. 2 160 acres KING MR. & MRS. ROBERT Sec. 5 Rt. I Monica 160 acres KROESEN KARL Sec. 17 « 18 Rt. I Brimfield 21^0 acres KLEIN CONRAD Sec. 7 Rt. j Brimfield |00 acres 179 LAPSLEY RALPH Oak Hill Sec. 35 Rt. I 39.5 acres LOVELIT Oak Hill Sec. 3U Rt. I 80 acres LYNCH RAY 4 tKlLLiAk Sec. 30 Rt. I Briafield *0 acres HEHDENHALL CORA Sec. 12 Pr incevil le Rt. 2 80 acres LYNN JUHN Brimfield Robert Pacey 3 acres MILLER 0. CECIL Sec. 21 Kt. i BrTrnTield Maloney Earl H. "^O acres 180 HOORE F, R. Sec. 27 Oak Hill 80 acres NELSON RUSSELL B. Sec. 36 Rt. I Oak Hill 112 acres NOTZKE BROTHERS Sec. 3H Rt. I Oak Hill Charles Notzke 515 acres HOTZKE CHARLES A. Sec. 3H Rt. I Oak Hill 185 acres NULLMEYER HARRY Br imf ield Sec. 19 Rt. I 63 acres 181 PEABOOY CHESTER Oak Hill Sec. 28 Rt. I 80 acres REENTS GEORGE Sec. 3H Rt. I Oak Hill Mary Flynn Renter 200 acres PORTER ANNA Sec. 20 Rt. 1 RENTFROW « lOLET Sec. 28 Rt. 1 Brimf ield 40 acres Brimf ield 5 acres QUIN KEN Pr i I incevi I le 182 Sec. in Rt. 2 60 acres ROBERTSON BERT T. Sec. 30 Brimf ield Rt. I 74 acres SCHNEIDER C. H. Sec. 2H Princevi 1 le' Rt. 2 62 acres ROSSETIER GEORGE W. Sec. 35 Rt. I Oak Hill Wilfred Lyons Manager 773 acres SEARLE FLOYD J. Princevi 1 le Sec. 13 Rt. 2 80 acres ROY MRS. MAYTE Sec. 19 & 30 Rt. I Brimfield Renter Hernan Sacks 360 acres SAVAGE HaRLAN Monica ., 9 Rt. I HtO acres SHANE ERVAN Oak Hill Sec. 36 Rt. I 92 acres 183 SLANE WALTER Brimfield Nehemiah Hank Rt. I 10 acres SMITH FRANK M. Princevi I le Sec. 12 Rt. I 160 acres SMITH MERLE Sec. I it Rt. 2 princevi lie W. F.Begner Renter 90 acres SMITH ROBERT W. Sec. II Princevi 1 le" SMJTH G,,W. ESTATE Sec. 15 Rt. 2 Pnnceville t. A. Tuttle Renter 582 acres SMITH WALT & EARL Sec. 12 . Rt. 2 Princevllle Robert Caapbell 120 acres 184 SNYDER H. E. Sec. 19 Brimf ield TUCKER HAROLD Sec. 25 Oak hill Renter E. Gilles Rt. I 36 acres STEWART CARL Sec. 24 Rt. 2 Princeville 158 acres VAN DYKE ERNEST Sec. Ir imf ield SMANSQN CARL L. Sec. 33 Oak Hill WAGNER MRS. LOUISE Sec. 17 Rt. I Brimfield George Wagner 240 acres TUCKER MRS. CLYDE Sec. 19 Rt. I Brimfield 160 acres WELCH CHARLES A. Sec. 7 Brimfield Ouane Welch Kt. I 1 12 acres 185 WIEGAND CLARENCE Brimf ield ^m^^'. ^^^^^^JK^v^V ^ ^ ^P^iH l^^^^j^M^ .r.>,. ^uiias^^^ WILLIAMS GEORGE Sec. 2 ki. 2 Princeville J. SiMons Renter |00 acres WILMINGTON COAL CO, Rt. I Edwards Frank Gilles Renter 120 acres YE9S JOHN E. Princevi 1 le Sec. 10 Rt. 2 376 acres YESS JOHN E. Sec. 10 Rt. 2 Princeville Jerrold Yess Opr. 200 acres YESS JOHN Sec. 10 princeville C. Martzsluff WYHAN HABEL MRS. Sec. 34 Oak Hill Kt. I 80 acres 186 KICKAPOO TOWNSHIP POTTSTOWN KICKAPOO ORANGE PRAIRIE EDWARDS RADNOR 187 FOB D»t£S OF REVISIONS ON ROAD T1PC AND CULTURAL FEATURES. KICKAPOO TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RE;SEARCH AND PLANNING DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DCPARTMCNT Of PUBLIC WORKS A BUILDINGS P 1 I 1 1= SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS W V2 ^ 188 POTTSTOWN West of Peoria city, in a pioneer coal mining district, lies the village of Pottstown, with a population of 316. It is served by the postoffice at Peoria. Through the village run State 8 and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Pottstown was platted in 1889 by Mrs. Ann Potts, widow of Samuel Potts, one of the early mine operators of the area. It is the principal community of Kickapoo Township, which has a total population of 2,508. Among the earliest settlers of the township were William and Asahel Hale, who came in 1835 and built a saw mill in the region. ORANGE PRAIRIE Still another community in Kickapoo Township is Orange Prairie, a scattered settlement of dwellings in the area just south of US 150. In its vicinity is located the hamlet of Radnor. 189 KICKAPOO Having a present population of 200, the village of Kickapoo is one of the oldest in Peoria County. It was platted in 1836 by John Coyle, early settler. The village became an important stopping-place for travelers on the old stagecoach road out of Peoria city. Today, Kickapoo is located on US 150. 190 EDWARDS Also in Kickapoo Township is the old village of Edwards, which had its origin as far back as 1836 when a mill was built here by George Berry. Today, Edwards has a population of 200.lt is located on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and on State 8. 191 CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH & CEMETERY Peoria Rt. 2 M aroney's Chicken Dinners IVe Serve Country Style CATER TO BANQUETS FOR RESERVATIONS— PhonC 22-17 On Route 116 • HANNA CITY, ILLINOIS 0. W. LIGHTBODY COAL CO. High-Grade Coal One Mile West of Kingston Mines on Illinois Route 9 GLASFORD, ILLINOIS PHONE 2491 liKi 'OTTSTQWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Pottstown lee. 27 Kt, 1 % acre ST. PATRICKS CHURCH & CEMETERY Kickapoo The oldest stone structure Church in 111.- 1837-1920 Built by Father Raho Bishop Rosatti Dedicated Church in 1889. 193 CHARTER OAK SCHOOL Dist. 60 Peoria Sec. 2 3 Rt. 2 SWAN UKE MEMORIAL GARDEN Sec. 12 Rt. 2 Peer i a HEINZ SCHOOL Sec. 16 Rt. | Edwards Glenn W. 81-1 acres ALLEN BENTON C. Sec. 3 Rt. I Edwards Robert Stockstill 160 acres POTTST.OWN SCHOOL Sec. 27 Pottstown Rt. 2 2 acres ANDREWS JOHN & RUTH Sec. 29 Rt. 2 Peoria 236 acres BAPTIST CEICTERY Kickapoo ASHLEY B. N Edwards 194 BARNEELL B. F Hanna City 1" ■ -" • ■- -'^^Hjl fetej-t^^vj- ^^^^^^^n ^_ij P ^^^■■^^^■t^^ ' B^ BLENDER CHARLES Sec. 3^ Peoria Rt. 2 BELINA R. V. Rt. Peoria BONE AMY Sec. 3 Rt. I Edwards Renter Louis J. Hoffman 200 acres ST CLARENCE Edwa rd Sec. 5 Rt. I 151 acres BOND I FRANK Peoria 195 BOND I FRANK Sec. Peoria Rt. 2 BURDPTT QERALDINE^ Sec. 15 Rt. 2 Peoria Circle B. Ranch 70 acres BUROETTE A. Hanna City Sec. 29 Rt. 2 78 acres BURDETTE ROBERT Sec. 32 Peoria 196 CAPRON RYUND ESTATE Rtc. II Rt. 2 Peoria Mrs. Ryland Capron 2.ii W 1 |ii iji ■ -|__||| *e ^^^^H^^l I BH B ^ ''^^^11 ^ ^^* CHENEY GEORGE Sec. 22 Rt. 2 CRAMER GEORGE Sec. 16 Rt. 1 Peoria 149 acres Edwards 160 acres 197 CUNNINGHAM CAROLL L. Sec. 31 Rt. I Hanna Ci ty 80 acres FAHRER DOROTHY Sec. 12 Rt. 2 Peoria 80 acres OOUBET TREVA & FAMILY Sec. 31 Rt. j Hanna City 120 acres DWYER PAUL Edwards Sec. 6 FORNEY EVERETT Sec. 5 Rt. I Edwards Renter Joe. Barnes 130.5 acres 198 i'jti^Kf^- ,. .-^ FOSTER DEAN Edwards Sec. 4 Rt. I 231 acres FRYE WARREN Sec. 9 Edwards Renter J. T. Bell , Rt. 2 25i acres GARRISON CLYDE Sec. 2H Big Hollow Rd. 7 acres FOLKERTS A. J Edwards GENSLER MARTIN Edwards 199 GOETZ HENRY & LAVERN Sec. 31 Rt. I Hanna City I5t 6/10 acres GOETZE WILLIAM H. Edwards Sec. 5 Rt. I mS acres GLENN THOMAS J. Sec. 21* Rt. 2 Peoria 156 acres GORDQN MRS. CHARLES Sec. II Rt. 2 Peoria 78 acres GOETZ ALFRED Hanna City Sec. 32 Rt. I 240 acres GRIMM DAVID B. Sec. 18 Rt. I Edwards 200 HAULER CHARLES Sec. I PBonia Rt. 2 1 18.5 acres HARKER LAVINA Sec. 2 Rt. 2 Peoria Rudolph Hoe Renter 157 acres HAUK FRANK & HULDAH D. Sec. 25 & 36 Rt. 2 Peoria Renter Miller Roger 200 acres '^" '' 2.. a^rel _^3ward ALTHA B. Sec. 18 Rt. I IH7 acres 201 — i- HEINTZ BERNARD Edwards Sec. 3 Rt. I 120 acres HEINZ JOHN Sec. 6 Rt. | Edwards John R. Heinz Renter 120 acres HEINZ B. J. SR. Sec. H Edwards ' Rt. I 123 a cres HEINZ RICHARD J. Sec. 6 Edwards Rt. I 62 acres HEINZ EDWARD ESTATE Sec. 9 Rt. I Edwards Marie Ludolph Eda Heinz 136 acres HEUS^R RAY Sec. 27 Rt. 2 Peoria Renter Hauk Howard A. 155 acres Sec. n Rt. I HEUSER RAY F, Sec. 27 Ri. 2 Peoria 155 acres 202 JOHNSON BEN Peoria Sec. 3i| [{OFFMAN H. Peoria Sec. 23 Rt. 2 15 acres JOHNSON HAROLD M. Sec. 17 Edwards Rt. I 80 acres HUVERSTUHL MARY C. Sec. 7 Rt. | Edwards George B. Robinson 100 acres KINGSLEY JOSEPH M. Sec. 27 Rt. 2 Peoria 72 acres ^ i i 1 m^^g ■ BS KfiaP^ V^^M Wm ^^^^H ■ ^H 9r^ ^^fl B^ ^^^^^^^n ■ U*w ^K^?^.v^^ Km HP w ■ -jv^^^l^l T^^. ^^^ ■ JOHNSON BEN Peoria Sec. 34 Rt. 2 Ifi acres 203 KRAU5E W. A. Sec. 26 Peoria Rt. 2 10 acres laUST POINT TAVERN Sec. 22 Rt. 2 Peoria LeonF. Woolsey 1^ acres KRUMPE FRED, ESTATE Sec. 13 Rt. 2 Peoria 300 acres iLONSOALE ALVIN Sec. 33 Peoria Rt. I 160 acres LAFOLLETT J. 0. Sec. 28 Edwards LONSDALE CHAS. Sec. 32 Hanna City Rt. I ISO acres 204 LONSDALE HARRY Sec. 3i( . Rt. 1 MAREK ANNA Peoria 1 18 acres Peoria Sec. 26 MAGNUSON JOHN A. Sec. 29 Rt. Edwards 160 acres MAHER MRS. ANNA E. ESTATE Edwards wiHiam P. McGava Rt. I 200 acres MANGQLD CARL Peoria Sec. I Rt. 2 125 acres MARONEY LESTER Hanna City Sec. 31 Rt. I 205 Rt. 2 OCHS EUGENE Sec. 27 Rt. 2 163 acres Peoria 25t acres OPPE AUGUST Sec. 8 Rt. | Edwards Renter Joseph Oppe 80 acres OPPE'S STANDARD STAT I ON Sec. 6 Kickapoo OCTTS EHHA BRoria Sec. 37 Rt. 2 7fi acres PAIItKSON MERLE See. zi Peoria I - acre 206 PATTQN CHARLES Sec. I Rt. 2 Peoria Raymond L. Brown Rent, mi acres PITCHER MILLING CO. Edwards RAHN JOSEPH E Edwards Sec. 8 SCHAUB J .OSEPH C Edwards 207 SCHIELEIN CLARENCE Sec. 10 Rt. I Edwards 73 acres SECRETAN JULIUS MRS. Sec. 34 Rt. I Peoria 10 acres SECRETAN J. L Peoria 208 STEN6ER DONALD Sec. 9 Rt. | Edwards 79.7 acres STENGER EDWARD Edwards Sec. 7 Rt. I I acre STEAR EDWIN J. Sec. 27 . Rt. 2 Peoria I acre STEER MRS. ROBERT ESTATE Sec. 20 Rt. 2 Edwards 220 acres STENGER JOSErr . ^ec. 7^^ Rt. I Edwards Renter Joseph S. Stenger Jr. 1 13^ acres STENGER WILLIAM Sec. 9 Edwards Ty. I 71 acres 209 SWANSON LUOWIG Sec. 21 Rt.2 Edwards 80 acres TRUB WM. & FRANK Sec. 8 Edwards Renter Hughes Rt. I 80 acres TAYLOR WLATER W. Hanna City Sec. 19 & 30 Rt. | 3fi7 acres TIPPfTT ROBERT W. Sec. 2 Peoria Leo Daily Renter Rt. 2 156 acres IS >v. ^^fcm..^ ^^ UNSICKER S. H. & SONS Edwaras Sec. 10 Rt. I •200 acres VI CORY RICHARY Peer ia Sec. 27 210 WEAVER ROBERT 4 FLOYD Sec. 10 Rt. 2 Peoria Avery Weaver KICABY WM. Peoria Sec. 36 CMR 126. ^ Rt. 180 acres WEAVER ROBERT 4 FLOYD Sec. 10 Rt. 2 peor la 3Z0 acres WALLACE CHARLES Sec. 29 Peoria Renter Albert Kelcn Rt. 2 80 acres WICHMAN JOHN Sec. 18 Edwards Renter Walter Oppe Rt. I 136 acres WAGNER FRED, LAURA, BERTHA Sec. 20 Rt. | Edwards & 29 165 acres WICHMAN J(HN Sec. 19 Rt. I Edwards Renter Henry Ludolph 315 acres 211 WOLLAND ADA MRS. Sec. 12 Rt. 2 Peoria 106 acres WILMINGTON COAL MINING CO, Sec. Rt. I Edwards August Oppe renter 260 acres YUTT KATHERN Sec. 21 Rt. 2 Peoria WILMINGTON COAL & MMINING CO. Sec. 6 Rt. I Edwards Renter Buddy Weaks 290 acres WILMINGTON COAL MINING CQ. Sec. 5 Rt. | Edwards Renter Harold Giloes 135 acres ZERWEKH MAURICE Sec. 23 Rt. 2 Peoria 145 acres 212 LIMESTONE TOWNSHP BARTONVILLE BELLEVUE 213 D«TES OF REVISIONS OH ROAD TYPE »«D cunuR»L FEAtURtS^ LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS OCPARTMCNT OF PUBLIC WORKS & BUILDINCft Ht- SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS POLYCONIC PROJECTION i n.— J8 214 BARTONVILLE A suburb of Peoria city, Bartonville village, with a population of 2,437, con- tains numerous large manufacturing plants, among them being the Keystone Steel & Wire Company, Pabst Brewing Company, and Allied Mills, Inc. The village was founded more than fifty years ago by miners who worked the various coal mines of the area. Near Bartonville is located the landscaped grounds and buildings of the Peoria State Hospital, which cares for some 3,000 mental patients. This village is the principal community of Limestone Township, which has a total population of 15,630. First permanent settlers of the township were Joseph Moffatt and his three sons, Alva, Aquilla and Benjamin, all of whom arrived in 1822. 215 BELLEVUE Also in Limestone Township is the village of Bellevue, which was incorpo- rated in 1941. It has a present population of 1,529- Just southwest of the village is located the Greater Peoria Airport, principal landing field of the county. Belle- vue is situated on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad. 216 ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH Rt. 1 Sacres Peo ri a NORTH LIME STONE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rt. 1 1 acre Hanna City LIMESTONE & WALTERS SCHOOL Peoria LIMESTONE & WALTERS SCHOOL Peor ia Rt. I I acre PLEASANT VALLEY SCHQOL peoria Dist. 62 Rt. I 2 acres PEORIA CPUNTY FARM Sec. 9 Peoria 218 ALLGAIER ALMA L. Sec. 6 Peoria Mr. i Mrs. Dan Rice Rt. 3 Lot %>-^^ AUTHORITY GREATER AIR P CRT Sec. 22 Rt. I Re (ria Renter DePue Lyman 935 acres BACKER C. E. Sec. 32 Rt. 3 Peoria Renter Meinders John 172 acres BAUMANN MENNO Peer la B. Sei- Rt. I I acre BACHMAN E. E. Sec. 30 Kt. 1 BEENING BEN Sec. 9 Kt. 1 Mapleton 80 acres Hanna City 350 acres 219 BEHRANDS ED. Peoria Rt. I BIRCH J< H. Peoria Sec 28 Rt. 3 1^0 acres BEL-AIR HOTEL Peoria Sec. 1 1 CMR ms BONTZ L. E. Mapleton Sec. 31 Rt. I 80 acres 2:^} BOURLAND I. F. Sec. 5 Peoria sa r "^^ t' M as ahBBI BRUNINGA PAUL Sec. m Peoria CMRI09 "Vv. 7^. mm ■ ii m m I^mI BUILDER A. Peoria R. LANQ Sec. 17 Rt. 1 70 acres •"^•^..^ ^ ■jj^^^HM^ BRUHIQA CHAS. Sec. 2i+ _■ ^ Rt. I Peoria 185 acres BURBRIOGE EDNA Sec. I? Pftnr ia BRUNINGA CLAUS Sec. 27 Rt. 1 BURDETTE ARNOLD A. Sec. 18 Rt. 1 Peoria 113 acres Hanna City 2 acres 221 BURNETT ELMER Pe cr ia Sec. 8 Rt. I 80 acres CAMERON CHAS. Sec. 9 Rt. 1 CAMPEN FRED Sec. 28 Kt. 1 Peoria 96.71 acres Mapleton 78 acres CAMtKON DON Hanna City Sec. 8 Rt. I ■gj. CI SNA VIRGEL Peoria Sec. 17 Rt. I 67 acres CONL^Y LEE Peoria Sec ZOi acres '•4 fii's^^ 1 ^*::!» i jSSgfcj^ p . 1 t 9 w 4-, '^ |4J^;,. ■-■- N m CONLEY J. F. Peoria Rt, I 3it acres CONLEY LEE Peoria Sec. 8 DIEKEN aEORGE Sec. 6 Hanna City 223 DIEKEN ^DNA Sec. 7 Rt. I Hanna City ^Harold Doubet 260 acres DORNBERGER EST.^ Sec. 35 Rt. 3 Peoria 50 acres DORNBERGER EST. Peoria Sec. 34 Rt. 3 1 20 acres DOUBEI E. W Hanna City EBERKART C. M. Sec. 31 Hanna City Rt. I 120 acres 224 FITZGERALD JIM 4 BELLE Sec. 19 Rt. I Mapleton 80 acres GATEWAY HILLING CO. Sec. 31 Peoria Rt. H 2 acres FOUR WINDS MOTEL Sec. II CHR 105 Peoria GIFDZyS WM. Mapleton Sec. 33 Rt. 1 80 acres GARRELTS FRERICH Sec. 20 Rt. 1 GLORE CLYDE Peoria 30 acres Peoria 225 GRAFELMAN JOHN Mapleton GRAFELMAN MRS. 4OHN Sec. 28 & 29 Rt. I Mapleton 80 acres p,Jj ^^^^Fi^^^^^H > i^!!j ™^^ HAGEL LESTER Sec. 20 Rt. I Peoria 80 acres GUPPY ALFRED E. Sec. 15 Peer I a Rt. I i|0 acres HAUERMAN D. W. Sec. 16 Peoria Rt. I 226 . ^- -^ "^^'^^^ ^M W^ ^I^^Shp^ HAWKINS PAUL Hanna City HEUERMANN JOHN E. Sec. 21 . Rt. I Peoria 10 acres HEURMANN S. J. Sec, 10 Peoria Rt. I 50 acres HEUERMANN TRIENTJE Sec. |9 Peor ia Rt. I 102 acres HEUERMANN EDWARD Sec. 15 Rt. I Peoria 59 acres HYLAND FARM C. Sec. 22 Peor la 227 JOHNSON ARTHUR Sec. 21 Rt. I Peoria 79 acres JOHNSON ARTHUR Sec. 21 Peoria JOHQNSON HENRY Sec. 20 Mapieion 228 JOHNSON J. R. Sec. 16 Rt. 1 Peoria HO acres |1HS ^:4 "^Ss^ y|H h I^N .■fl^^^^SjPS^^H s ^^Bh 3 BH ^^^ m^m HI JONNI CK JOE Peoria Sec. 27 Rt. I JOHNSON PETER Sec. 29 Rt. I Mapleton 180 acres tfHHHti''^ Mfi K& ^S ' W^ i^K' ^'■■^^^^H| JOHNSON ROBERT Mapleton Sec. j{ Rt. I 12'i acres wafmmmi-mm JOHNSON SAMUEL Sec. 7 Rt. 1 KRAUSE HYLAND FARM Sec. 22 Rt. 1 Hanna City 270 acres Peoria 46 acres KRAUSE FRED Mapieton Sec, 7 Rt. I LIGHT EDWARD Sec. m Mapieton Rt. I 80 acres 229 MCCREIGHT JUNIUS E. Sec. I Rt. I Hanna City 80 acres MARKET COUNTRY Peoria MCCLUGAGE J. F. Sec. 8 Hanna City 230 MCCLUGGAGE ROBERT Sec. 28 Rt. 2 Peoria Renter Doubet Herbert 223 acres MCCLOGGAGE & SON Sec. 7 & 8 Rt. I tjanna City 75 acres PP^ MILLER HARRY H. Sec. 20 Peoria '":ni>^;: ' Rt. I MEYER JOHN Sec. 29 Rt. I Mapleton 160 acres MILLS S. B. Peoria 231 MOTEt. BEL-AIR pe aia CMRI05 MOTEL SHALIMAR Peoria CHRI05 MONROE A. S. & W! H Sec. 15 Rt. Peoria CMR 109 89 acres HOODY HOWARD Sec. ^ Peoria NORWOOD GRADE SCHOOL Peoria 232 PEORIA COUNTY FARM Sec. 9 Rt. I Peoria 160 acres PEORIA BOTTLE GAS. CO. Sec. 9 Rt. I Peoria 2 acres PALMER CLARENCE Sec. 3>; Rt. 3 Pe or ja 68 acres PEORIA MOTORCYCLE CLUB Sec. 8 ' Rt. I Peoria 80 acres PFISJER CLETUS L. Sec. 16 Peo r I a Rt. I I IS acre A PERKINSON A. Sec. 7 Manna City 5 acres 233 PRATT DUAtC Hapletcn Sec. 28 Rt. I 76 acres RICKENA HARVY Mapleton Sec. 30 Rt. I 124 acres ROBERTSON JAMES Hanna City 234 ROSENBOHM ELLIS Sec. 3^ Peoria Rt. 3 80 acres ROSENBOHM FREDERICK Sec. 17 Peoria Rt. I SAIRY MICHAEL Sec. 30 Rt. 1 SCHMIDT CLAUSE Sec. 17 Rt. 1 Mapleton 20 acres peon a 80 acres 235 SHORT GEORGE Peoria Sec. 31 Rt. 3 IfiO acres SMITH RUDOLPH H. Sec. 33 Peoria 236 THOMPSON D. L. Sec. 16 Rt. I Peoria 39 acres STUAAN FREB Sec. 16 Rt. 1 TURI CLYDE Sec. 10 Rt. 1 Peoria 79 acres Peoria 120 acres VAN DETTUM HERMAN Sec. 32 Rt. 3 Peoria ISO acres THOMPSON A. E. Sec. Peo r i a Rt. I 6 acres VAN DUSEN M. Peoria Sec. ^ 237 WALTERS JOHN F. Sec. 29 Mapleton WARD PAT Mapleton Sec. 17 Rt. I 209 acres WARD JOE H. P. Sec. 19 Mapleton 238 Rt. I 80 acres WILLIAMS LUCY Sec. 2 Peoria WHSLE RETAIL. PLUMBING Sec. 30 Peoria Frank Rhoades Eng. I acre CHUCK - WAGON LODGE Farmington LA HAR STONE CO. Princeville 91 ^3K ^^^ r •■^ ^ *- ^ ^M ■i , -Mltf. ^ • ■:-->«:*■■ 18 80 WINGET LEWIS A. Peoria Sec. 18 Rt. 1 50 acres YOUNG E. Ch i ) 1 icothe Sec. Rt. H acres DONALD CAtCRON Peoria CALDWELL BROTHERS SOIL SERVICE Edelstein 239 240 LOGAN TOWNSHIP HANNA CITY EDEN SMITHVILLE 241 MAP FOB DATES OF RCVISIONS ON ROAD TVPE AND CULTURAL FEATURES. LOGAN TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF re;se;arch and planning DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DCPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS A BUILDINGS SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS T S N R a e 242 HANNA CITY Hanna City has a present population of 671. It is located west of Peoria on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad and on State 116. Hanna City was founded more than seventy-five years ago when coal mining was started in the area around it. It is now the principal community of Logan Township, which has a total popu- lation of 1,795. The township was organized in 1850 and its first supervisor was Thomas P. Smith. Settlers came to the township as early as 1830. 243 EDEN Another community of Logan Township is the village of Eden, with a popula- tion of seventy-five. The village is located west of Hanna City on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad. In its vicinity winds Copperas Creek. The village was founded in 1883 by Milo M. Long. 244 SMITHVILLE Also in Logan Township is Smithville, a village of twenty-five inhabitants established more than a hundred years ago by Thomas P. Smith. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Hanna City. 245 Home of fhe Soi7 Clinic The Best in Farm Seeds Home of World's Champion HYBRID SEED CORN E. W. DOUBET SEED COMPANY PHONE 1317 HANNA CITY V^k^ ILLINOIS Breeder of PUREBRED HEREFORD CATTLE Hanna City Donald Cameron Phone Peono 3-3443 VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME Illinois 246 METHODIST CHURCH Since 1888 Hanna City GRAIN AND FEED 4; FARM EQUIPMENT AND REFRIGERATION HANNA CITY ELEVATOR CO. Inc. 1916 Hanna City, Illinois Phone 33 H. C. HEINEZMAN, Mgr. 247 ^' '1: '' i ST. MARYS CHURCH, ST. MARYS RECTORY . K i ck apoo ST. MARYS SCHOOL, CONVENT SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME Father August Mey Rt. 1 DISTRICT SCHOOL Hanna City #72 Rt. I PAT TON. SCHOOL Trivol I Sec. 5 Rt. I I acre HANNA CITY SCHOOL Hanna City PINKERTCN SCHOOL Hanna City Dist. 71 Rt. I I acre 248 MARKER'S CORNER CEMETERY Mapleton Rt. I I acre STATE HOSPITAL FARM Sec. 27 Rt. 3 Peoria 236 acres SMITHVIUl-E CEMETERY Smithvi 1 le MADISON GOLF COURSE Peoria Rt. 105 STATf HOSPITAL FARM Sec. 27 Rt. 3 Peoria 236 acres ANDERSON OSCAR Sec. 18 Rt. I TrivoTi . 150 acres ARENOS HENRY Hanna City 249 ARRENHOLZ WM. GlasTord Sec. 33 Rt. I 120 acres BEHHETT ROBERT Tr ivol i Sec. 7 Rt. I I acre BEECHER ARTHUR Sec. 2 Rt. 1 BENTZ MARY Sec. 12 Rt. 1 Hanna City 78 acres Hanna City 38 acres BEHRENDS EDWARD Sec. 16 Hanna City Rt. I 100 acres BERGMAN SIMON Sec. 15 Hanna City 250 RIEKEHA HARM Sec. 26 4 27 Rt. I Hanna City 160 acres ~:. ^iMsi .-■'- SH p m. IStT^^^?^'" ^- '?-««5S!<. .^ •-^^«w - '^. -.-^ BOURUND F. M Hanna City Sec. I BI6GERSTAFF G. W. Sec. 34 Rt. 1 BOURLANp J. E. Sec. 10 Rt. 1 Hanna City 50 acres Hanna City lOB acres BOgRN ESTATE Sec. 6 Rt. I Trivol i John Abbott 122 acres BOfTOH A.,L. Sec. 6 ^ Rt. I TrivoTi Clarence A.iiberg Renter 190 acres 251 BOYER WALTER Sec. |6 Rt. I Hanna City 80 acres CALLEAK CLAKtNUt Sec. 3 Hanna City 1 «4dr, , Rt. I 85 acres BUCHANAN CORDA Sec. 23 Hanna C ity Rt. I 80 acres CARPENTER MARY Sec. 21 Rt. I Hanna City 9 acres Hr- s^''^ pjf^^:^ ■.-^^^.- l.-.J3^ ^B^^^ijfc ^ K ^.»»^'- »— «*^^^^^fc. s CHANEY MARION Sec. 2U Rt. I Mapleton 1 10 acres 252 CLJNE H. C. Sec. 28 Tri vol i Rt. I 90 acres DALTON MRS. FRANCES Sec. 22 Rt. I Hanna City i|0 acres ■-Pi^ — ' ■ ■ -. -^^1,-fflrfli ^^._ ^^I^^H^^H^ ^Hr B^M •■r* ^^v'^^'^'^SH Hl^^^s .^~'i^j^^ / ' "*^ M ' JEjH J^^^HH ^... '"^ ^'^f^^-:=Jkjit^^ ^B" ai^Hl ^^*-^. -i^. COHLEY F Sec. Rt. 1 Trivoli Renter Deppermann Don i: I 20 acres CONN WALTER E. Sec. u Hanna City DEPPERMAN BROS. Sec. 20 Hanna City Rt. 2 123 acres 253 OEPPERMAN BROS. Sec. 20 Rt. 1 Hanna City 123 acres DIEKEN GEORGE H. Sec. io Rt. I Hanna City 40 acres DIEKEN GEORGE H. Sec. 17 Rt. | Trivoli Renter Hudson Charles 252 acres UUUHbl AKinUK L. i>ec. \Z Hanna City KX. I 80 acres DOUBET EARNEST Sec. 12 Hanna City 254 DOUBET tp. Hanna City DOUBET GLENN Sec. 3 Rt. I Hanna City Albert L> Redenius m? acres DOJBET GERTRUDE F. Sec. 22 Rt. I Hanna City 49 acres DOUBET ED. Hanna City Sec. II Rt. I 120 acres DOUBET U, Sec. | - Rt. I Hanna City 193 acres DOUBET ED. Hanna City Sec. 12 Rt. I 120 acres DOUBET l-ESTER Sec. 3 Hanna Ci ty Rt. I 22 acres 255 DOUBET WALTER SR. Sec. m 4 23 Rt. I Hanna City 120 acres DOUBET RALPH Sec. 13 Rt. 1 DOUBET WALTER Hanna City 120 acres Hanna City Sec. 22 ■ HJE^^iM^ '- '.^ii^^^i ■ r l^^"^ K '*'' j^K^^m "^ ■jMU^^ 1 ^f^^^K^i^-^ J^^S^^^F' ^^& H 1 DOUBET RAYMOND L. Sec. 1 Rt. 1 DOUBET W. «. Sec. 32 Rt. 1 Hanna City 3 acres Hanna City M acres DOUBET ROBERT Hanna Ci ty DORNBERGER JAY V. Sec. S"* « 35 . . Rt. I Hanna City | 10 acres 256 DRINGENBERG ED. Gtasford Sec. 28 i 33 Rt. I 200 acres EBERLY CHARLES J. Sec. 17 Hanna City Rt. I 1(0 acres DUKE W. A. Sec. |9 Tr ivol i Rt. I UQ acres FECHTER FRED Hanna City Sec. 34 & 35 Rt. I 100 acres 2S7 FITZGERALD F. W. Sec. 16 Rt. I Hanna City 80 acres FITZGERALD JOSEPH F. Sec. 21 & 29 Rt. I Hanna City 97 acres FITZGERALD MARGARET Sec. 20 Rt. I Hanna City Renter Fitzgerald Arthur 127 acres FITZGERALD J. Glasford Sec. 29 Rt. I 20 acres FI$HER LUTHER Trivol i Sec. 7 Rt. I 80 acres . :^te:«r; ■■■• FI§HER SEWARD Sec. 7 Tr ivol i Rt. I i/3 acres GARDNER VERNON Sec. II Hanna City Rt. 5 acres GARLING W. K. Sec. II Hanna City 258 6EER EVfRETTE E. Sec. |2 Hanna City GILPIN MART IE Trivoli Sec. I Rt. I I acre GLASGOW ESMER Sec. 4 Rt. I janna City Renter Duane Traver 260 acres GERRIETTS EVERT H. Sec. 3^ Hanna City GLASGOW MARK E. Sec. 10 Hanna City Rt. I 8 acres 259 GRAFELMAN HISKA Sec. lH Rt. I Hanna City Renter Grafelman Ray 120 acres <^5^ HAMMER ICH GUS. Sec. 35 Rt. 1 HARRIS ROSS Sec. 25 Rt. 1 Mapleton 1 15 acres Mapleton 160 acres HANAHEAN ROBERT Sec. 2 Hanna City Rt. I HO acres HART MRS. LILLIAN Rt. I Hanna City Russell Black Renter 170! acres 260 HEINTZMAN H. C. Sec. Ht Rt. I Hanna City 80 acres - ^^ ^_ J '^^ ' mK^Bmr iHi - l^^^TC ""^^S JH ^' sj^^^^^H^Bi NiwIbwI j^g Ife.., _ ,91 1 ■""- -,^^ "^^ '■"' ' ■ ■ ■'% HEHSE C, A. Sec. 21 4 22 Rt. I Hanna City Renter Omohundro Andrew I 89 acres HENRY W. L. Sec. II Rt. I Hanna City 5 acres HIG6S CLIFFORD Sec. I Rt. Eden Renter Ralph Mcmean HEHSLEY HEMRY A. Sec. 22 .- Rt. I Hanna City 10 acres HIGGS CLIFFORD Hanna City Sec. 9 Rt. I 360 acres 261 HILTON g, W. Hanna City Sec. 22 Rt. I 78 acres HUERMAN SCHEER Sec. 32 Glasford Rt. I 130 acres HIHES DON Sec. 21 Rt. | Hanna City Renter Harlin Ha. \\9i acres JOHNSON ANDRES Sec. 26 Hanna City Rt. I 120 acres 262 K ^."^-^ JOHNSON HERMAN P. Sec. 2H Hanna City Rt. I 100 acres KEPLER OIL CO. Hanna City KE§SLER FRED Sec. 7 Trivoli McMasters Chas. KINDER R. M. . Sec. 25 Mapleton Dairy Farm Rt. I 2 acres Rt. ! 160 acre.^ KhNNblH SPKCUi bee. 25 Mapleton Kt. I 140 acres 263 KIRKMAN R. B. Sec. 7 Trivol i KNOX FLOYD Hanna City Sec. 10 Rt. I 126 acres ^H^B- ' ''*^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^^I^^^Bi^^^^l '^wSj^^^^^Mi ^ ^^^^^^^^^H iHH Rt. I H2 acres KOOTS EDWIN D. Hanna City Sec. 9 Rt. I 77 acres UMPRECHT MARGUERITE J. Sec. 8 Rt. I Pden 40 acres KKOEKtL EDWARD 5ec. 27 Hanna City LARGENT ESTATE Sec. 24 Hanna City Rt. I 162 acres 264 LEAR NED HOLLAND Sec. 19 Rt. I Trivol i 202 acres LEARNED HOLLAND Sec. 30 Trivol i Rt. I iiWft LOHNES PETE Hapleton MCALISTER EHOS Sec. 3 Rt. I Hanna City Pol hemus Clarl< 110 acres LOCKE WILBUR Sec. 29 Rt. I Qlasford Renter Mahr Verle 200 acres MCALISTER JAMES E. Sec. 16 Hanna City Rt. I 60 acres 265 MCCLUGGAGE ELSIE Sec. 9 Rt. I Hanna City Renter George Riekena 120 acres MCCLUGGAGE GLEN S ELSIE Sec. I0 Rt. i Hanna City Renter Elmer Karstetter 100 acres MCKINNIE H. Sec. 12 Rt. I Hanna City 30 acres MCCLUGAGE SAM Sec. 7 Rt. | Hanna City ■ 80 acres MEL6REEN W. R. Sec. 33 Rt. I Glasford |00 acres MCCULLOgGH J. E. & T. 0. Sec. M & 10 Hanna City Rt. I 120 acres METDAM MRS. A. A. Sec. 6 - Rt. I Trivoli John Coon Renter 133 acres 266 MEYER 6VS Hanna City Sec. 21 Rt. I 120 acres MEYER SEEBO Sec. 17 Rt. | Hanna City 80 acres NANNEN ALBERT Sec. 26 Rt. I Hanna Citv 120 acres MOFFAH SAMUEL A. Sec. II Rt. I Hanna Cmty 15 acres NELSON |RA SR. W. Sec. 36 Rt. I Hanna City 238 acres 267 Rt. I 5 acres PARR EARL Y. Sec. 2 Rt. I Mapleton |60 acres PARR C. Mapleton Sec. 36 Rt. 1 PARR MERLE Sec. II Rt. 1 acres Hanna City 2 acres PARR CLARENCE Mapleton 268 Sec. 36 Rt. I 80 acres PARR ROBERT Sec. 36 Mapleton Rt. I 120 acres PETERS K. M. Hanna City Sec. 28 Rt. I HO acres .ipL '\ ^7! "^^"^ '' ^. >*-^r<*' %^ PILLE GECRGt 5fc. 35 Hanna City Rt. 123 acres PFAHL OTTO Hanna City Sec. 12 Rt. ! 24 acres PLUMER JOHN C. Sec. H Rt. 1 Hanna City Dean Plumer Manager I2>( acres PILLE GEORGE Sec. 35 Rt. 1 PURCHASE JOHN Sec. 29 Rt. 1 Hanna City 123 acres Glasford 5 acres 269 **&•• }UINN ART Sec. i Rt. I irivoli Renter Quinn Harold 60 acres RENSHAW HUGH Manna City Sec. 12 Rt. I 4 acres 3UIN HAROLD Sec. 8 Irivoi i Rt. I 77 acres RALSTON MRS. P. R. Sec. H Rt. | Hanna City Dean Hardy Manager 60 acres RiEKNA HARVY Sec. I 6 Hanna City Renter Weber Paul Rt. I 80 acres ROBERTS JOHN W. Sec. 30 270 RYER MRS. CARRIE Sec. 8 Trivoli Renter Ryer Raymond Rt. 1 140 acres SATHOFF LEO Sec. 33 ' Rt. I GTasford 120 acres SCHADE JAMES 0. Hanna City SIPP KEflNETH F, Sec. 29 Hanna City 271 SIPP M. Trivol i Sec. 19 Rt. I 54 acres STEVEN? CHESTER Sec. 7 Rt. I Trivol I Renter Hodson Rol in I 53$ acres ^^^^WBWSiWi ■■ m ^B5 wSm IS I^^^^^R SIPP WILLARO Sec. 21 Hanna City Rt. I 95 acres SPROUT KENNETH Sec. 24 & ^25 Rt. I Mapleton 140 acres STEWART EDWARD P. Sec. 19 Trivol i 272 TILLIE ^. H. Hanna City Sec. 15 Rt. I 160 acres STICKLING JOHN F. Sec. 32 Glasford Rt. I 80 acres TURBETT BEATTY Sec. 21 Hanna City Rt. I 106 acres SWANSPN IVANHOE Sec. II Hanna City Rt. I 60 acres V TURBETT. DONALD Hanna City Sec. 26 273 TURBEH ELANOR Sec. 2 Hanna City Rt. I 120 acres TUBERTT STEWART Sec. 26 i 27 Rt. I Hanna City 120 acres WATT MARY JANE Hanna City 274 WEBER HART IN C Sec. 28 Rt. 1 wiEUNO ono Glasford 78 acres ft las ford Sec. 32 Rt. I 160 acres WEST ESTATE GEO. Sec. 23 Rt. 1 WILLMS JACOB Hanna City to acres Glasford WIHGET WALTER W. Sec. 22 Hanna City WOHLERS KKRO Hanna City Sec. 23 275 BCATDOCK EVERYTHING TO ;% ^J'W^ -=^ MACKEMER" 3 LUMB ER - HARDWt BUILD ANYTHING R. G. MACKEMER LUMBER CO. Hanna City, III. MARK GLASGOW, Mgr. Phone 326 276 MEDINA TOWNSHIP MOSSVILLE ALTA 277 stt cou«r» FOD DATES OF fftVISlOKS OH ffO*D TYPE AND COLTURAL FtATURtS. MEDINA TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH ANO PLANNING OVISION OF HlOfMAYS DCPARTkCNT Of PUBLIC WORK t— I I 1 I- SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS POLYCONIC PROJECTION 278 MOSSVILLE Overlooking Lake Peoria, north of the city, lies the village of Mossville, with a population of 200. It is situated on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and on State 29- Mossville began its existence as a station on the Peoria & Bureau Valley Railroad (now the Rock Island) soon after the road was built in 1854. The village was laid out by William S. Moss, a Peoria distiller who later became one of the builders of the Peoria & Oquawka Railroad. Today, Mossville is the principal community of Medina Township, with a total population of 2,117. First settler of the township was George Love, who arrived with his family in 1824. 279 . «^' . ALTA Another community of Medina Township is the village of Alta, with a popula- tion of 85. It is located on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and State 174. The village was platted in 1854 by Imri Case, Loren Wilder and Thomas Hanson, three early residents of Medina Township. 280 1st BAPTIST CHURCH Rt.4 lacre Mossville BANNER SCHOOL Duniap Dist. 81 Rt. I !?!l^?cl?fle^'- Dist. 82 Sec. 15 Rt. 2 ROCKET MOTEL NEW FIREPROOF DELUXE Family Accommodations TELEVISION — AIR CONDITIONED North on Route 29 PEORIA, ILL. PHONE 5-4122 281 WILDER WAITE SCHOOL Dist. 303 Al ta LASALLE CEMETERY Sec. 2 Chill icothe Rt. 2 MT. HAWLEY CEMETERY Sec. 29 Rt. 4 Peoria ALLEN BENTON TR. Sec. Dunlap Mrs. Elma Allen Rt. I 210 acres CAMP WOKANDA Sec. 21 Rt. 2 Chill icothe 200 acres CREVE COEUR COUNCIL BOY SC OJTS OF AMER. ALLEN LENNIE W. Sec. 19 Dunlap Rt. I 80 acres 282 Sr.-%. ALLEN MARTIN Sec. 11 Dun lap Rt. I ALVORD CLYDE Chil 1 icothe Sec. 25 Rt. 2 Box 15700 210 acres ALLEN WALTER ESTATE Sec. 30 Rt. | Dunlap Lee Allen Operator 197 acres BAER OTTO Sec. 6 Edelstein Fenter Wm. Menold Rt. I 160 acres m Wl ■ ■ -:.m Hfaiw i 1 1 ' 1 1 ■ i ALLEH WALTER ESTATE Sec. 18 Rt. I Dunlap Martin Al len BARR F. Sec. 25 Rt. 2 5 acre ALTON GEORGE Chi 11 icothe Sec. 16 Rt. 2 50 acres 283 BEST W. G. Sec. 32 Rt. I Dunlap Renter James McGinn I5H acres B I BO MARTIN ESTATE Sec. 32 .„„ •'t* Peoria CMR 15 8 100 acres :3?^*vr^ itm'iioWik' ''" '^ 80 Rt. 2 acres CASE J. B. Sec. 19 Duntap Renter Eldon Stahl Rt. I 200 acres BUSCH N J. Sec. |6 Chillicothe Renter Paul J. Carr Rt. 2 CARLSOH. EDITH. YATES. LOIS _- ^ Rt. ^ Peoria Renter Robert Carlson 150 acres 284 CARR E. Dun lap Sec. 19 Rt. I W acres CHRISTOPHER GEO. T. Sec. I Rt. I Chi 1 1 icothe 80 acres CARR EVERETT Sec. 30 Dunlap '^''J^^* CLOSE RALPH Sec. 11 Rt. 2 Chi 11 icothe 30 acres ARTHUR CASSIDY GAS STA. Sec. 34 Rt. H Pe or I a ^ ac re Rt. 2 CLUB RIVIERA Sec. 32 Rt. 2 acres Rome 3 acres COLEMAN W. R. Peoria Sec. 33 40 acres 285 CORTRIGHT LOUIS Sec. Ounlap Rt. I DtCKISON BRUCE Sec. 23 Peoria Rt. 4 240 acres FAUBER MRS. GRACE Sec. II Rt. 2 Chill Icothe R.K.Joos Renter I |i; acres DORAN MRS. OTHILA Sec. Rt. 1 FEUCHTER AUGUST Sec. 22 Rt. 2 Dunlap 35 acres Chill icothe T. House DUKES TIRE 4 SERVICE Sec. 25 Rt. 2 Chill icothe I acre FEUCHTER AUGUST L. Sec. 27 Rt. H Peoria 302.86 acres 286 FEUCHTER AUGUST L. Sec. 27 Peoria Rt. H Tenant FORBES GEO. A. Sec. 6 Rt. I Edelste in 160 acres FEUCHTER^AUGUST ,,Sec. Z2, , CniTTicotne Schaffner Richard 170 Rt. 2 acres FOSTER HENRY J. Chil ) icothe Sec. 2 Rt. I 80 acres FIRTH MR. S MRS. JOHN Sec. |5 Rt. 2 Chi 1 1 icothe 5 acres FLOCK ANDREW Chin icothe Sec. I Rt. 2 5 acres FRYE P. E. Sec. 7 Edelstein Renter Ralph Frye 287 GARNERS EDWARD Dunlap Sec. 31 Rt. I 100 acres HAGGERTY P. F. Sec. |0 Rt. 2 Chill icothe Renter j. j. Nelson 80 acres GAMWITZ CHARLES Chi 1 1 icothe Sec. 15 Rt. 2 Box 205 187 acres HANNAH H. RAY Sec. 14 Rt. 2 Chil 1 icothe 160 acres GAY NINETIES NITE CLUB Sec. 25 Rt. 2 Rome I acres HANSON FRANK P. Sec. 9 Rt. 2 Chillicothe Robert Hayes Opr. 200 acres GIBBS LIZZIE Dunlap Rt. 2 Chi iTlcolfie' Robert Hayes Opr. 191 acres HAYES MRS, ALBERT. Sec. 1 1 Icothe 288 HENDRIX E. F. Sec. 27 Rt. It HENSON LEON CtiilTicothe Mossville lU acres Sec. 3 Rt. 2 HEIJORIX KASH ChiTlicothe Sec. 1 1 Rt. 2 80 acres HENSpH DON Sec. |2 Rt. | Chillicothe Renter F. Johnson 80 acres HENSON LEON Sec. 2 Rt. 2 HOLMES C. W, Chill icothe 5 acres Chill icothe 289 JAQOB§ LEVI D. Sec. 12 Rt. I Chill icothe Box 2^9 80 acres HOWARD E. W. Sec. 28 Rt. Peoria CMR 158 10 acres JOHNSON A. E. Sec. 20 Rt. I Dunlap Renter R. Koll 160 acres HUNTERS LUMBER CO. Mossv i I le 290 Sec. 28 Rt. 4 2 acres JOHNSON EARLE Sec. 32 Peoria Renter D. Ireton C¥R 158 126 acres JOHN§ON EARL A.: Sec. 32 Peoria CMR 158 Rt. 160 acres KRAUSE AUGUST Sec. 27 Mossvil le Rt. 4 80 acres .^x KRAUSE E. W. Mossvi 1 le Sec. 33 Rt. ij 184 acres KEECH^R LEONA M. Sec. 22 Rt. 2 Chill icothe C. W. Keecher 124 acres LIVENGOOD LEWIS ESTATE Sec. 31 Rt. I Dunlap 85 acres KIME KENNETH Dunlap Sec. 20 Rt. I 2 acres MAKENZIE RYBURN bee. 10 Rt. 2 Chill icothe R. Hulbert Renter 80 acres 2iil MATHEWS BROS. Sec. 5 . Edelstein Renter M. Podgorski Rt. I HO acres MATHEWS W. E. Dun lap Sec. 7 Rt. I 210 acres MII.LER GEORGE A. Cni I Ticothe Sec. I Rt. 2 240 acres MERKEL HERBERT C. Sec. 9 Edelstein MILLER THEO W. Chill Iccthe Sec. 1 1 Rt. 2 MOTEL ROCKETT Peoria Sec. 31 Rt. 1 3 acres 292 NEAL ELIZABETH Sec. 23 Rt. 2 ChiUicothe 80 acres PEORIA AUTO AUCTIW Mossvll 1e Sec. 10 Rt. I 2 acres HEAL HELEN B. Sec. |5 Rt. 2 ChiUicothe Harry F.Miller Opr. |58 acres PURCELL BERTHA Sec. 10 Rt. 2 ChiUicothe Wayne Hard is Renter NEAL MRS. RAY Sec. 23 Rt. 2 Chi 11 icothe 80 acres PURCELL JENNIE Sec, 5 Edelstein Rt. I 60 acres 293 RICHARDSON ALBERTA & TOM Sec, 2 Rt. 2 Chi I 1 icothe 77 acres RUTHERFORD ROBERT Sec. 2 Rt. 2 Chi 1 1 icothe Renter Jerald Richardson 1 42 acres 294 SCHAFFUER HOPE Sec. |l^ Rt. 2 ChiMicothe Lewis Rhoades Rent. 160 acres SCHAFFNER HENRY Sec. 10 Rt, 2 Chill icothe 79? acres SCHEILIEN LENARD Sec. 3 Rt. 2 CniTi icothe Donald Scheilien Renter 120 acres » Rt. 2 HIQKS ANNA & MABEL Sec. 3 ^Rt. Chill icothe Donald Scheilien Operator 351 acres SCHIELEIN GEORGE Sec. 15 Rt. 2 Chill icothe 173.5 acres SCHOENB^IN JOHANNA Sec. 6 Edelste in Rt. I 160 acres 295 SCHUBERT GILBERT W. Sec. 28 Kt. Peoria CMR 158 ■( acres STURM ROBERT & WALLACE Sec. 9 Rt. 2 Chi 1 1 icothe 200 acres STAHL LEOKARD Dunlap Sec. 18 Rt. I SO acres STAHL WILLIAM Sec. 6 • Rt. I Edelstein Renter Aaron Stahl 160 acres S2)pON NELLIE Sec. || Cnillicothe Renter K. Clark Rt. 2 80 acres STvLlER FLOREH E. Sec. Z ChiHicotne Renter Ted Bri gqs Rt. 2 91 acres TAYLOR MRS. MARY Sec. |9 Dunlap Opr. Leonard Stahl Rt. I 170 acres ism BIG HORN RANCH Sec. Peoria Hr. i Mrs. W.D.Welker WHIHIEY THELMA Peoria ^^i i Sec. 32 CMR 158 Rt. 48 acres MOODMAN FORREST J. Sec. 30 Diinlap RFD. I 100 acres WOODMAN FORREST Dun lap Sec. 30 Rt. I 100 acres NILHELH EDWARD A. 'Unlap Sec. 30 Rt. I 137 acres MOSSVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL Sec. 22 Hossville Dist. 306 RICE SCHOOL Dist. 80 tdelstein Sec. 6 Rt. I I acre 297 298 MILLBROOK TOWNSHP LAURA ELMORE 299 RC VISIONS SEE COUMTY HkP FOB ON fE« 0«TES REVISIONS R0»0 TYPE CUIIUS.L TURES. MILLBROOK TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING WVISION OF HIGHWAYS OePARTMCNY OF PUBLIC WORKS & BUILDINGS en I — irrE HI- SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS POLYCONIC PROJECTION R 5 E STARK COUNTY TO CALESBURC 300 LAURA In the northwest corner of Peoria County may be found the village of Laura, with a population of 200. It is located on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pa- cific Railroad and on State 78. The village was laid out in 1888 by James M. Kel- ler, who also served as first postmaster. Laura is the principal community of Mill- brook Township, which has a total population of 678. First settlers of the township were William Metcalf, his wife and two small children, and a boy named Amos McRil, all of whom arrived in 1833. 301 ELMORE Another community of Millbro'ok Township is the village of Elmore, with a population of 105- It is served by the postoffice at nearby Laura. The village is located near historic Spoon River, a stream made famous by the literary classic Spoon River Anthology, written by the late Edgar Lee Masters. 302 i SCOTLAND PERRY SCHOOL Sec. 35 Rt. I Brimf ield FRENCH GR CVE CEMETERY Sec. 32 Rt. | Elmwood VAIRD WALLIS Sec. 31 Rt. 2 Will iamsf ield Renter Wm. Cole 120 acres ADAMS FRED W. Laura Sec. Rt. 2 219 acres "'^,:^-^ BARRETT ALICE ESTATE Sec. 22 Rt. I Laura Renter Clifton McMullen 320 acres BENJAMIN BEULAH Sec. 25 Rt. I Brimf ield Richard M. Heinz Renter 160 acres BENJAMIN HARLEY Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Wil 1 lamsf ield Renter Jerald Benjamin 160 acres 303 ^it> BIEDDERBECK CLARK Sec. 20 Laura Rt. I 120 acres BITTNER EVEREH Sec. 23 Rt. I Laura 161 .5 acres BIEDERBECK CLARKE Sec. 21 Lau ra Rt. I 160 acres BLUNDY GWENDOLYN Sec. 25 Rt. I Brimfield Renter Eldon Blundy 152 acres BIEDERBECK CLARENCE Sec. 29 Laura Robert Hammerle Operator BIEDERBECK CLARENCE Sec. 29 Laura 160 acres BRIDSQN CLARENCE Sec. 27 Br imf leid Rt. I 126 acres 304 BROWN DWWEY L. Sec. 24 Laura HO acres CARROL NELLIE Sec. 36 Rt. I Brimfield Renter Frederick Carrol 156 acres CARTER CLYDE W. Sec. 31 Rt. I Etmwood 100 acres CAHON MABELLE E. Sec. 35 Rt. I Brimfield Renter Chalmer Catton Jr. 80 acres CARROLL JOSEPH H. Sec. 36 Brimfield Rt. I 160 acres rimTield Cha LPH K, Sec. 28 Rt. , rles Garrett 158 acres CARTER WM. E. Sec. 34 Brimfield Wayne Masters Rt. I 160 acres 305 COHEN L. B. Sec. 5 Rt. I Laura Renter Roger Cowser 820 acres CHAPMAN R. Sec. 5 Rt. I Laura 25 acres COLLINS C. N. Laura Sec. 7 Rt. I 2\*i acres A^ ■"^i^S' COE ROYCE W. Laura Sec. 30 CREE HARRY Sec. H Rt. I Laura 100 acres 306 CULLEH ANASTACIA Sec. 22 Rt. I Laura Renter Raymond Morrisey 320 acres 6ILQERT BASIL Monica Ji- --■ 4 ^wm :Mi r'^^SW"'* ^^^ NSjK^*. <^^^^BF° • •< DELBRIGGE GLADYS Sec. 13 Mill brook Rt. I 80 acres GILLES EDWIN Sec. I Mon ica &Ml .m ^H **&t^i mm '^^^- JKJ^^^gm ^f^Hw 9^^ *£^ f ■^ •:,V^., ^.._ ■ #>. J DOUBET MRD. RAY Sec. 20 Rt. Laura Caarles Myers Renter 154 acres GREEN G. G. Sec. 19 Rt. I Laura l^0 acres GELVIN MARY E. Sec. Laura GREEN MRS. MATTIE Sec. 17 Laura Renter Martzluf Ray Rt. I 200 acres 307 HAGER JOHN F. Sec. 26 Laura Renter John R. Hager 160 acres HERMAN ALBERT Sec. 24 Rt. | Monica Renter Eugene Hermann 23t acres JAQUES CHARLES A. Sec. 17 Laura JAQUES WM. T. Sec. 20 Rt. | Laura sO acres HERMAN WILLIAM Sec. ^ Laura William C. Herman Rt. I 156 acres JUCRS FREDERICK H. Sec. 8 4 8 Rt. I Laura 226 acres HAZEN ERNEST Sec. 21 Laura Renter 0. B. Couch Rt. I 277 acres KELLOGG S. A. E I mwood 308 _M.- KIDDER FRANK Sec. 14 Laura Wm. Bergstrom Rt. 1 KINGDON C. W. Sec. 10 Rt. 1 160 acres Laura 160 acres KIDDER FRANK Sec. 14 Laura Renter Warren Hitler Rt. I 160 acres KNEER BEN ESTATE Sec. 13 Monica 160 acres KNEER JOSEPH. „ Sec. 30 Rt. I Laura Francis Bodinus Renter 119 acres KmfjFLOIP amst leld Sec. 6 LEN6 CARL A. Sec. 8 Rt. I Laura 80 acres 309 MALQNE HENRY Hon ica Sec. 2t Rt. I 80 acres LORANCE GEORGE Sec. 7 Laura Rt. I 107 acres MATHERS AAFRON J. Sec. 15 Rt. | Laura Renter John Harvey 265 acres LORANCE GEORGE Sec. 7 Laura MATHERS A. J. Sec. 10 Laura Renter Glenn Newell Rt. 1*55 acres HALONE HARRY Monica MATHER A. J. Sec. 19 Rt. I Laura Renter Gene Harvey 110 acres 310 MAKER T, L. Sec. 36 Rt. | Brimfield Renter Thomas Maher Jr. 200 acre; MCDONNELL JANANNE Sec. 16 Rt. | Laura Renter Earl Buck 160 acres MEGAN ALBERT Sec. 25 Rt. Monica 80 acres "*-^fti:%^ MCDONNEL MAE W. ESTATE Sec. 25 Rt. I Brimfield Joseph Nauman Renter 200 acres M'LAUGHTON BERT Sec. 32 Rt. I Elmwood Renter Harold Greenfield 390 acres ^bi^- '^fW^^99^ MINOR E. F. Sec. 9 Laura Renter Robert Symonds Rt. ISO acres 311 MOORE ANGUS R. Sec. 31 Rt. I Elmwood Opr. Gene Dale Moore "^20 acres OAKES FORREST Sec. 30 Laura 169 acres nyi^^ib-^'*^"' ""^^A ^- -^ MORGAN HARRY T. Sec. 3 Laura Renter Ray Wagenbach Rt. 1 260 acres aB«R.'«3S(ac-- OAKES F. Laura Sec. 19 Rt. OAKES H. L. Sec. 32 Rt. I Elmwood Ralph Calef 67 acres NIGHTINGALE J. L. Sec. 20 Laura Kt, I 120 acres OAKES HUBERT L. Sec. 29 Rt. I Laura |2^ acres 312 O'CQNNER T. F. Sec. 25 Monica Donald Ouggins Renter I20acres PY JOHN Sec. 33 Rt. I Elmwood Renter Charles Fryer m5 acres O'HERN CHARLES SR. Sec. I . Rt. 2 Monica R. Keller t Son Renter 419 acres REED MRS. FLORENCE Sec. 32 Elmwood Renter Kenneth Shaw Rt. I 90 acres PAAPE W. T. Sec. 34 Rt. I Brimfield Resident G.N.Barnes 160 acres REICH WILLIAM Sec. 13 Hon ica PAAPE WILLA Sec. 15 Laura Renter Robert Gibson Rt. I 80 acres REICHENEKER GEORGE Sec. K Laura 160 acres 313 , *;;j*.^ 1*>" ...- ■^ ^ SCHRACHTRUP FRANK Sec. 32 & 33 Rt. I Elmwood Hall Smith 185 acres iir SLOAH SARAH MRS. Sec. 23 Monica Paul Kneer Renter Rt. I 154 acres SHANE MRS. MABEL Sec. 22 Laura Rt. 22? acres SMITH CLYDE, ESTATE Sec. lU Rt. I Monica 80 acres SLQAN A, J Brimfield 314 STEPHENS MRS. LULA V. Sec. 12 Rt. I Monica Renter L. Ryan 160 acres STICKEL MR. & MRS. LEE Sec. 311 Rt. I Brimfield 160 acres STREITMATTER BURTON Sec. 35 Rt. I Brimfield - 160 acres WALLIKER MYRTLE Sec. 13 Rt. | Monica 60 acres TAYLOR HARRY K. Sec. 17 Rt. I Laura Rented Manock John R. 340 acres WHITE ELMER L. Laura Sec. 5 Rt. I TAYLOR MABEL MRS. Sec. 27 Rt. Laura Renter Wilbur Taylor |60 acres WHITE ELMER L. Laura Sec. 5 Rt. I 220 acres TUCKER DAVID E. Sec. 3 Rt. | Laura 160 acres WHITTAKER LLOru W. Sec. | Monica James W. Smith Rt. I 80 acres 315 WHITE ROY Laura Renter E. A. Peyron WHITE ROY C. Laura yi6 Sec. 5 Rt. I 71 acres WHITTAKtR ANDREW Sec. 35 Rt. I ^rmi,eU ,60 acrel WHITTAKER JOHN H, Sec. 15 Rt. I Laura |60 acres WHITTAKER LELAND H. Sec. || Rt. Laura 200 acres WHITTAKER MYRTLE Sec. 15 Rt. I Laura Renter Laverne Reichenker 80 acres WHITTAKER ROY Sec. 27 Laura Rt. 326 acres WYCOFF DAVID C, Sec. 21 Laura Renter Elwood Cowley Rt. I 120 acres WHjTTAKER ROY Sec. 27 Br itnf ield Rt. I WYCOFF J. D. Sec. 20 Rt. j Laura 40 acres WILKINSON HARRY Sec. 6 Rt. I Trivol i 80 acres .S17 318 PEORIA TOWNSHIP PEORIA CITY TOWNSHP PEORIA CITY 319 BE VISIONS SEE COUNTY roR DATES o« lOHO TYPE «N| CULIUBAl ft* TUBES. PEORIA CITY TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS OCPARTMENT or PUBLIC WORKS & BUILDINGS US OtPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS . SCALE . SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS POLYCONIC PROJECTION WOODFORD COUNTY 320 PEORIA CITY TOWNSHIP (see "City of Peoria") 321 PEORIA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ^auinas ana ^nveitment -^^ccounts Insured up to $10,000.00 by The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation 107 S. Jefferson Street Peoria 2, Illinois Phone 3-4405 Bruce Terminix Now Offers An unconditional $5,000 guarantee against costly termite damage New low-cost protection against future attact for termite free homeis and buildings TERMINIX COMPANY PEORIA, ILLINOIS PHONE 3-5652 SIMPSON-POWELSON LUMBER COMPANY — Representing — TERMINIX CO., Peoria, III. POWER EQUIPMENT COMPANY CENTRAL ILLINOIS LARGEST SALES & SERVICE OF GARDEN & LAWN EQUIPMENT ORGANIC FERTILIZERS - GARDEN AND LAWN SEEDS - GARDEN AND LAWN TOOLS WISCONSIN MOTOR AND PARTS - Sales and Service GARDEN TRACTORS AND TILLERS owned and operated by LEO W. CUMBEL Located On Route 116 West Opposite 4-Winds Motel Phone 4-0972 PEORIA, ILLINOIS 322 Your Cf/co Servant of the Century . . . 'f iKedclu ^Kilowatt ON THE JOB 24 HOURS A DAY CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIGHT CO. 316 SO. JEFFERSON, S. E. PEORIA, ILLINOIS KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE COMPANY hhat\\tiat.\Mtexi of RED BRAND Fence — Red Top Steel Posts — Barbed Wire Poultry Netting — Corn Cribbing — Nails — Gates Reinforcing Products and Special Wire for Industry PEORIA, ILL. 323 324 PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP PRINCEVILLE MONICA 325 RE VISIOHS S€E COUHTT HtP fOB OF ON FEil DATES REVISIONS ROAD T»PE CULTURAL lURtS. RINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING DIVISION OF HICMWATS OCPARTMCNT or PUBLC WORKS 1 BUILDINGS HH SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS Vz POLYCONIC PROJECTION R e E STARK COUNTY 3Sb PRINCEVILLE A small portion of the village of Princeville, numbering 184 inhabitants, lies in Akron Township, northwest of Peoria city. The main part of the village is in adjoining Princeville Township (it has a total population of 1,113). In 1950 Akron Township had a population of 834. The township was organized in 1850 and its first supervisor was Benjamin Slane. First settler of the township was Hugh Mont- gomery, who came in 1831. In a contested election case in Akron Township in 1868 a number of prominent lawyers appeared, among them Robert G. Ingersoll and Adlai E, Stevenson the Elder. 327 MONICA Another community of Princeville Township is Monica village, which has a population of 153- It is located on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and just south of State 90. The village was founded more than a hundred years ago and at first was called Cornwall. 328 DIRECTORS LIONEL cox W. A. SMITH RAY CALIERV FRED JACKSON RICHARC MacMllLAN T. E MURPHY C. E. SENTZ p. rincevi STATE BANK Complete Banking Services PRINCEVILLE, ILLINOIS MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OFFICERS LIONEL COX, fftidmni W. A. SMITH, VUt-Prttidtnl RICHARD MocMILLAN, Coihlar JOAN SIEGFRIED. Aiit. CathI* RUTH KRAFT, T.l/.f MARY V SLANE. Boollxcpar MARIANr^E MOOR, eooll Rt. 1 MAKIIN Pr incevi 1 le 80 acres Mon ica Sec. 8 Rt. I 160 acres 342 MAKTIN NELLIE Sec. 10 Rt. I PrinceviKe Renter Robert Schaad 80 acres MENDALL ARTHUR E. Sec. m Rt. | Princeville 163 acres MCCARTHY MRS. JOHN Sec. 2 Rt. | Princevil le 80 acres MCKOWN FRANK Sec. 23 Rt. | Princeville L. Blackwelt Renter 160 acres MILLER W. H. Sec. 4 Rt. I Princeville E. Dallinqer Renter 220 acres MCKOWN MERLE Sec. 19 Rt. I Monica Renter Jim Wooaal I 153 acres MUFF ITT MRS. NETTIE Sec. 8 princevi lie Rt. I 80 acres 343 MORROW WILLIAM Sec. 24 Rt. I Princeville Walter Montgomery 3 acres NORDWELL FLOYD Sec. 35 Princevi 1 le Rt. 2 160 acres SCHAAD QHRISTENA Sec. 17 Rt. I Princeville Kenneth Snyder Ren. 160 acres OERTLEY ROBERT Princev i 1 le Sec. 12 Rt. I 171 acres SCHAAD ETHEL Sec. IH Rt. I Princeville Harold Schaad Rent. 120 acres PIERCE FRED 4 HARRIET Sec. 36 Rt. 2 Princeville Lowell Pierce Opr. 328.5 acres SCHAAD FRED Princevil le Sec. 16 Rt. I 98 acres 344 SCHELKOPF FRANKLIN Sec. 30 Rt. I Monica \^6i acres mg^ SHANHOLTZ MARG'T ANN Sec. 36 Rt. 2 Princevil le 80 acres SCHELKOPF LEO Sec. 31 , Rt. 1 I52i acres Sec. 13 Rt. I SCHIERER BENJ M! Sec. 33 Monica Rt. 2 160 acres INTZ CHAS. E. Sec. 26 Rt. 2 Princevllle Renter Jar.ies Delbridge i|98 acres SILLIMAN MRS. ETHEL Sec. I Kt. I Princeville Dean Fritz Operator 53 acres SLANE W. P. Pr incevi 1 le 345 SLOAN A. H. Sec. 2 Rt. I Princeville Zelma Peterson Rent. 80 acres SMITH DAVE Sec. 13, ^ - ^ Rt. I Princeville Renter Joe Rowland 150 acres :raim» ^ SLOAH A. H. Sec. I Rt. I Princeville Renter Armond Sloan 160 acres SMITH MERLE Mon ica Sec. 35 Rt. I 55 acres SMITH CARRIE Sec. 7 Rt. | "jnte " ' ■ * • SMITH ORVILLE E. Sec. 6 Monica Renter G, Symonds Rt. I 130 acres SMITH DAVID bee. 7 Kt. | Monica W. E. Kirtley Renter 110 acres SNYDER HARRY Princeville 346 STAKER CLARENCE Sec. 6 Monica Brooks Archie Rt. I 160 acres mBBS&S^- STAHL DAN pr incevi 1 le 80 acres STEWART F, S. PrincevM le Sec. 12 20 acres STREITMATTER HAROLD W. Sec. m Rt. | Pr incevi lie 150 acres STEWART EDWIN A. Sec. 29 Rt. 2 Princeville 80 acres STREITMATTER HAROLD Sec. 10 Rt. I Pr incev i !)( s John Hohenberry Renter 160 acres H Bfe:^.^ " ^P«^ '^M'm'^' "^HK'M i^^^i ^p^E>*JI i^^mm I^S^P ■:^ a. I i » STEWART FRANK Sec, II Rt. | Princeville Renter Dana Stewart 160 acres STUBBS CECIL W. Sec. 32 Monica Rt. I 160 acres 347 TEl-ANDER GLENN Sec. H Rt. I Pnncevi lie 16 acres THEOBALD ALBERT Hon ica Rt. I 157 acres VOQEL RALPH Sec. 23 Rt. t Pnncevi lie Renter Dale Kirtley 200 acres Me: THEOLINDA E. HILL Sec. 35 Rt. 2 Rrincevllle Renter Cecil Richoz 230 acres WALLIKER ELVA Sec. 8 Rt. I Monica Fox Edna 80 acres TRACY MRS. ED ICE bee. 3 Kt. I Princeville Dana Stewart Renter 79 acres WALLIKER REGINALD Sec. 5 Monica Delwin Walliker Opr. Rt. I 90 acres 348 WEAR A. DEAN Sec. 26 Princeville John Begner Tn. Rt. 2 160 acres WEAR BYRON H. Sec. 25 Rt. 2 Princeville Byron F. Wear Ten. 225 acres WE§TART SAM Sec. |3 Rt. | Princeville 160 acres >*^a?^ PRINCEVILLE STONE CO. Princeville YOCUM RALPH Sec. 9 Rt. | Hanna City 29 acres HANNA CITY ELEVATOR CO. Hanna City E. W. DOUBET SEED COMPANY Hanna City 349 350 RADNOR TOWNSHIP DUNLAP 351 SEE COU»H FOB DATES REVISIONS fiOAD TTI AND CULTURAL FEATURES. RADNOR TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING DCPARTMCNT OF PUBLIC WORKS A BLIILDINCS BUREA SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS ^^2 POLYCOM IC PROJECTION 352 DUNLAP Laid out in 1871 by Alva Dunlap, early settler, the incorporated village of Dunlap today has a population of 576. It is located northwest of Peoria city on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and on State 91. This village is the only community in Radnor Township, which has a total population of 1,234. First settler of the township is believed to have been Erastus Peet, who arrived in 1834. 353 DUNLAP STATE BANK Established 1898 "Comp/efe Banking Service and Farm Loans" CAPITAL $50,000.00 SURPLUS $50,000.00 Membtt faderol D«poi/> /niuronce Corporation DEPOSITS INSURED TO $10,000.00 DUNLAP, ILLINOIS S. E. ASHBAUGH, President DORITA BYRNES, Ass'f Cashier and G. F. CORIELL, Vice-President Bookkeeper IRENE LANSDOWN, Cashier DOROTHY PIERSON, Bookkeeper O. E. LANSDOWN, Ass't Cashier FIRST FEDERAIi SAYINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PEORIA 111 NORTH JEFFERSON AVE., PHONE 6-0811 Herron Motor Sales DUNLAP, ILL. DUNUP GRADE SCHOOL Dunlap 354 METHODIST CHURCH Dunl ap PROSPECT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dunl ap 355 ST. CLEMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH Dunl ap OUNLAP HIGH SCHOOL Dun lao TUCKER SCHOOL Edwards Dist. 107 Rt. I Sec. 29 SS^ 6LEH0ALE SCHOOL .. Dist. 161 Rt Dunlap Walter Challacombe owner | ac . I DICK I SON CEMETERY Sec. 22 Dunlap Rt. I 356 PROSPECT CEMETERY Sec. 3 Dunlap Rt. I PROSPECT CEMETERY Dunlap ALLEN WALTER ESTATE Sec. 26 Rt. | Dunlap D. E. Hillenburg 94 acres ASHBAUGH W. W. Sec. 9 Rt. I Dunlap 30 acres ALLEN HOLLIS N. Sec. 25 Rt. I Dunlap Renter M. Ernest 151 acres ALLEN WAITER ESTATE Sec. 25 Rt. I Dunlap Benton Allen Renter 160 acres ASHBAUGH W. WYSTT Sec. 15 Dunlap BEDELL ELMER Sec. 31 PrincevilTe Renter Clifford Duqgrn Rt. 2 acres 357 BEENEY HOWARD S. Sec. 33 Dunlap Renter Alonzo Berkley Rt. I 50 acres BERCHTOLO GEORGE Sec. 7 Kt. z Princeville L.E. Peterson Renter 157.6 acres BUSH LENA MRS. Sec. |6 Rt. I Danlap |70 acres BUSHMAN COLUMBIA MRS. Sec. 3 Rt. 2 Princevi I leMi 1 ton Bublitz 82.75 acres BRATTAIN E. H. Sec. 19 Rt. I Dunlap Marshal dugan mS acres BUSHHAN COLUMBIA MRS. Sec. 4 Rt. 2 princeville Renter Eugene Fry 166.28 acres 358 CAMPBELL FRED ESTATE Sec. 36 Rt. 2 Peoria Harold Campbell OPr. 151 acres CHALLACOMBE ARCHIE Sec. 33 Edwards W. R. Challacombe Rt. I CAFTWRIGHT VICTOR Sec. I Duni ap Rt. I 120 acres CHALLACOMBE WILBUR Sec. 17 Rt. I Dun lap Ray Challacombe Qpr. 120 acres CASP MISS FLORENCE Sec. 2U Rt. I D' .lao Lloyd Stahl Renter |95 acres CHAMBER? BROTHERS Sec. 9 princevitie Richard Colgan Ren. 160 Rt. 2 acres CHALLACOMBE ARCHIE Sec. o3 Rt. I Edwards 132 acres CHAMBERS FLOYD Sec. 23 Rt. I Dun lap 156 acres a59 CLINE BROTHERS ,. Sec. 12 Rt. I Dunlap Donald CI me Operator 160 acres DAILY DELBERT Dunlap Sec. 22 Charles Daily Renter DAILY MR. i MRS. L. D. Sec. 21 Rt. I Dunlap 10 acres DEFORD RICHARD Sec. 22 Dunlap Rt. I 8 acres 360 EBERLE gULIUS H. Sec. 7 Rt. 2 Princeville 155.22 acres DIET? LOUIS Sec. 36 Rt. 2 Peoria R.R.Allen Farm Hand ' ||0 acres EHRLEIH CHARLES Sec. 9 Dunfap J. J. Camp Renter DIAMOND E. B. Princevil le Sec. 20 Rt. 2 130 acres ELWELL L. D. Sec. 12 Dunlap Rt. I 150 acres DUNLAP MRS. BELLE Sec. 3 Dunlap Rt. I 50 acres 361 ESTEP RICHARD Sec. 27 Rt. | Dunlap 3 acres EVANS D. A. Sec. 29 Rt. I Edwards James Heeks Renter FELTON WILBUR 4 JOHN Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Princeville 240 acres FELTON WILBUR » JQHN Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Princeville Donald Schneider Renter FITZGERALD R. W. Sec. 3H Dunlap Rt. I 71 acres EVANS HARLEY Sec. 8 Princevi lie F06ERTY V, P. Sec. 4 Rt. 2 Princeville Renter M. Frell 82.5 acres 362 FRANK CHRIS Sec. 9 Rt. I Dun lap Raymond Frank Renter 160 acres ^ "^' , Wj^^ ■■-^ ^1^^ _ 1 ...:^^m wSl^^^^^k ~^J^^^ ^^^^Hi 1 ■ GRATTOH Dunlap Sec. 21 Rt. I 18 acres GEHRIG LOUIS K Sec. 17 Rt. j Dunlap 80 acres HALLER CHARLES Edwards Sec. 32 Rt. I 60 acres GILLES JOHN Sec. 30 Rt. | Edwards Renter Robert Gilles mi.5 acres HALLER VERNA Edwards Sec. 32 Rt. I 20>^ acres 363 HARKER MRS. LAVINA b. oec. 2b Dunlap Rt. HARLAN Z. C. Sec. 10 Rt. i Dunlap Berne Harlan Operator 250 acres HARKER MRS. LAV I HA S. Sec. 26 Rt. I Dunlap John C. Morris Renter 233.7 acres HARRISON MISS LYDIA Sec. 18 Rt. I Dunlap 160 acres HARLAN ELWOOD Dunlap Sec. 20 Rt. I 80 acres Rt. I HEINZ MRS. ANNA ^ ., „ ^ ," ^ Kt' I Dunlap Charles Smalley Rent. 120 acres HARLAN MYRTLE MRS. Sec. 20 F t. | Dunlap Glen Harlan Operator 80 acres HEINZ LEO H. Sec. 27 Rt. I Dunlap Renter William Heinz 160 acres 364 HEINZ LEO H. Sec. 27 Rt. I Dunlap Renter James Heinz 80 acres HEKEL GEORGE Sec. II Rt. | Dunlap 80 acres ^:3 ■M "■ if HERMAN CARL Dunlap Renter Steven Lee Rt. I HEYL HARRY Sec. 2l PRITCHARD PEARL Sec. 16 Rt. I Dunlap Ralph Hubbard Resident 102 acres REYNOLDS ETAL Sec. | Rt. I Radnor 98.55 acres RICHMOND CHARLES R. Sec. 3 Dunlap Rt. I 90 acres 371 SCHEELER EDWARD Sec. 16 Rt. | Dun lap 160 acres RUNKEL ALFRED Dunlap Sec. 10 Rt. I 25 acres SCHWAB C. F. Sec. 15 Rt. I Dunlap 17 acres SA SCHAFER HERB Sec. 13 Rt. I Dunlap Jack Koehl Renter 120 acres SEXTOH HEHRY Sec. 10 Dunlap Turner Tom SCHAER JACOB Sec. 32 Rt. 1 SIMPSON Sec. m Rt. 1 Edwards 282.5 acres Dunlap 170 acres 372 ''^^rS^^^y^TJ^fS^ SITTON J. E. Sec. 22 Dunlap Rt. I 80 acres Sec. 21 Rt. I 160 acres SNYDER ROBERT A. Dunlap Sec. 17 Rt. I 80 acres SOMOGYI CHARLES Sec. 16 Rt. I Dunlap t5 acres SONDEREGGER MRS. E. Sec. 31 Rt. | Edwards Ralph Anderson 160 acres SNYDER HARLAN Sec. 17 Rt. I Dunlap Grace Mortimer 80 acres STAHL D. EMIL Dunlap Sec. 2 Rt. I 87 acres 373 STEPHENSON MRS. VESTA Sec. |i( Rt. I Dunlap I acre STEPHENSON MRS. VESTA Sec. m Dunlap Virgil Traver Renter 188 Rt. I acres TALLYN EVERETT Sec. 34 Rt. I Duntap John W. Dircks Roiter 40 acres STOETZER MELVIN Sec. 22 - Rt. | Dunlap 10 acres THRESH IE ESTATE Sec. 16 Rt. I Dunlap Renter H.A. Johnson 160 acres STREITMATTER J(HH Sec. 36 Rt. 2 Peoria Milford Streitmatter 80 acres TrBBETS E. H. Edwards Sec. 32 Rt. I W acres 374. TIPPETT PEARL V. Sec. 35 Peoria Jes Bennett Renter TUCKER G. W. ESTATE Sec. 29 Rt. I Edwards Irwin Tucker i(i|0 acres TRIGGER CHRISTINA Sec. 31 Rt. | Edwards Charles Trigger Renter |20 acres TUMBLESON W. G. Sec. 18 Rt. I Dunlap 160 acres TRIGGER EDITH Sec. 27 Rt. | Dunlap |(^8 acres TUCKER GEORGANNA MISS Sec. 32 Rt. j towards 80 acres rURNER FRANK Sec. 6 VOGEL MRS. H. G. Sec. 5 Rt. 2 Princeville Renter Otis Jones 162 acres VOQRHEE; RICHARD Sec. 4 Rt. I Pnncevilie Robert Reuter Rent. 160 acres VOORHEES RICHARD Sec. 3 Dunlap Rt. I 155 acres WAKEFIELD MABEL MISS Sec. |7 ku i Dunlap Raymond Tucker Renter 120 acres WILLIAMS HERBERT L. TR. Sec. 21* Rt. I Dunlap I m acres 37 tj WILLIAMS HERBERT L. TR. Sec. 25 Rt. | ''""lap 116 acres WOR§FOLD WALitS oec. 9 Rl. i 90 acres WISEHAN CARL Sec. 36 Rt. 2 Peoria 38 acres YESS GEORGIA & FREO See. 18 Rt. 2 Princeville 320 acres ^ Tiwy ^^'^ R.G. >s. JJiMBER - HARDV^i R. G. MACKEHER LUMBER CO. ROCKET MOTEL Peoria MUIRSON UBEL CO., INC. Peoria ROTH'S GREENHOUSE Peoria 377 378 RICHWOODS TOWNSHP PEORIA HEIGHTS 379 SEE COUPITY F0« 0»TES OF RFVISIOKS ON ROAD TtPt RICH WOODS TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP bure;au of research and planning DIVISION Of MICMWAVS OePARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORWS & BUILDINGS f 1 I 1 F SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS POLYCONIC PROJECTION 380 PB3RIA AIRPORT PEORIA HEIGHTS In existence for more than fifty years, the village of Peoria Heights today has a population of 5,425. This is an increase of 24.0 per cent over its 1940 popu- lation. The village is a suburb of Peoria city and contains a few manufacturing plants. It commands a broad view of Lake Peoria. This village is the only com- munity of Richwoods Township, which has a total population of 14,532. Within the township is located Mt. Hawley Airport. First settler of the township was William German, who came in 1832. 38] ROTH'S GREENHOUSE ^towers WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Specia/fzing in FLOWERS for . . . WEDDINGS ANNIVERSARIES CORSAGES BIRTHDAYS HOSPITALS FUNERALS OPEN SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS Phone 5-3612 GALENA ROAD — PEORIA, ILLINOIS Clean and Comfortable CABINS T. V. and RADIO Catering to Private Luncheons and Banquets COMPLETE DINNERS ^:m CHUCK-WAGON LODGE James and Florence Galpo PHONE 259 Farmington, III. Junction 116 and 78 LIMESTONE ROCK PHOSPHATE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA CALDWELL BROTHERS SOIL SERVICE Phone 2168 Edelstein, Illinois Don and Jerry Phone 2701 382 FOR OUTSTANDING FOOD LABELS Consult a Specialist MUIRSON LABEL CO., INC. GALENA ROAD PEORIA, ILLINOIS Claus Lauterbach Lumber Company 1350 Garfield Ave. BARTONVILLE, ILL. Phone 7-3586 BIODESON BOAT DOCK Sec. 15 Rt. I Mossville I acre MARICLE SKY RANCH Sec. 10 CMR 158 Peoria Jaines & Chuck I acre PEORIA SPEEDWAY Peoria 38a KELUR 6RADE SCH COL Dist. M i Rt. 88 Peoria Sec. 9 I acre RICHWOOD SCHOOL Sec. 15 Mossvi lie Rt. I I acre ST. MARY' S CEMETERY Peor i a 3 acres BESSERTAl: A. Mossvi I le Sec. 10 32 acres BARTHOLOMEW R. Y Peoria BIDDESON E. P. Peoria ■■ Sec. Rt. I 1 1 acres 3S4 BIDDESON E. Sec. "S Mossvi I 1e Rt. I I acre FRYE P. E. Sec. 6 Dunlap David Means Kt. I 158 acres GAUWjTZ GEO. P. Sec. 10 Peoria BONTJES JOHN Sec. 9 Rt. 88 GOETZ Peoria 10 acres Peoria Rt. ^ 50 acres FELTMAN CARL Sec. 6 Rt. I Dunlap Guy R onersberger Renter 210 acres HARKER L. S. Peoria Sec. 8 Rt.88 79 acres 385 HOLMES MAURICE Sec. 5 Rt. | Dunlap Ardell Schultz Farm Hand 2275 acres JOHNSTON BESSIE & LILLIAN Sec. 8 Rt. H Peoria 29 acres KOCH TRANSFER Sec. I5 Rt. t Mossville MURISOM LABEL CO. Sec. 15 Rt. I Peoria 2 acres MILLER J. P. Dunlap Mossville 386 PABST BLUE RIBBON ufAREHOUSE Sec. 5 Peoria PUU'S PET CLINIC 4 BOARDING KENNELS Peoria Sec. 9 Rt. 88 3 acres Dr. Joseph Pula RUTHfRFCRD WM Peor la Sec. 9 387 SCHIELEIN W. Sec. 15 Rt. 1 VETTER R. H. Sec. 6 Rt. 1 Mossville 15 acres Dunlap 80 acres WARD MRS. CLARENCE V. Sec. 31 Rt. Peoria SOMMER SARA I. Sec. 30 Peoria Renter Alfred Simon Rt. mS acres f/v' .»'' 1^ 5' "%m^^l^^li' ■«*-«Ti*S«*?' 1&' SOMMER SARA I. Sec. 30 Rt. Peoria 388 ROSEFIELD TOWNSHP OAK HILL KBAMM OLIN 389 FOR DATES REVISIONS ON ROAD TYPE AND CUITUB- fjATuRES. ROSEFIELD TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREIAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING DIVISION OF MICHWAT5 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS & BUILDINGS SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS POLYCONIC PROJECTK3N 390 OAK HILL Having a present population of 100, the village of Oak Hill was platted in 1856 by Joseph Bohrer and William M. Dodge, both of Peoria. It was built soon after the construction, through the area, of the Peoria & Oquawka Railroad, now part of the Burlington System. Oak Hill is located northwest of Peoria city on State 8. It is the principal community of Rosefield Township, which has a total population of 1,004. First settlers of the township were Levi Coolidge, Minnie Rynearson, William Nixon, Casper Yinger, and John and David Combs, all of whom came about 1831 or 1832. KRAMM Another community of Rosefield Township is the hamlet of Kramm, with a population of sixteen. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Oak Hill. Kramm began its existence more than fifty years ago as a coal shipping point for mines in its vicinity. OLIN Still another community in Rosefield Township is Olin. It is located north- west of Edwards village on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. 391 COTTON- WOOD CHURCH Sec. 27 Rosefield METHODIST CHURCH Sec. 24 Rt. 1 Edwards 1 acre 392 TEXAS METHODIST CHURCH Sec, 30 Rt. 1 T ri vo 1 BROWN. SCHOOL SIST. Sec. 12 Rt. I vu\ B)WARDS SCHOOL Edwards Sec. 24 . Rt. I I acre DISTRICT SCHOOL Rosef leld MOORE SCHOOL Sec. |8 Dist. 125 Elmwood Mrs. Mildred Rice Teacher 393 NIXON SCHOOL Oak Hill Oist. 123 I acre POTTSTOWN CEMETERY Sec. 27 Pottstown COMBS CEMETERY Oak Hill Sec. m Rt. I I acre ^ COTTONWOOD CEMETERY Sec. 27 Hanna City OAK HILL CEMETERY Sec. 5 Oak Hill BELLEVIEW DRIVE IN THEATRE Peoria Rt. I 2 acres MT, HAWLEY CLUB HOME Sec. 9 Rt. 88 Peoria . 120 acres 1 2 acres PEORIA MINICIPAL SAN. Sec. 15 Rt. I Richwoods 394 ALBRECHT HEHRY Sec. 5 Oak Hill Frank Gillum Rt. I I 15 acres ANDREWS ALICE Sec. 15 Rosefield |it8.81 acres BEECHER. LLOYD G. Sec. 34 Hanna City BIENEMANN JOHN Dak H i 1 1 Sec. I Rt. I 96.5 acres BAER ESTATE Sec. 28 Hanna City Charles Braslers Rt. I 31 acres BEECHER G. L. Hanna City Sec. 17 Rt. I HO acres BLEICHNER AARON Sec Oak Hill 395 BQOME MAGGIE Sec. 30 Elmwood C.E. Hurst Renter BMEN WILLIAM Sec. 23 396 BREMER WEBSTER Sec. Edwards m ■ ^ ^''*'' ^' - ■ ' -"^l^- ' ^^^K^-^^aK hhri BUNTING J. A. Sec. 31 Trivol i Rt. I 26 acres K-^M CHAPIN L. Sec. 3 Rt. I Trivol I C. M. Hannlgan renter IB acres CLINCH CHARLES Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Elmwood Sanford Coon Renter 2 65 acres CUSACKS P. A. Sec. Oak Hill CUSACK ALICE Sec. m Rt. I Oak Hill Fred Hopper Renter 2 acres CUSACK P. A. Sec. 18 Elmwood Ryneerson forrest Rt. I DAVIS JAMES M. Sec. 27 Rt. I Hanna City 120 acres Sec. 18 Rt. 2 168 acres DAWSON CHESTER Sec. 16 4 17 . "*• 2 Elmwood 80 acres 397 1^ --^^ifttt:^ DORENBUS EDWARD Rt. I Trivoli Fred Abel Renter 370 acres '■^•^t' DORENByS EDW. Sec. 3? « 31 Rt Trivoli Eugene McCormick 280 ac I res FOSTER MARION ESTATE Sec. 18 Rt. 2 Elmwood Howard Foster Operator 160 acres GAGLIARDO JOHN Sec. Trivoli R. W. Towne a|^^^^^""" 1 ■Hi 3M ^^9 ^-'-3B /^^"s^Ufe *^ ^SH 1 pi GILLES JOHN SK. Sec. 12 Rt. 1 Oak Hill Renter John Gilles Jr. 160 acres EHEHS LOUIS Sec. 10 15 16 Oak Hill GILLE? JOHN SR. Sec. I Oak Hill Rt. I 1 20 acres 398 GILLES LUCY MRS. Sec. 2 Rt. I Oak Hill Renter Howard Gilles m7.5 acres GOLDEN KNOLL Oak Hill Sec. 2 Rt. I Dist. 126 GLADDFIELD ESTATE Sec. 8 4 9 Rt. I Oak Hill Harlan Hall 110 acres GROEPER JOHN Sec. 3 4 2 Rt. I Oak Hill 118 acres 60ETZE FRED Sec. 17 . Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Henry Groeper |60 acres HALL MINNIE Sec. 19 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Euaene Windish i « / GOETZE PHILIP Hanna City HALL ROBERT E. Sec. 29 Tr ivol i Rt. I 19 acres 399 HARDING H. J. Sec. 32 Rt. | Rosefield 160 acres HELLER LAURAN S. Sec. 28 Rt. | Hanna City 152 acres HOMAN WILLIAM Tr ivol i Sec. 31 Rt. I 120 acres HARTMANN JOHN W. Hanna City 400 Sec. 28 Rt. I 120 acres HURST OLIVER Sec. 27 Rt I Hanna City Janssen Harold Tn. i|0 acres KESSLER FRED Sec. 3 1 Rt. I Trivoli Frank W. Moses Renter 192 acres UFOLLETTE ARTHUR Sec. 22 Rt. I Hanna City 2 acres KRATZER MRS. LORENA Sec. 8 Oak Hill Judson Kratzer LAFOLLETTE J. A. Sec. Kt. I Elmwood Robert Wells Renter 58 acres KRATZER WALTER Oak Hill Sec. 5/6/7 Rt. | 228 acres LAFOLLETTE JAMES MRS, Sec. 29 Rt. 2 Elmwood J.D.LaFollette Renter 215 acres 401 LA FOLLEHE JAMES ESTATE Sec. I I 4 12 Oak Hill Renter George LaFollette 158 a Rt. I LARGENT OWEN Sec. 3^ Rt. I Hanna City Largent Everett Ten. 50 acres '■M UFOLLETTE HENRY Sec. 15 Rt. Rosefield 157.96 acres LOHG ATTA i^ Sec. 26 Rt. I Hanna City 39 acres LANGSTRAAT H. Hanna City Sec. 26 Rt. I 3 acres MAHER JOHN J. Sec. ^ * 8 Kt. i oak Hill 120 acres LARGENT EARNEST Sec. 3ii i 35 Rt. I Hanna City 138 acres MARTZLUF GEO. 4 GILES Sec. 5 Rt. I Oak Hill 180 acres 402 MAY CLARENCE Sec. 15 Oak Hill Csrl Gaylor Renter . Rt. I I acre MAY HOWARD Oak Hill Sec. 15 16 Rt. I 131 acres Rt. I 236. >(8 acres MCCANN MRS. CHARLES Sec. 17 Oak Hill Harkness Lcren Rt. I 67 acres MCCOY A. C. Sec. 7 Rt. I Oak Hill McCoy Paul Resident 97 acres MCCOY AHDY Oak Hill I acre 403 MCCORMICK FRED Hanna City Sec. 27 Rt. I 120 acres MIOLAN ELECTRIC COAL CO. Sec. 22 Hanna City Bleicher Robert Tn. 208 acres jfr J B MIDLAND ELEC. COAL CO. Sec. 20 Elmwood Fred Steck 210 acres MCHALLY JOHN W. Sec. 33 Hanna City Rt. I 3>l acres W^SsmM MIDLAND COAL CO. Sec. 22 Rt. | Hanna City 240 acres Y^^ MIDUND ELECTRIC COAL CORP. Sec. 22 Rt. I Hanna City 8t acres «£2r MIDLAND ELECTRIC MINEING CO. Sec. 26 Rt. I Hanna City 108 acres 4U4 MIDLAND ELECTRIC STRIP MINE CO. Rt. Hanna City Sec. 22 52 acres MIDUND STRIPMINE Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Elmwood Ralph Geesman Renter 80 acres |R!^ftBte-,.^_ '^ MOODY ORVILLE L. Sec. 19 Elmwood MCHGAH PEORIA COAL CO. Hanna City MILLER ROLLA Sec. 3^ Rt. Hanna City Pfahl Charles Tenant iJO acres '1^%^%^^ MORGAN COAL CO, Sec. 26 Rt. Hanna City Renter Patton Carl 3iM) acr 1 res 4U5 MORAN MINEING CO. Sec. 26 Rt. I Hanna City 101 acres MOKiiAh MiNts INC. Sec. 21 Rt. I Oak Hill George LaFollette 154 acres NAUMAN ANTHONY J. Sec. 12 Rt. 1 oak Hill 80 acres PATON CARL ,, Sec. 14 4 23 . Rt. I OakHill Donald Patton 1|3 acres PATTON J. H, Sec. 2U Rt. I Edwards 140 acres 406 PENN ESTATE Sec. 6 Rt. I Oak Hill Renter Lawrence Penn 96 acres PUCK JOSEPH Oak Hill Sec. 3 Rt. I 220 acres PETERS HARRY Oak Hill RAUB MRS. GLENN Sec. II , Rt. I tek HMI RenlSr Herbert Hanlon \H6 acres 407 REENT§ ANTONE J. Sec. 14 Rt. | Oak Hill 306.5 acres SCHALL ED. Hanna City Sec. 34 Rt. I 30 acres REENT§ WALTER Sec. 1 4 Oak Hill Rt. I I acre SCHAUB EDWARD Sec. II Oak Hill Rt. [ 148 acres SCHAUB VINCENT Sec. 12 Oak Hill 408 ^^^ ■■'- ^^-" ^i i^^j 9 SCHWING A. W. Sec. 36 Rt. I Hanna City 80 acres SUNE WALTER E. Sec. i| Oak Hill Rt. I 177 acres SCHLINK HENRY J. Sec. 3 Rt. Oak Hill Earl Schlink partner 180 acres SIEGEL EDW. & ADAH ESTATE Sec. 23 Rt. I Oak Hill Renter Burton Bolton 414 acres SMITH FRANK L. Oak Hill Sec. Rt. I 6 acres SUNE.PRIVIA ANNA Sec. 15 Rt. Rosefield S^.B acres SMITH OLIVER F. Sec. 13 Edwards Rt. I 1 10 acres 409 SNYDER AUGUST & MARGARET Sec. 22 & 23 Oak Hill Rt. I 180 acres STENGER CHAS, F. Sec. 12 Rt. | Oak Hill 160 acres f^""^ y^-^-.^.^^ 1, .^:. ~ -..j-J- .Uiftt SOMMAR FIELD CARL LENA Sec. 34 Rt. | Hanna City 200 acres STILES ROBERT L. Sec. 22 Rt. I Hanna City U acres STEAR GEORGE Hanna City Sec. 22 Rt. I I acre STENGER ANDREWS Sec. 2 Rt. I Oak Hill Paul Stenger Renter 212 acres SWITZER HARRY Oak Hill Sec. It 4 10 Rt. I 276 acres 410 THOMASON CLARENCE J. Sec. 1 Rt. I Trivol i 60 acres *-, TURNEY LUCIE Sec. 12 Rt. I Oak Hill Renter Geo. A. Hanlon 178 acres WILLIAMSON 0. HERBERT Hanna City I a WILSON HAZEL L. MRS. Sec. 3 Rt. | Oak Hill Renter Clifton D. Weaver - 501 acres 411 WINDISH OTTO Sec. I6 Elmwood WOLFORD HENRY Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Gerald Kimzey 75 acres WYMAN MAX M. Sec. 29 Hanna City Rt. I 160 acres WOLFORD JAMES Sec. 17 Rt. I Oak Hill 120 acres 41ii TIMBER TOWNSHIP GLASSFORD KINGSTON MINES LANCASTER 413 B[ nSIOKS SEE COUNTY HAP FOB DATES 111 REVISIONS OH MJAD TYPE ANC CULTURAL tlA TUBES. TIMBER TOWNSHIP GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING DIVISION OF MIGMWAY5 DCPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS & BUILDINGS SCALE OF ENLARGEMENTS W V2 414 GLASFORD Southwest of Peoria city, near the Illinois River, lies the incorporated vil- lage of Glasford, with a population of 922. It is located on the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad and just north of State 9. The village was founded in 1868 by Samuel A. Glasford, who had come from Ohio. One of the most prominent early residents of Glasford was Colonel A. L. Fahnstock, merchant, officer in the Civil War and one-time treasurer of Peoria County. Glasford is the principal community of Timber Township, which has a total population of 2,134. 415 KINGSTON MINES Another community of Timber Township is the incorporated village of Kings- ton Mines, with a population of 404. It has several retail stores, service estab- lishments and a postoffice. The community is located on the site of an ancient Indian village. LANCASTER Also in Timber Township is the hamlet of Lancaster. It is located west of Glasford. The hamlet was laid out more than seventy-five years ago by Samuel F. Bolinger. 416 LAMOSS BAPTIST CHURCH Rt. 1 M ap 1 e ton UNITED BRETHREN EVANGELICAL CHURCH Glasford Rt. 1 417 ST. PETERS LUTHERAN CHURCH Rt.l 2acres Glasford CQWSER SCHOOL Glasford Rt. 2 GLASFORD GRADE SCHOOL Glasford GLASFORD SCHOOL Glasford Rt. 2 GUSFORO HIGH SCHOOL Glasford l?t. 2 3 acres 418 SCOBIL ACTIVE SCHOOL Sec. 8 Glasford Rt. 2 I acre MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY Maple ton Rt. I I acre UNION CEMETERY Glasford ^^mw Sec. 10 Rt. I 80 acres 419 -»-'..^.-»?5a*-. ALEX 4 AGNES TAVERN Sec. 27 Rt. 2 Glasford 5 acres ANDERSON HAROLD Sec. 5 Glasford 420 Rt. 2 •to acres BATTERTON WALTER Sec. 9 Rt. 2 Glasford 130 acres BEECHER RAY Sec. H Rt. 2 Glasford 80 acres BEECHMAN W. Sec. 21 Rt. 2 Glasford 61 acres BOHANAN GRANT Glasford Sec. 18 Rt. 2 733 acres 421 BRIOGMAN ADAH 6 1 as ford 422 Sec. 16 Rt. 2 11 acres BlIRGE LESLIE A Glasford Sec. 3 CLIMBELL HOWARD Glasford Sec. m Rt. 2 215 acres CLAU§ON^JOHN JR las ford Sec. 16 carriNGHAM w Glasford Sec. 9 423 COWSER KEITH Sec. II & I2 Glasfcrd Walaortbrook Farn Rt. 2 160 acres COWSER MRS. SARAH £. Sec. Glasford COWSER V. S. G I as ford Sec. 16 Kt. 2 100 acres DEMPSEY DAVID Sec. 5 Glasford 424 OEPPERMAN ANNA EST. Sec. 8 4 9 Rt. I G las ford 157 acres DEPPERMANN HENRY J. Sec. 16 Rt. 2 Glasford 148 acres DEPPERMAN F. Sec. 8 Glasford 425 ^^^^ »J"^^^^^ ,rri • ' jL ^^. .''-^- • ''^^HigM||||^ ^^vw- ^^^^^^^^^^^SH^ISI ELSON ARCHIE Sec. |6 Rt. 2 Glasford m arrp« m acres EMERY HERSCHEL Sec. 28 Rt. 2 Glasford 94 5/10 acres FERGUSON CLARENCE Sec. 27 Glasford Rt. 2 72 acres FOX VALLEY PAINT CO. Sec. U Rt. | Glasford Wissel Howard Renter 350 acres 426 GOETZE J (HN B. Sec. 23 Rt. 2 Mapieton 143 acres GROWE HARRY Sec. H i 5 Rt. I Glasford Carlyle Joe 360 acres 427 eUDZINSKAS PETER Sec. 6 Rt. 2 <^'astord 85 acres HAGEL LUTHER Glasford Sec. 16 Rt. 2 80 acres HANEY M, N. Hanna City 428 Sec. 2 Rt. I 60 acres HANEY WALTER Sec. 2 Rt I M^P'eto" 180 acres HARRIS GARHETT Sec. 21 ulasford HARRIS 0. Glasford Sec. 22 Rt. 2 31 acres HEIDLEBAUGH A. E. Sec. H Glasford ilOWELL IVAN GlasTord Sec. 10 Rt. 2 160 acres '- '^i 'i" ^ HEINDELBAUGH ADDISON Sec. 4 Glasford Rt. 2 98 acres HILLMASON VERH Sec. 7 Glasford JANSSEN JOHN R. Sec. 4 Glasford HOWELL IVAN Sec. 8 Rt. 2 Glasford 280 acres JANSSEN WM. L. Sec. 4 Hanna City Rt. I 120 acres 429 JERRETT D. P. Timber 30 acres JOHNSON LESTER Glasford 430 KARSTETTER V. Glasford Sec. 15 Rt. 2 160 acres J^ KARSTETTER W. B Glasford Sec. 31 Rt. I 100 acres KERN MERRELL Mapleton Sec. 23 S 25 Rt. I 120 acres KRAUSE FREDA Sec. 29 Rt. I G las ford |50 acres KIDD MRS. CLARA Sec. 8 ,„„«*• 2 Glasford Renter Shafer Earl C.B. 171 acres LANDUICH TOM Sec. iO Glasford Rt. 2 27 acres 1 ^^■%^ ^f^J *''■' .'-^'^^^^^E^H^HBHK: ^ ^m KING WM. Glasford Sec. 8 Rt. 2 85 acres LAUDERDALE T. H. Sec. 27 Glasford Rt. 2 4 acres 431 LIGHTBOOY BROS. Glasf o-d Sec. 32 Rt. 2 LIGHTBOnv 0. W. Sec. 28 Rt. 2 Gtasford 138 acres LIGHTBOOY OTTO W. Sec. 20 G las ford Rt. I 151 acres MAGNUSON WM. Glasf ord Sec. 9 Rt. 2 80 acres LIGHTBODY 0. W. Glasford Sec. 26 MAPLE ALBERT S. Sec. II 4 12 Rt. 2 Glasford jOO acres 432 MAPLE GEORGE Mapleton MAY I. y. JR. Sec. & Glasford fc^ 80 acres ■mW^ IBl^*" '^'^^ ^^ISBIH ^^m g^^^^^iSaMU^^^^v^'S:'- '-'T^^^^^H ^^H^'^^BHI^^ "J-rc^ ' .___jj^^ mP^--' .. ^« 3»s*S6ij««" MAP IE GEO. Glasford Sec. 26 Rt. 2 80 acres MAY IRI Glasford Sec. 8 Rt. t iJO acres MARTIN ROY Sec. 7 Glasford Rt. I 50 acres MCCANN PAUL Sec. II Glasford Rt. 2 HO acres 433 MCCANN ROBERT Glasford Sec. 2 ■--*J'^> MCDOUGAL I. A Glasford Sec. 21* NANNEN HARM Sec. H & 9 Rt. I Glasford | 80 acres j^^^mmm.mL HOWAK GEORGE Sec. 13 Glasford MILLER GEORGE Glasford Sec. 20 Rt. 2 1 18 acres OAKES FORREST Sec. 19 Rt. Laura 134 acres 434 ^^^BB wtttm'' ' ' OLSEN J. 6. Glasford Sec. 23 Rt. 2 172 acres PARR J. H. ESTATE Sec. | Rt. | Mapleton 80 acres PILLE DONALD Map leton 435 PROBYH ALBERT F. Sec. 9 Rt. I Glasford 150 acres RICE Clarence i jacob See. i Rt. | Mapleton 80 acres RJEDELBAUCH FRED P. ANNA 6. Sec. 2 1 Rt. 2 '5'"fo''<* 225 acres REDLBAUGH FRED Sec. 21 filasford Rt. I 80 acres 495 RIEKEHO CORNELIUS A. Sec. 4 i 5 Rt. I G las ford 70 acres RICKENA JOHN Sec. 5 & 6 Glasford Rt. I I33i acres ROSENBOHM HARVEY Sec. 21 Glasford ROBBINS HOWARD Sec. 10 Glasford Rt. 2 20 acres SCARCLIFF JOHN Glasford 437 SCHAEFER CHAS. Sec. 25 Gl asford Rt. 2 55 acres i SCOTT ELLA Sec. m Rt. I Glasford LaVasseur H. Renter 80 acres SCHAFER AMOS Sec. 12 Glasford SCOTT THERMON Glasford Sec. m Rt. I 80 acres SCTTYROCK LESTER Sec. 17 Rt. I Glasford 80 acres SCHERER W. L. Sec. 5 Glasford Rt. I 60 acres SCHULTZ FLAVIA Glasford Sec. 22 Rt. I 107 acres 438 "-W*- ^^ SEARCH FF E. G las ford Sec. 18 SEVERT FRANK 6. Sec. | . Rt. 3 Peoria 170 acres SHIRCK A. L. Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Glasford Renter Shirck Ray 257 acres SINCUIR TRUCK SERVICE Sec. 21 Rt. 2 Glasford Halmon Pickett 21 acres STROPE WALTER Sec. 13 Glasford Rt, I 120 acres 439 ^H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hl£ BRUNINGA ANNA M. Sec. |6 Rt. 2 Farmington Renter Maus J.E. 240 acres BUCHEN GEORGE W. Sec. |6 Tr ivol i BRUNIGGA S Elmwood 4 H. R. Sec. 6 Rt. 2 30 acres BROWN FHAN^ i ANGIt Sec. '• Rt. 2 Elmwood I97i acres BUTLER ROY Elmwood Sec. 8 -Jf'^ Rt. 2 2 acres BROWN THEODORE W. Sec. I Rt. | Trivol I 160 acres 452 BYRD L. H. Trivol i Sec. 34 Rt. I 100 acres ^*^i?eT^ CAMERON MRS. CHARLES Sec. 6 Rt. | Trivoli Renter Quin A. C. 80 acres CLAUSpN FRANK Sec. 36 Trivol i CHATTEN THOMAS Sec. 6 Farmington Rt. 2 I acre COHHELL JOHN R. Sec. 35 ' f**- ' Trivoli ItO acres CHURCHILL LENA Sec. 31 Rt. 2 Farmington Varnell Wm. D. Rent. 86 acres COX LOTTIE M. Sec. 5 Rt. 2 Eimwood Gene Briggs Tenant 296 acres CHRISSTOFFEL ALTA Sec. II Rt. I Trivoli Renter McDonald Harley 90 acres COX LOTTIE Sec. 5 Eimwood Renter Cox Sam 453 CUNNINGHAM EDHA Sec. 31 Farmington tyu,.:. k4s>- t. ib*s-- CRANOELL MRS. BURT Sec. I Tr ivol i Rt. I 200 acres DALE LAWSON Sec. 30 Farmington Joseph Snook Rt. 2 10 acres CRANDALL R. M Tr ivol i Sec. 2 CROMER CHARLES Sec. II Tr ivol i Rt. 2 70 acres Vr DJiHl EDWIN r ivol i Sec. 35 Rt. I 120 acres Rt. 2 1 10 acres 454 DEAi. L. u. Sec. t> Trivol i Rt. 2 5 acres DYKEMAN C. vv. Sec. 32 Farminqton DEAL FARMS Sec. i| Trivol i Russell Deal Rt. 2 123 acres ,iMiU\:Z:. .^ DEAL FARMS WALTER DEAL Sec. 2 Rt. 2 Eimwood I2H acres ESLINGER WILEY Trivol i Sec. 33 Rt. I acres DEAL FARMS Sec. U Eimwood Walter Deal Rt. 2 Res idence 455 FAHEY THOMAS J. Sec. 22 Tr ivol i jia^l^^**' :^ i0W r FARRIS EARL Sec. 28 Rt. 1 FOOSE GEORGE Sec. 5 Rt. 2 Trivol i 20 acres Elawood 1 3^ acres FERRIS CHARLES Sec. 28 Trivol i 80 acres F IDLER ELI Sec. || Trivol I Tourist Home 456 I acre GARRISON CLYDE Sec. 27 Trivol i Rt. I 100 acres GERBER ANDREW Sec. 26 Rt. I Trivol i 120 acres GELTMAKER HENRY JR. Sec. 24 Rt. | Trivol i "80 acres GERBER BROS. Sec. 28 Rt. 2 Trivol i Renter Zessin Bernard 251 acres Sec. 12 - Rt. I 1^ acres GELTMAKER HAROLD Sec. 35 Tr i vol i Rt. I 78 acres OOODMAN ESTATE Sec. 16 Trivol i Renter Plumer p. Rt. I 80 acres 457 %^ -^ -•^S^SBBP^-'^^^^"'*' '.iikfa&' ^^iilN^Sl RflpHfe. ^^;J^H v<;;*^3 ^^^^^***<'^«^^HHs^f^^P^^^^P9 li H9^^^i^^|HE3!!^^^^3RQ^^^^ •-=.. MCDONALD H. M. Sec. 2i| Rt. 1 MCKEEVER JOSEPH Tr ivol i Sec. 3>t Rt. 1 Tr ivol i 80 acres 80 acres HCDONA^D VERNE T. Sec. 14 Rt. t Trivoli 80 acres MCMASTERS ALBERT Sec. 33 Tr ivol i Rt. I 120 acres 466 FREDA MCMASTERS Sec. 35 Trivol i Emi 1 Walter Rt. I 91 acres »^r^ MCMEEN MERLE EMMA D. Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Farmington 85 acres MEMINGER MAUD Sec. 9 Rt. 2 Elmwood Rerter Wilson Allen 89 acres f^^ ''-Jpf* MILLER N. Farmington Sec. Rt. 2 20 acres MII.LER R. C Trivol i Sec. 9 MILLHOUSE MARVIN Elmwood Sec. 5 Rt. I ^ acre MOj-CHIH'S MARKET Sec. 12 Rt. I Trivoli I acre 467 MGRAN ^MMA Sec. I Rt. I Trivoli Renter F itchpatr ick Wayne 103 acres MORBY CURENCE Sec. 26 Rt. I Trivol i 100 acres MOSER JOHN Rt. | Trivoli McMeen Harold Renter 160 acres ""S^'-SS^-^i MO$ER ^OHN Trivol I Sec. Rt. I W MOUL EARLE Sec. 17 Elmwood MORBY CLYDE Farmington Sec. 30 Rt. 2 72^ acres 468 NELSON EDWARD Trivot i Sec. 16 NORTHRgP RUTH Sec. 9 Trivoii Renter Green E. PATTERSON GERALD 4 LILLIAN Sec. 6 Rt. 2 Farminqton 119 acres Jb. ■-'■ NO^AN WM. Trivol i Sec. 22 Rt. I 3 acres 4:jaS^«.»1" ' .^fn OPIE C. F. ESTATE Sec. 25 Trivoii Renter Opie C. A. PARR C^YDE H. Seo 1 I Rt. I Trivol I 108 acres PHILLIPS Sec. I Rt. I Trivoii Log Cabin Cafe 2 acres Garage & Service Station 469 n NN E. W. mwood Sec. 17 4 8 Rt. 2 25H acres RAMSEY HARRY Tri vol i Sec. 2 ^■HHBB -^ "^t/;^! !!S^ ■X::-, " B^ ■c^ - ,-- *» f J^HH^ ^^ if^;. -'^^^ ^^®*'^^^ REDLIHGSHAFER HENRY Sec. 7 Elmwood 130 acres RICH ALBERT & SON Sec. 19 & 30 Rt. 2 Farmington 378 acres RICH ELIZABETH Sec. 20 Einwood Renter Foose Ralph Rt. 2 120 acres RICHARD EDITH m Rt. I Tnvol i Renter Opie Theodore 120 acres RIEKEHA ELMER Sec. 24 Tri vol i Kt. I 80 acres 470 ,y^\^r^ RODGER R. 0. Sec. 30 Rt. 2 Farmington Renter Robinson Joe 82 acres RQCKWOOD ORCHARD Sec. 5 Rt. 2 Elmwood George H* Hovenden 28 acres SELTZER MRS. MABEL Sec. 23 Rt. i Trivoli Renter Korth Dick 137 acres RYER WALTER Sec. 18 !u. , Trivoli Renter Simkins Wayne 148 acres SHQCKE(ICY STEVE Sec. 21 Rt. I TrivoTi 80 acres SANDERS JOHN Sec. 33 Rt. 2 SKAGGS WM. Trivoi 1 Sec. 27 Rt. 1 Farmington 1 10 acres 80 acres 471 STEIN FRAMK H. ESTATE Sec. 16 Rt. | Trivoli Renter Johns Glens 120 acres STEVENS ROY & SON Sec. 26 Trivol i 472 Rt. I 80 acres STEVENS RAY 0. Elmwood Sec. It Rt. 2 100 acres STEWART CAPRON KORNMEYER CO. Sec. i| Rt.2 Cramer H acres STEWART JOHN 0. & SON Sec. "3 Rt. I T'-'voIi m7 acres STOOKEY EARL Sec. 27 Trivoli Renter Stookey D aiald Rt. I 100 acres THOMAS L. H Trivol i ^'^m. THREW OLIVER Sec. 7 Rt. 2 Farmington Threw Harmon Renter 126 acres THREW OSCAR Sec. 18 Rt. 2 Farmington 2102 acres TOBIN MRS. ANTON Sec. 33 Rt. 2 Farmington Tobin John 80 acres THREW OSCAR Sec. 17 Trivol i Threw Mi lo 80 acres 473 VARNES LULA Sec. 28 4 29 Rt. 2 Farmington Wasson Harold 100 acres VELOE EARNEST Sec. 30 ' Rt. 2 Farmington Renter Sonnemaker Harvey 170 acres VITTUM EARL Sec. 17 4 18 Rt. 2 Elmwood Renter Mitchell Earl J. |90 acres VARNES LESLIE W. Sec. 16 Elmwood Rt. 2 100 acres UTZINGER ELMER Sec. 3 1 & 32 Rt. I Farminaton mO acres 474 WASSON ELLA Sec. 21 _ Rt. I Trivoli Renter Will lams Walter 360 acres '-^^ --^^ ^> WILLIAMS MRS. ORA Sec. 32 Rt. 2 Farmington Kuntz John Renter 177 acres WASSON RAY & AMBER Sec. m Rt. I Trivol t 80 acres WILLMS JACOB Sec. 23 & 26 Rt. I Trivoli Renter Slone Clude 160 acres WILLIAMSON HERBtKI sec. |2 Tnvol i WILSON. ALLEN Elmwood Sec. i( Rt. 2 10 acres WILLIAMSON LAURA J. Sec. 12 Rt. I Trivol i 2 acres WjHOISH HOWARD Sec. H Eiriwood 475 WINQET ART Sec. |2 Rt. | Trivoli Fitspatrick Ace i Wayne 2'»6 acres ZESSIN ERNEST Sec. 22 4 23 Kt. I Trivoli Renter Zessin Harold C.B. 160 acres i'Tri:^' WRIGHT FLORENCE Sec. 7 Rt. Farmington Brads haw Jesse Rent. 159 acres ZESSIN RAYMOND Trivol i 476 PEORIA COUNTY POINTS OF INTEREST STATE PARKS Jubilee. College State Park, 14 miles northwest of Peoria, near \i. S. Highway 150. 96 acres. In Jubilee College State Park IS preserved a building of one of the earliest education- al institutions: to be established in Illinois. The College - Was chartered in 184? and continued to function until 1852. STATE MEMORIALS Jubilee College State Memorial in Jubilee Colldge State Park. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Bradley University - Located in Peoria STATE INSTITUTIONS Peoria State Hospital near Bartonville. U. S. Farm Research Laboratory in Peoria. AIRPORTS Mount Hawley Airport - 2% miles northwest of Peoria Heights, Junction 174 and 88. Greater Peoria Airport - 1 mile west of Peoria, State Route 116, and IX miles southwest on State Route 88. PICNIC GROUNDS AND ROADSIDE TABLES Municipal Park - 3 miles northwest of Peoria Heights, State Route 88, and M mile east off State Route 88. Municipal Park - west of Peoria City Limits, U. S. 150. % mile north of Maxwell, State Route 116.y 1 mile west of Edelstein, State Route 90. 1% miles south of Dunlop, off State Route 91. 1 mile south of Laura, U. S. 150. 254 miles north of Elmwood, State Route 78. 1 mile northwest of Pottatown, State Route 8. 1 mile north of Elmwood, State Route 78. 1 mile southeast of Alta, State Route 91. 2 miles northwest of Brimfield, U. S. 150 477 SEED PLANTING TABLES (Compiled from Reports of the U. S. Department of Agriculture) NEW ENGLAND Kind of Crop Date of Planting Best Soil Amount of Seed per Acre Wks. to Mature Corn May 10 to 30 Sandy or clay loam. . . . 8 to 12 qts 2 bush . . . 14-17 Wlicat 20 Oats 2 to 3 bush 2 to 3 bush 5 to 6 pecks 1 to 1 % bush 8 to 16 qts 8 to 20 bush 1 lb. 11-15 April to June 20 April to May, Sept. . . . June I to 20 10 IS Rye 40 10-15 White Beans . . . . 8-14 April 15 to May 1 July 1 to August 3 April 15 to May 5 12-20 10 Strong, heavy loam. . . . 4 to 6 lbs 17-22 9-12 Hay MIDDLE STATES Corn Wheat Oats Barley Rye Buckwheat . . . . While Beans . . . Potatoes Sweet Potatoes. Cabbage Turnips Mangels Flax Tobacco Hay, timothy . . Hay, clover. . . . April 20 to May 30. . , Sept. 20 to Oct. 20. . . March to May March to May Sept. 1 to Oct. 1 June to July May to June March to May May to June March to July July May May Seed bed March Aug. to Oct Feb. to April Medium loam Loam Moist clay loam Clay loam Sand or gravel loam . . Loam Sandy loam Loam Sandy loam Clay or sandy loam . . . Loam Loam Limestone loam Sandy loam Clay loam Clay loam . . . 6 to 8 qts 2 bush 2 to 2 ; 3 bush . . 2 to 2)2 bush. . 1 H bu.sh J4 to 1 '-2 bush . 1 J-2 bush 8 to 15 bush. . . 10 to 12 bush. . 4 to 8 oz 2 to 5 lbs 10 to 15 bush. . 20 qts 6 to 8 qts. 6 qts 16-18 41-43 16-17 13-16 40-43 8-10 13-14 14-22 10-15 8-15 10-12 15-18 8-10 15-20 CENTRAL AND WESTERN STATES Kind of Crop Date of Planting Best Soil Amount of Seed per Acre Wks. to Mature Corn April 1 to June 1 Black or sandy loam. . . 6 qts 16-20 Wheat 2 bush 40-42 Oata April 1 to May 1 ..... . 2 to 3 bush 2 bush 12-14 Barley 11-13 Rye Sept. 1 to 30 1 to 2 bush 1 to 2 bush 1 li bush 35-40 10-12 White Beans .... May 10 to June 10. . . . Mar. 15 to June 1 July IS to Aug. 30. . . . April 1 to May 15 Mar. 15 to May 15 Seed bed March April to May 12 S to 10 bush 1 to 6 lbs 10-20 Loam or muck 10-16 6 to 8 lbs 22-24 Flax 2 to 3 pecks Oz. to 6 sq. rd . . . . 8 to IS lbs 15-20 15-18 Hay Clay loam SOUTHERN STATES Cotton Corn Wheat Oats Barley Rye White Beans . . . Cabbage Watermelons. . . Onions Potatoes Sweet Potatoes. Pumpkins Tomatoes Turnips Tobacco Cow Peas Feb. to May 15 Feb. to June Sept. to Nov Feb., May, Sept April to May Sept. to Oct March to May Oct., Mar. to May. Mar. 1 to May 10. . Feb. 1 to Apr. 10.. , Jan., Feb. to April . May to June April 1 to May 1 . . . Jan. 1 to Feb. 19... Feb., Aug., April. . , Seed bed March . . . . May 1 to July 15 . . . Sandy loam Rich loam Clay loam Clay loam Clay loam Clay loam Light loam Light loam Rich, light loam.. Loam or muck . . . Light, loose loam. Sandy loam Rich, light loam. . Rich, sandy loam. Rich, light loam. . Sandy loam Sandy loam 1 to 3 bush . 8 qts 2 bush 2!i2 bush. .. 2 32 bush . . . 1 )/i bush . . . 1 to 2 bush . 4 to 8 oz . . . 2 to 7 lbs... 8 to 10 bush. . . 10 to 12 bush. . 4 to 7 lbs 4 to 9 oz 2 to 6 lbs Oz. to 6 sq. rd . 2 to 5 pecks . . . . 20-30 18-20 43 17 17 43 7-8 14 16-20 16-24 11-15 12-15 17-20 14-20 8-12 18-20 6-8 478 BREEDING TABLES INCUBATION AND GESTATION PERIODS INCUBATION Canaries 14 Days Chickens 21 Days Ducks 30 Days Guineas 28 Days Geese 30 Days ©striches 41 Days Pheasants 25 Days Pigeons 21 Days Parrots 40 Days Swan 42 Days Turkeys 28 Days GESTATION Ass 12 Months Bear 6 Months Bitch 9 Weeks Camel 11-12 Months Cow 9 Months Cat 8 Weeks Deer 8 Months Dromedary 12 Months Dormouse 31 Days Elephant 21 Months Goat 5 Months Guinea Pig 21 Days Giraffe 14 Months Lion 108 Days Mare 11 Months Monkey 7 Months Opossum 26 Days Rabbit 30 Days Sheep 5 Months Sow 16 Weeks Squirrels and Rats 28 Days Wolf and Fox 62 Days GESTATION TABLE Average Gestati on Period Weeks or Days Extremes (days) Sow 16 1J2 109 to 120 Ewe... .22 ISO 146 to 157 Cow. ...4eH 2&i 240 to 311 Mare.. .48^ 340 307 to 412 Jan. 1 Jan. 11 Jan. 21 Jan. 31 Feb. 10 Feb. 20 Mar. 2 Mar. 12 Mar. 22 Apr. 1 Apr. 11 Apr. 21 M ay Mai -- May 21 May 31 June 10 June 20 June 30 July 10 July 20 July 30 Aug. 9 Aug. 19 Aug. 29 Sept. 8 Sept. 18 Sept. 28 Oct. 8 Oct. 18 Oct. 28 Nov. 7 Nov. 17 Nov. 27 Dec. 7 Dec. 17 Dec. 27 Date Animal Due to Give Birth Mare Dec. 7 Dec. 17 Dec. 27 Jan. 6 Jan. 16 Jan. 26 Feb. S Feb. 15 Feb. 25 Mar. . 17 Mar. 27 Apr. 6 Apr. 16 Apr. 26 May 6 May 16 May 26 June 5 June 15 June 25 July 5 July 15 July 25 Aug. 4 Aug. 14 Aug. 24 Sept. 3 Sept. 13 Sept. 23 Oct. 3 Oct. 13 Oct. 23 Nov. 2 Nov. 12 Nov. 22 Dec. 2 Cow Oct. 11 Oct. 21 Oct. 31 Nov. 10 Nov. 20 Nov. 30 Dec. 10 Dec. 20 Dec. 30 Jan. 9 Jan. 19 Jan. 29 Feb. 8 Feb. 18 Feb. 28 Mar. le Mar. 20 Mar. 30 Apr. 9 Apr. 19 Apr. 29 May 9 May 19 May 29 June 8 June 18 June 28 July 8 July 18 July 28 Aug. 7 .\ug. 17 Aug. 27 Sept. 6 Sept. 16 Sept. 26 Oct. 6 Ewe May 31 June 10 Tune 20 June 30 July 10 July 20 July 30 Aug. 9 Aug. 19 Aug. 29 Sept. 8 Sept. 18 Sept. 28 Oct. 8 Oct. Oct. 28 Nov. 7 Nov. 17 Nov. 27 Dec. 7 Bee. 17 Dec. 27 Jan. 6 Jan. 16 Jan. 26 Feb. 5 Feb. 15 Feb. 25 Mar. 7 Mar. 17 Mar. 27 Apr. 6 Apr. 16 Apr. 26 VI ay 6 May 16 May 26 Sow Apr. 25 May S May 15 May 25 June 4 June 14 June 24 JuLy 4 July 14 July 24 Aug. 3 Aug. 13 Aug. 23 Sept. 2 Sept. 12 Sept. 22 Oct. 2 Oct. 12 Oct. 22 Nov. 1 Nov. It Nov. 21 Dec. 1 Bee. 11 Dec. 21 Dec. 31 Jan. 10 Jan. 20 Jan. 30 Feb. 9 Feb. 19 Mar. 1 Mar. 11 Mar. 21 Mar. 31 Apr. 10 Apr. 20 Duration and frequency of heat in farm animals in regular condition If not Impregnated In heat for heat will recur in — Mares 5-7 days' 3 to 6 weeks Cows 2-3 days* 3 to 4 weeks Ewes 2-3 days 17 to 28 days Sows 2-4 days 21 days •Subject to variation. Date Bred Description Date Due Date Bred Description Date Due 479 NUMBER OF CHICKENS - DAIRY CATTLE - ALL CATTLE - HOGS ILLINOIS - 102 Counties Source: Based on 1953 Data USDA County Adams Alexander Bond Boone Brown Bureau Calhoun Carroll Cass Champaign Christian Clark Clay CI in ton Coles Cook Crawford Cunberland DeKalb DeWitt Douglas DuPage Edgar Edwards Effingham Fayette Ford Frank lin Fulton Gallatin Greene Grundy Hamilton Hancock Hardin Henderson Henry Iroquois Jackson Jasper Jef ferso Jersey Jo Daviess Johnson Kane Ka akee KeLdall Knox Number Ch jckens 243,700 34,900 192,000 117,300 86,900 296,300 89,900 185,200 89,900 292,200 201,700 230,100 290,300 339 , 900 159,300 234,600 191,200 201,800 236,900 105,600 138,100 171,300 162,800 148,800 332,800 385,800 226,000 156.900 209, 500 116,600 131,200 136,100 263,400 237,900 44,300 74,100 353,300 534,200 172,100 385,800 311,700 121,500 247,800 102.400 192,400 258,000 138. 400 203,800 Number Dai ry Cattle 15,700 1,100 7,800 19,800 2,700 13,700 2,800 13,900 3,600 11,400 7.000 6,500 5,300 13,200 5,200 12,500 4,800 5,800 13,600 4,100 3,200 8,300 7.400 2.100 12,100 11, 500 5,300 4,600 9,600 2,000 6.400 4.900 4,700 12,100 1,900 3,800 13,900 13,500 7,600 6,000 7,200 5,500 97, 100 3,500 27,500 9,900 4,600 9,600 Number All Cattle 57,800 4,300 23,900 45,900 16,300 92,800 11,100 67,900 18,000 53,900 37 , iOO 23.2(10 20.800 2 7, 800 23,600 27,700 21,500 16,900 93,600 26,400 16.900 21,700 33,100 12,900 28,200 32,400 31.100 14,900 64,800 10,600 36,800 26,000 14,600 64,800 8, 700 30 , 900 101,400 61,500 22,100 23,90j 24.000 22.600 69 . 600 16,700 83,900 34,900 31,400 70,200 Number Hogs 140,200 5,700 40,000 32,100 58,000 187.500 31,000 100,600 34,000 60,500 79,100 36,800 19,700 26,100 46.600 42,400 31.700 19.300 163.400 41,900 22,300 24,200 59,900 31,500 17,500 2 5,300 46,400 15,800 149,500 19,600 24, 100 18,100 18,600 149,500 5,600 91,600 288,000 71,000 23,200 33,400 28,200 47,000 83,800 11,300 59,900 35,500 52,600 165,700 480 County Lake LaSal le Lawrence Lee Livingstone Logan McDonough McHenry McLean Macon Macoupin Madison Marion Marshall Mason Massac Menard Mercer Monroe Montgomery Mo r ga n Moul trie Ogle Peoria Perry Piatt Pike Pope Pulaski Putnam Randolph Richland RocV Island St. Clair Saline Sangamon Schuyler Scott Shelby Stark Stephenson Tazewel 1 Union Vermilion Wabash Warren Washington Wayne White Whiteside Will Williamson Winnebago Woodford STATE TOTAL Number Chi ckens 187,700 380,000 116,800 233,600 586,800 207,400 143,900 2 46,300 399,600 165, 900 298,900 349,900 269,000 147,000 94,300 92,500 98,000 151,000 248,400 323,200 167,700 120,400 302,000 211,100 169,900 118,700 189, 500 62,400 71,900 45,600 241, 900 20 8,900 168,100 302,900 152,800 194,400 101,200 80,200 346,900 84,800 37 3,200 182,800 104,600 267,100 78,400 124,000 274,600 416.300 166,900 313,400 30 5,000 115,500 179,500 188,500 20,948,000 Number Dairy Cattle 13,400' 18, 500 2,700 14,700 14,000 7, 400 7, 900 46,400 17,100 6,200 16,100 18,600 6,400 5,200 3,600 2, 500 3,000 6,300 4,000 14,200 5,400 5, 500 22, 900 8,200 6,100 4,900 8,200 2,500 2,500 1,900 11,400 5,200 7,200 10,200 3,100 8,300 5, 500 2,100 13,400 3,000 38,700 10,300 6,000 8,000 1,600 6,100 12,800 8,900 2,900 20,100 14, 500 4,600 19,600 7,900 931,000 Number All Cattle 33,200 102,600 11,600 79,900 62,900 37,000 52,500 89,300 99,600 34,100 57,600 46,000 24,300 30,200 17,900 12,700 21,300 51,500 11,400 43,300 40,500 17, 900 101,300 42,600 17,800 24,400 56,600 11,600 10 , 500 13,700 32,000 17,300 39 , 500 26,500 15,800 52,000 23,400 14,760 40,500 27,200 93,600 45, 500 17 , 600 42,200 8,400 60,400 27 , 400 32,000 15,600 81,600 48,300 14,200 66,100 43,800 3,869,000 Number Hogs 25,400 114,300 17,100 83,800 61,600 54, 500 149,500 38,700 150,300 39,200 102,100 53,100 19,300 62,200 22,400 14,400 45,400 198,100 29,200 71,100 100,100 15,400 125,000 84,600 20,100 38,200 176,200 3,500 16,500 25,900 36,400 14,100 103,600 43,100 16,300 116,100 62,600 54,100 49 , 600 85,300 125,000 61,500 16,500 76,800 14,000 192,400 19,100 33,100 32,400 135,600 33,900 10,800 67,100 51,700 6,297,000 481 482 ILLINOIS 'Land of Lincoln' ACKH0WLED6EMEHTS The articles and other textual material contained in the following pages are to secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier. . . For permission to use the photographs of state parks, state memorials and conservation ^"-"^ '"^ "^«/ in the following pages, the Publisher is indebted to Mr. Robert 6. M ley. peHnt:ndent of the Division of Parks * Memorials of the .>';;;;;;^- -"^^ of Conservation, and to Mr. Carl G. Hodges, Superintendent of the Division of Reports in the Illinois Department of Finance. The "Illinois — Land of Lincoln" insignia used on many publications and exhibits of the Secretary of State's office was designed by Secretary Carpentier within a few days after he took office in January, W^?. Mr. Carpentier wanted a distinctive original marking to identify material issued by his office, but also one which would be a brief, appropriate description ot and tribute to the State. The insignia became popular immediately, and in the 1953 session ot the General Assembly, Senator Fred J. Hart of Streator introduced a bill m the Senate which would require that it be reproduced on Illinois motor vehicle license plates. When investigation revealed that this would materially increase the cost of the license plates. Senator Hart was consulted and asked to amend his bill to make placing of the insignia on the plates discretionary with the Secretary. Senator Hart agreed to make the amendment, and since then Illinois license plates have carried the words, [offcf of IImCoIh ABRAHAM LINCOLN Life Portrait, by GEORGE H. STORY Purchased by the State in 1925, and hung in the Lincoln Room of the Illinois State Historical Library, Centennial Building, Springfield. STATE SYMBOLS The Great Seal of Illinois '"The prksknt grkat seal of Illinois was authorized by the Assembly on March 7, 1867, but was not used until October 26, 1868, and an unusual situation is involved in the history of the seal. According to Brand Whitlock, famous author, the first of all the seals used for official documents in what is now Illinois, was that of 1788. It was known as "The Seal of the Territory of the U. S. N. W. of the Ohio River." The words were within two concentric circles. The center of the seal showed a river, on which rode two canoes, with woodland showing beyond the ri\er. In 1800, when Indiana Territory, which included Illinois, was created, a new seal was needed. This situation was met by duplicating the seal of the Northwest Territory, the only change being the substitution of the words "Indiana Territory" within the circles. When Illinois Territorv came into existence in 1809, still another seal was required. So the fathers made an almost exact copy of the Great Seal of the United States, merely eliminating the "E Pluribus Ununi." This seal was first used on February 4, 1810. When Illinois gained Statehood in 1818, the second session of the First General Assembly decreed on February 19, 1819, that it was the duty of the Secretary of State to procure a "permanent State seal, as was to be agreed upon by the Governor — Shadrach Bond — and the Justices of the Supreme Court — Thomas G. Browne, William P. Foster, Joseph Phillips, John Reynolds and William Wilson. The new seal was another duplicate of the United States seal, but differed from the preceding seal of the Territory in that the Eagle held a scroll in its beak on which were the words of the State motto, "State Sovereignty — National Union." As previously, the eagle held a bunch of arrows in one talon, an olive branch in the other, with the escutcheon on its chest. Seal of the Illinois Territory, sketched by the late Mr. Brand Whitlock and reproduced in the Journal of the Illinois Historical Society. First Great Seal, adopted after Statehood. Sketched by the late Mr. Whitlock and repro- duced from the Illinois Historical Society's Journal. This seal remained in use until late October, 1868 when inexplicable activities by Sharon Tyndale, Secretary of State, brought about the creation of the seal which exists today. Tyndale, in January 1867, told Senator Allen C. Fuller that the old seal had outlived its usefulness, that a new one was necessary, and asked Fuller to sponsor a bill to change it. The bill was presented to the Senate January 7, 1867, and passed without comment. It went to the House and when read there on January 10th, Assemblyman Dinsmore from Whiteside County suggested an amendment to read that the new seal was to be "an exact facsimile of the present seal." The amendment was defeated 31 to 46. Dinsmore's beaten amendment created immediate suspicion of the' bill. It was recalled to the Senate. The vote that approved the bill was reconsidered. It was discovered that Tyndale planned in the new seal to reverse the wording on the scroll, changing it from "State Sovereignty, National Union" to "National Union, State Sovereignty." The recent Civil War, he believed, put national union above state sovereignty. But the change that he contemplated was thwarted by a Senate amendment which ruled that the words on the scroll of the renewed seal were to correspond with the old seal in every particular. The bill was passed March 7, 1867 in its amended form. The old seal continued in use until its last official imprint on October 24, 1868, and the final impressions were sharp and clear, indicating it was not "badly out of order" as had been claimed by Tyndale. The new seal, which is the present one and which v.as designed by Tyndale, is a radical departure from the old. When it first appeared, and all through the years since, the reasons for the inside design, made at Tyndale's direction, have puzzled many beholders. The shield no longer adorns the eagle's breast, but is in a titled position on the ground; the arrows are gone; the branch bears little resemblance to an olive branch; the eagle is sitting on a boulder in a prairie, and a rising sun shines on a distant Eastern horizon. Strangest of all, the wording on the seal ignores the amendment and "National Union" appears above "State Sovereignty." Second Great Seal of the State of Illinois. While this design differed from the first Seal, it remained unchanged in a heraldic sense. Present Great Seal bearing altered design in- troduced in 1868. This design is far removod in meaning from that of the original State Seal. STATE FLAG OF ILLINOIS State Flag of Illinois Illinois State Flag was officially adopted on July 6, 1915, after a vigorous cam- paign by Mrs. Ella Park Lawrence, State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Early in 1912, Mrs. Lawrence began visiting local D. A. R. chapters through- out Illinois seeking cooperation in promoting selection of an official State banner to place in the Continental Memorial Hall in Washington, D. G. In 1913, Mrs. Lawrence offered a prize of $25.00 to the Illinois D. A. R. chapter submitting the best design for the banner. She also wrote to members of the General Assembly seeking their cooperation. Four judges were then selected to choose the winning design. Thirty-five de- signs were submitted and the Rockford Chapter entry was chosen as Illinois' future emblem. State Senator Raymond D. Meeker introduced the bill which was to legalize the flag. After passage in the Senate it was pushed through the House of Represen- tatives, despite an overcrowded calendar. The measure automatically became a law July 6, 1915, when the Governor failed to affix his signature to the bill. The first official flag, made in Washington, D. C, was three by five feet in size, of white silk. Flags were given by Mrs. Lawrence to Secretary of State; Daughters of the American Revolution in Illinois; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Illinois; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (to hang in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D. C); Rebecca Parks Chapter, Galesburg and the Illinois State Historical Society. Visitors to Springfield cannot fail to notice the State Banner flanking the Stars and Stripes in the Rotunda at the State House. In the same juxtaposition it appears in the office of the Secretary of State. It is flown on ceremonial days by numerous patriotic bodies throughout the State. For officials and the public alike it stands as a reminder of our greatness as a State and our pride in our membership in the United States of America. State's Official Tree, Flower and Bird Chosen by School Children "T^HE MIGHTY OAK IS the State tree of Illinois. The shrinking violet is the State flower. And the vivid red cardinal, with its lilting song, is the State bird of Illinois. All three were chosen through ballot by school children, with the selections made official by acts of the Assembly. In 1907, Mrs. James C. Fessler, of Rochelle, suggested that school children be permitted to vote on the State tree and the State flower. The ballots were dis- tributed in November 1907, and the results were as follows: State Tree Oak 21,897 Maple 16,517 Elm -- 5,082 State Flower Violet - 16,583 Wild Rose -- 12,628 Golden Rod 4,315 In January 1908, Senator Andrew J. Jackson, of Rockford, introduced a bill making the Oak the official tree of Illinois, and the Violet the State flower. The measure was adopted in February, 1908. There are 19 species of Oak trees in Illinois, eleven belonging to the black Oak group, the others to the white. The Violet grows in practically every section of Illinois, and, in Springtime blankets the landscapes as far as eye can see. In 1928 the ISlacomb branch of the National Federation of Professional Women's Club decided that there should be an official State bird. The idea was submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who approved, and a list of five birds, conspicuous in Illinois, was submitted to the school children that year, for balloting. A blank space was included in the event the children wished to vote for birds other than the five named. A total of 128,664 ballots were cast in 96 counties, and the result was as follows : Cardinal 39,226 Blue Bird ..._.. 30,306 Meadow Lark 16,237 Ouail .._ .-. 1 5,843 Oriole 15,449 A bill authorizing the Cardinal as the official State bird was introduced in the 56th Assembly by Representative James Foster, and adopted June 4, 1929. The Cardinal, officiallv' known as Cardinalis Cardinalis, sometimes is called the redbird and also the Cardinal grosbeck. The adult bird is about eight inches long. It has a head with a conspicuous crest, but it is only the male whose coloring is a brilliant red. The female shade is olive gray. ■W^^ THE NATIVE OAK State Tree of Illinois STATE FLOWER OF ILLINOIS ' "»« '■> »!"■ f """•" \...i.m.t. H„l..l, STATE BIKD c Official State Song "Illinois" An Act establishing a state song. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. The song "Illinois" having words written by C. H. Chamberlain* and music composed by Archibald Johnston, is established as the official State Song of Illinois. [* Correspondence, dating back more than forty years, recently acquired by the State Historical Library, indicates several mistakes that have become almost as well established as the song itself, according to Dr. Harry E. Pratt, State Historian. One has to do with spelling of the name of the author of the song, Charles H. Chamberlin. Usually it is spelled Chamberlain, which is incorrect. Two of the letters are from Oscar B. Knight, a friend of Chamberlin, for whom the song was written and who first sang it. Previously, the date it was written has been given as between 1890 and 1894. Knight says, in one of these letters, that he suggested the material for the fourth and final verse and that Chamberlin finished the song in his office in the summer of 1892. This differs from the usual version that the song was written earlier and first used in the campaign to have the World's Columbian Exposition awarded to Chicago. The Knight letter also states that in the spring of 1892 Chamberlin had written a campaign song with the refrain, "April fool, April fool," (the election was on April 1), to be sung to the tune of "Baby Mine." He said he knew of no other inspiration" for "Illinois."] Words of the song follow: ILLINOIS By the rivers gently flowing, Illinois, Illinois, O'er thy prairies verdant growing, Illinois, Illinois, Comes an echo on the breeze, Rustling through the leafy trees, and its mellow tones are these, Illinois, Illinois, And its mellow tones are these, Illinois. From a wilderness of prairies, Illinois, Illinois, Straight thy way and never varies, Illinois, Illinois, Till upon the inland sea. Stands thy great commercial tree, turning all the world to thee, Illinois, Illinois, Turning all the world to thee, Illinois. When you heard your country calling, Illinois, Illinois Where the shot and shell were falling, Illinois, Illinois, When the Southern host with-drew. Pitting Gray against the Blue, There were none more brave than you, Illinois, Illinois There were none more brave than you, Illinois. Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois, Illinois, Can be writ the nation's glory, Illinois, Illinois, On the record of thy years, Abraham Lincoln's name appears. Grant and Logan, and our tears, Illinois, Illinois, Grant and Logan, and our tears, Illinois. 10 • • • • • LEGAL HOLIDAYS IN ILLINOIS NEW YEAR'S DAY January 1 LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY February 12 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY February 22 GOOD FRIDAY Friday immediately before Easter Sunday each year MEMORIAL DAY May 30 INDEPENDENCE DAY July 4 LABOR DAY First Monday, in September COLUMBUS DAY October 12 ARMISTICE DAY -..November 11 THANKSGIVING DAY The day being recommended by the Gov- ernor or by the President of the U. S. CHRISTMAS DAY December 25 ELECTION DAY .Election of Members of General Assem- bly (even number years only) When such holidays fall on Sunday, the Monday next following shall be held and considered such holiday. 11 Chronology of Illinois History 1673-1954 1673 Marquette and Jolliet descend the Mississippi to the Arkansas and return by way of the lUinois River. 1674-75 Marquette and two compan- ions spend the winter in a shelter at the mouth of the Chicago River. 1675 Marquette founds the mission of the Immaculate Conception at the Great Village of the Illinois, near present Utica. 1680 La Salle builds Fort Crevecoeur on the Illinois River, near present Peoria. 1682 La Salle builds Fort St. Louis on Starved Rock. 1691-92 Tonti and LaForest build the second Fort St. Louis, better known as Fort Pimiteoui, on Lake Peoria. 1696 Father Pinet establishes the mis- sion of the Guardian Angel at Chicago. After a troubled existence of about four years this Jesuit ven- ture among the Miami is aban- doned, and Father Pinet leaves Chicago to labor among the Illi- nois Indians in the Cahokia region. 1699 Montigny and St. Cosme, priests of the Seminary of Foreign Mis- sions, establish the Holy Family mission at Cahokia. 1703 In April, the Jesuits transfer their Illinois Indian mission from Des Peres (present St. Louis) to the Kaskaskia River, thus founding the town of Kaskaskia. 1717 By decree of the French Royal Council, Illinois is to be governed from Louisiana. 1718 Boisbriant, first commandant of Illinois, arrives at Kaskaskia. 1718-30 Fox War. Hostile tribes, under the leadership of the Fox Indians, form a confederacy that menaces the Illinois Country. Their depredations continue until the Fox are defeated and practically 12 annihilated by a combination of French and friendly Indians. 1719 Fort de Chartres, near present Prairie du Rocher, is begun. It is completed the following year, and becomes the 'seat of military and civil government in Illinois. 1725 Dutisne becomes commandant, • succeeding Boisbriant. 1726 De Liette succeeds Dutisne as commandant. 1727 Fort de Chartres, fallen into dis- repair and recently inundated by Mississippi floods, is rebuilt. 1730 St. Ange succeeds De Liette as commandant of the Illinois. 1732 St. Ange builds a new Fort de- Chartres half a mile farther back from the river. 1733 Dartaguiette replaces St. Ange as commandant. 1736 La Buissoniere succeeds Darta- guiette as commandant. 1740 On the death of La Buissoniere, the Sieur de St. Clair becomes act- ing commandant. 1742 Bertet, the new commandant, arrives at Fort de Chartres. 1744-48 King George's War (War of the Austrian Succession). Territori- ally, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle maintains the status quo in the Illinois Country, but the British are beginning to make serious in- roads on the French control of the Indians. 1749 The Sieur de St. Clair serves as acting commandant on the death of Bertet. 1751 Makarty, the new commandant, reaches Illinois. 1753 The construction of a new Fort de Chartres is begun, this time to be built of stone. 1755-63 French and Indian War (Seven Years' War). The conclu- sion of this, the final struggle be- tween France and Great Britain for colonial supremacy in North America, marks the end of French rule in America. 1757 The French build Fort Ascen- sion, later known as Fort Massac, on the Ohio River, near present Metropolis. 1760 Neyon de Villiers succeeds Ma- karty as commandant. 1763 By the Treaty of Paris, France cedes her North American posses- sions east of the Mississippi to Great Britain. 1764 St. Ange de Bellerive becomes commandant of the Illinois Coun- try. 1765 Capt. Thomas Stirlmg occupies Fort de Chartres for the British. Maj. Robert Farmar replaces Stir- ling as commandant. 1766 Lt. Col. John Reed becomes the commandant, and is succeeded by Capt. Hugh Forbes. 1768 Lt. Col. John Wilkins becomes the commandant, and establishes a civil court at Fort de Chartres. 1771 Maj. Isaac Hamilton succeeds Wilkins as commandant. 1772 The British destroy Fort de Chartres, already damaged by floods. Capt. Hugh Lord, com- mandant, and a small garrison re- main at Kaskaskia. 1774 In June, by the Quebec Act, which extends the boundaries of Quebec to the Ohio on the south and to the Mississippi on the west, the Illinois Country is brought under the control of an appointive governor and council. 1776 Capt. Hugh Lord, recalled by the British, appoints de Rocheblave as his successor at Kaskaskia. 1777 Matthew Johnson is officially appointed to succeed Captain Lord, but he never comes to the Illinois Country. De Rocheblave continues in actual command at Kaskaskia. 1778 July 4 — George Rogers Clark and his small army take Kaskaskia by surprise. The other French and Indian villages accept the new order, and Illinois is organized as a county of Virginia. 1779 February 24 — Marching over- land from Kaskaskia, George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes, which had been retaken by the British after it declared its allegiance to Virginia. In May, John Todd, first county lieutenant, reaches Illinois and organizes the civil government. 1783 The Treaty of Paris, ending the War of Independence, extends the United States boundary to the Mis- sissippi, with the exception of East and West Florida. 1784 March 1 — Virginia relinquishes her claim on Illinois to the United States, thus paving the way for the organization of this territory. 1787 July 13 — Congress passes the Ordinance of 1787, providing for the organization of the Northwest Territory, of which Illinois becomes a part. 1788 Arthur St. Clair is appointed governor of the Northwest Terri- tory. 1790 St. Clair and Knox counties are organized. 1795 Randolph County is organized. * August 3 — By the Treaty of Greenville, a new boundary line between Indian land and land open for settlement is established. Cer- tain areas are reserved by the United States for forts, three being in Illinois at Chicago, Peoria, and at the mouth of the Illinois River. 1800 May 7 — Congressional legislation creating the Indiana Territory, in- cluding Illinois, is approved. 1801 January 10 — William Henry Harrison, Governor of Indiana Ter- 13 ritory, arrives at Vincennes, the territorial capital. 1803 United States troops build and occupy Fort Dearborn, on the site of Chicago. Governor Harrison con- cludes a treaty with the Kaskaskia Indians at Vincennes, by which their claim to all land in the Illi- nois Country, excepting a small area around Kaskaskia, is relin- quished. 1804 March 26 — Congress directs the establishment of the first United States land office at Kaskaskia, al- though land is not yet subject to entry. * November 3 — By the Treaty of St. Louis, the Missouri River Sac relinquish all Sac and Fox claims to the area bounded by the Mississippi, Illinois, Fox and Wisconsin rivers. 1805 December 30 — Piankashaw In- dians cede a large tract of land in southeastern Illinois. 1809 February 3 — Illinois Territory, including the present state of Wis- consin, is created by Act of Con- gress. Kaskaskia becomes the first territorial capital. * April 24 — Ninian Edwards of Kentucky is appointed the first territorial gov- ernor 1810 Population: 12,262. * Coal is shipped from southern Illinois to New Orleans for the first time. 1812-14 The War of 1812 marks the last combined British and Indian attempt to stem the tide of Ameri- can westward expansion. 1812 May 20 — Illinois becomes a ter- ritory of the second grade, with suffrage for all white males over 21 who pay taxes and have lived in the territory over a year. * Aug- ust 15 — Indians massacre United States troops and civilians, who were evacuating Fort Dearborn under orders. * A land office is established at Shawneetown, al- though land is not yet on sale. 1813 Fort Clark is constructed on Peoria Lake. It is garrisoned by United States troops and state mili- tia during the War of 1812, and at intervals until 1815. In 1819 the fort is destroyed by Indians. 1814 Matthew Duncan establishes the first prinring press in Illinois at Kaskaskia, and publishes the first newspaper, the Illinois Herald. 1816 The United States builds and garrisons Fort Armstrong (Rock Island), Fort Edwards (Warsaw), and rebuilds Fort Dearborn C Chi- cago). * A land otfice is opened at Edwardsville. * The Wea and Kickapoo Indians cede a small strip of land west of the Wabash in Vermilion County, and the Pota- watomi, Ottawa and Chippewa relinquish their claim to territory in Cook and Will counties. 1818 April 18— The Illinois Enabling Act, sponsored by Nathaniel Pope territorial delegate, becomes a law. It provides for the organization of a State government, fixes the north- ern boundary of Illinois, and estab- lishes a permanent school fund from a portion of the proceeds from the sale of public lands. * August 26— The Illinois Consti- tutional Convention, meering at Kaskaskia, adopts a state consHtu- tion and selects Kasknskia as the first state capital. * October 6 — Shadrach Bond, first Governor of the State of Illinois, is inaugurated. Pierre Menard is the first Lieu- tenant Governor. * Decembm 5 — The President signs the act of admission, by which Illinois be- comes the twenty-first state to enter the Union. 1820 Population: 55,211. * Decem- ber 4 — By act of the General Assembly, Vandalia is to be the seat of government for Illinois for 20 years. Land offices are estab- lished at Palestine and Vandalia. 14 1821 February 3 — The General As- sembly charters a State bank at Vandalia, with four branches. 1822 December 5 — Edward Coles is inaugurated Governor. 1823 A land office is opened at Spring- field. The rush to the Galena lead mines begins. 1824 August 6 — Illinois voters refuse to call a convention to amend the constitution in order to legalize slavery in Illinois. After a long and bitter campaign, the anti-slavery forces, under the leadership of Ed- ward Coles, Morris Birkbeck, and Daniel P. Cook, decisively defeat the pro-slavery element. 1825 The General Assembly grants a charter to the Illinois and Michi- gan canal company, and le- ies the first tax for public schools. * La- fayette visits Kaskaskia and Shaw- neetown. 6 December 6 — Ninian Edwards is inaugurated Governor. 1827 Congress grants land to Illinois to aid in the construction of the Illinois and Michigan canal. * The General Assembly establishes a state penitentiary at Alton. * A threatened Indian uprising in northern Illinois is forestalled by General Henry Atkinson and United States troops. This disturb- ance comes to . be known as the "Winnebago War." 1829 July 29— The Potawatomi, Ot- .tawa and Chippewa Indians cede more than 3,000 square miles in northern Illinois. 1830 Population: 157,445. * Thomas Lincoln and family move from In- diana to Macon County, Illinois. * December 6 — John Reynolds takes office as Governor. 1831 Land oflBces are opened at Quincy and Danville. * The Sac and Fox Indians, under Black Hawk, threaten resistance to white squatters on the Rock River, but retire to Iowa before a force of United States regulars and Illinois militia. * Abraham Lincoln, now 22, is hired by Denton Offutt to take a flatboat of produce to New Orleans and on his return to tend store at New Salem. * The Lin- coln family removes from Macon to Coles County. 1832 The Black Hawk War. In April, Black Hawk and his band make a final attempt to return to their homes on the Rock River. They are opposed by a vastly su- perior force of United States troops and Illinois militia, and decisively defeated in the Battle of Bad Axe River, on August 3. Black Hawk is captured; the Potawatomi and Winnebago are compelled to cede land in northern and eastern Illi- nois. 1833 August 12 — The newly elected Board of Trustees of the town of Chicago meets for the first time, marking the beginning of the legal existence of the town of Chicago. September 26 — By the Treaty of Chicago, the Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa Indians relinquish all claim to their lands in north- eastern Illinois. This is the last of the Indian treaties pertaining to land in Illinois. * Jacksonville Fe- male Seminary, first institution for the higher education of women in the state, is opened. 1834 November 17 — William L. D. Ewing is inaugurated Governor to fill out the unexpired term of Gov- ernor Reynolds, who had resigned to become congressman from Illi- nois. * December 1 — Abraham Lincoln takes his seat, for the first time, in the House of the Ninth General Assembly. * December 3 — Joseph Duncan is inaugurated Governor. 1835 Land offices are opened at Ga- lena and Chicago. * The General 15 Assembly grants charters to Mc- Kendree, Alton (Shurtleff) and Illinois Colleges, all of which have been in operation for several years. 1836 January 16 — The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, now a part of the Chicago and North Western, is chartered. * July 4 — Actual construction on the Illinois and Michigan canal is begun at Canalport on the Chicago River. 1837 February 15 — Knox Manual Labor College at Galesburg is in- corporated. Twenty years later the name is changed to Knox College. * February 27 — The General Assembly passes the Internal Im- provement Act, calling for a state- wide program of public works. Roads and railroads are to be built, and rivers and streams made navi- gable, all at state expense. This grandiose scheme was to collapse under its own weight by 1841, leav- ing the state burdened with a huge debt. * March 3— The General Assembly passes an act providing for the removal of the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield. * March 4 — The General Assem- bly approves a city charter for Chicago. * July 4 — The cor- nerstone of the first statehouse at Springfield is laid. This building, now the Sangamon County court- liouse, is not completed until 1853. • November 7 — Elijah P. Love- loy, editor of the abolitionist news- paper the Alton Observer, is slain by an anti-abolitionist mob at Alton. * A land office is opened at Dixon. 1838 December 7 — Thomas Carlin is inaugurated Governor. 1839 February 22 — A State Library is created by the General Assem- bly. * February 23 — The Gen- eral Assembly establishes the Illinois Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Jacksonville. * June 20 — Gover- nor Carlin issues a proclamation ordering the removal of all state offices from Vandalia to Springfield by July 4. * Mormons, driven from Missouri, found the town of Nauvoo on the Mississippi Ri\er. 1840 Population: 476,183. 1842 February 15 — The first train reaches Springfield over the tracks of the Northern Cross Railroad (Meredosia to Springfield). This road is now a part of the Wabash system. * December 8 — Thomas Ford takes office as Governor. * December 15 — By an act of the General Assembly, the State Li- brary is divided into two libraries: the Supreme Court Library under the control of tlic Supreme Court, and the State Library under the control of the Secretary of State. 1844 June 27 — Climaxing a growing dissension between the Mormons and their neighbors, Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and his brother Ily- rum are slain by an anti-Mormon mob in the Carthage jail. 1845 January 28 — Jubilee College, in Peoria County, is incorporated. 1846-48 Illinois furnishes six regiments and several independent companies in the Mexican War. 1846 August 3 — Abraham Lincoln is elected to the United States House of Representatives. * December 9 — Augustus C. French is inaugu- rated Governor. * In the early spring the Mormons leave NauVoo on their long journey to Utah. This forced exodus ends a two-year period marked by frequent clashes between the. Mormons, the anti- Mormons and the state militia in Hancock County. 1847 February 25 — Rockford Female Seminarv at Rockford is chartered. * February 27— The Alton & Sangamon Railroad Company (now the G.M.&O. Railroad) is mcorpo- rated to construct a railroad from 16 Alton to Springfield. * March 1 —The Illinois State Hospital for the Insane is established at Jack- sonvflle. 1848 March 5— Illinois voters ratify the new State constitution, sub- mitted by the constitutional con- vention of 1847. * April 23— The first boat passes through the Illinois and Michigan canal. This waterway connects Chicago on Lake Michi- gan and La Salle on the Illinois River. 1849 January 8 — Augustus C. French is inaugurated for a second term. He is the first Illinois Governor to succeed himself. * November 5 — The General Assembly enacts legislation providing for a general system of incorporating railroads. 1850 Population: 851,470. * In Feb- ruary, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (now a part of the Chicago and North Western) is completed from Chicago to Elgin. 1851 — January 28 — Northwestern Uni- versity is chartered by the General Assembly. * February 10 — The Illinois Central Railroad Company is incorporated. * In September, Newton Bateman organizes the first free public high school in Ihi- nois, the West Jacksonville District school. 1852 September 9— The first train enters Springfield over the Alton & Sangamon tracks. This marks the completion of the road from Alton to Springfield. 1853 January 10— Joel A. Matteson takes office as Governor. * Feb- ruary 12 — Illinois Wesleyan Uni- versity at Bloomington is chartered. The General Assembly passes the first law for wild life conservation in Illinois. * October 11-13 — The first Illinois State Fair is held at Springfield. 1854 February 22 — The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, chartered as the Rock Island & La Salle, is completed from Chi- cago to Rock Island. * March 15 — Ninian W. Edwards is ap- pointed first superintendent of the newly created Office of Public In- struction. * October 11-14 — The second Illinois Sta|? Fair is held at Springfield. Hereafter the State Fairs are held annually at different towns over Illinois until 1893. when the hair is permanently located at Springfield. 1855 — February 14 — The General As- sembly appropriates money for the first Illinois State Arsenal, to be located on North Fifth Street in Springfield. * February 15 — Leg- islation enacted by the General Assembly, to provide a free public school system, is approved. 1856 May 29 — The first Republican state convention of Illinois is held at Bloomington. * September 27 — The Illinois Central Railroad is completed bet\veen Chicago, Cairo and Dunleith (East Dubuque). 1857 January 12— William H. Bissell is inaugurated Governor. * Feb- ruary 13 — Blackburn Theological Seminary, at Carlinville, later Blackburn College, is incorporated. * February 16^Monmouth Col- lege at Monmouth is incorporated. * February 18 — Illinois State Normal University is established at Normal. 1858 From August to October, Lin- coln and Douglas hold one debate in each of seven congressional dis- tricts of Illinois as a part of their senatorial campaign. Douglas is the successful candidate, but the cam- paign does much to make Lincoln a national figure. 1860 Population: 1,711,951. * March 21 — Lieutenant Governor John Wood becomes Governor, succeed- ing William H. Bissell, the first Illinois Governor to die in office. * May 16-18— The Republican Na- 17 tional Convention meets at Chicago and nominates Abraham Lincoln for President. 1861 January 14 — Richard Yates is inaugurated Governor. * Febru- ary 22 — Wheaton College at Wheaton is chartered. * March 4 — Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated President. 1861-65 The Civil War begins in April when the Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter, and President Lincoln issues his first call for troops. It ends four years later, after the Confederacy has exhausted every resource. During this period Illinois answers promptly every call for troops, and is one of the few states to exceed its quota. 1 862 A constitutional convention meets at Springfield to draw up a new State constitution, but the new constitution fails to receive a rati- fying vote. 1863 June 10 — Governor Yates pro- rogues the Illinois General Assem- bly. 34 August 29 — The Democratic National Convention meeting in Chicago, nominates Gen. George B. McClellan for President. * No- vember 7 — A plot to liberate the Confederate prisoners confined at Camp Douglas in Chicago is de- feated when the Federal authorities, arrest the conspirators just before the date set for the execution of the plan. * November 8 — Abra- ham Lincoln is re-elected President. 1865 January 16 — Richard J. Oglesby takes office as Go\ernor. * Feb- ruary 1 — Bv ioint resolution of the General Assembly, Illinois be- comes the first state to ratify the 1 >lh amendment to the Constitu- tion. * April 14 — Abraham Lin- coln is assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, by John Wilkes Booth. Uis body is brought to Springfield, a slow journey marked by trequent stops, and placed in a receiving \ault at Oak Ridge cemetery on May 4. 1866 Ai>KiL 6 — The first post of the Grand Army of the llepublic is established at Decatur. This organ- ization of Ci\il War .soldiers was founded earlier in the year at Springfield by Dr. Benjamin F. Ste- phenson. 1867 February 27 — The office of At- torney General is created by the General Assembly. Robert G. Inger- soll is appointed the first Attorney General. * February 28 — By act of the General .'\sseni])]y, the Illi- nois Industrial University is estab- lished at Urbana. In 1885 the name is changed, by law, to the Univer- sity of Illinois. * March 5 — The General Assembly enacts legislation making eight hours a legal day's work. 1868 February 25 — The General As- sembly authorizes the construction of a new statehouse at Springfield. Work is begun the same year and the cornerstone is laid October 5, 1868, but the building is not entirely completed until 1888. * May 20-22— U. S. Grant is nomi- nated for President by the Republi- can National Convention at Chi- cago. 1869 January 11 — John M. Palmer is inaugurated Governor. * April 9 — The State Board of Charities is created by the. General Assembly. 1870— Population: 2,539,891. * Aug- ust 8 — The new Illinois State con- stitution, having been ratified by the voters, goes into effect. * September 5 — The first classes are held at Saint Ignatius College (Chi- cago), founded by the Jesuits. In 1909 this is re-chartered as Loyola University. 1871 April 13— An act of the Gen- eral Assembly, creating a Ra-'road and Warehouse Commission is ap- proved. * April 15— The Illinois 18 State Department of Agriculture is created. * October 8-9 — The Chi- cago fire destroys an area of three and one-half square miles in the heart of the city.' About 300 lives are lost and $200,000,000 worth of property is destroyed. 1872 April 15 — The first legislation for the protection of miners in Illinois is approved. 1873 January 13 — Richard J. Oglcsby begins his second tenn as Gover- nor. * January 23 — John L, Beveridge is inaugurated Governor succeeding Richard J. Oglesby, who resigns to become United States Senator. 1874 October 15 — The Lincoln Mon- ument, located in Oak Ridge ceme- tery at Springfield, Illinois, is dedicated by U. S. Grant, Presi- dent of the United States. 1877 January 8— Shelby M. Cullom takes office as Governor. * May 18 — The General Assembly enacts legislation providing for the crea- tion of the Illinois National Guard. * May 25— The State Board of Health is created. 1879 May 29— The General Assembly provides for a State Board of Labor Statistics. 1880 Population: 3,077,871. * June 2-8 — The Republican National Convention at Chicago nominates James A. Garfield for President. 1881— January 10— Shelby M. Cullom begins his second term as Gover- nor. 1883 February 6^ohn M. Hamilton becomes Governor, succeeding Shelby M. Cullom, who resigns to become United States Senator. * June 23 — The first compulsory school attendance law in Illinois is passed by the General Assembly. 1884 June 3-6— The Republican Na- tional Convention, meeting at Chi- cago, nominates James G. Blaine for President and John A. Logan of Illinois for Vice President. * July 8-11 — The Democratic National Convention meets at Chicago and nominates Grover Cleveland for President. 1885 January 30— Richard J. Oglesby is inaugurated Governor, the only governor in Illinois history to be elected three times. 1886 May 4 — When a detachment of police moves to break up a labor mass meeting in Haymarket Square, Chicago, a bomb explodes and the police open fire. Seven officers are killed, and many others are killed and wounded. Numerous arrests are made and four alleged anarchists are hanged. In 1893, Governor Altgeld pardons the three surviving prisoners. 1 887 June 16 — The Governor approves an act of the General Assembly accepting the Lincoln Home — the gift of Robert Todd Lincoln and his wife to the State of Illinois. 1888 June 19-25 — The Republican National Convention at Chicago nominates Benjamin Harrison for President. 1889 January 14 — Joseph W. Fifer is inaugurated Governor. * May 25 — The General Assembly enacts legislation creating the Illinois State Historical Library. * In Septem- ber, Jane Addams and her asso- ciates found Hull House in Chi- cago. It is one of the earliest social settlement houses in the United States. 1890 Population: 3.826.352. * Sep- tember 10 — The University of Chicago is chartered. This institu- tion succeeds an earlier one by the same name which functioned from 1858 to 1886. 1891 June 19— By act of the General Assembly the right of sufiFrage in school elections is granted to women. * June 22 — ^Tlie General Assembly passes a ballot reform bill, embodying the principles of 19 the Australian secret ballot. 1892 June 21-23 — The Democratic National Convention at Chicago nominates Grover Cleveland for President and Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois for Vice President. 1893 January 10— John P. Altgeld is inaugurated Governor. * May I- OcTOBER 30— The World's Colum- bian Exposition, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Colum- bus' discovery of America, is held at Chicago. * June 17 — The General Assembly passes the "Sweatshop Act" providing for the inspection of factories and the reg- ulation of child labor. * June 21 — The General Assembly establishes the Illinois naval miHtia. 1894 From May to July, a strike of Pullman Palace Car Company em- ployees at Pullman develops into a general railway strike. Before or- der is restored there is mob violence and destruction of property, and Federal troops are called out. 1895 March 20— The General Assem- bly passes an optional civil service law for cities. 1896 July 7-11 — The Democratic Na- tional Convention at Chicago nom- inates William Jennings Bryan for President. 1897 January 11 — John R. Tanner is inaugurated Governor. 1898 April 25 — The United States declares war on Spain after the de- struction of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor. By August hos- tilities have ceased and the peace treaty is signed at Paris on Decem- ber 10. Illinois furnishes over 12,000 men and is conspicuous for the promptness and completeness of her response. 1899 April 11 — The General Assem- bly establishes free employment offices in cities over 50,000, and provides for the licensing of private employment agencies. 1904 June 21-23 — The Republican National Convention at Chicago nominates Theodore Roosevelt for President. 1905 January 9 — Charles S. Deneen is inaugurated Governor. * May 11 — The General Assembly enacts a State civil service code to be ad- ministered by an appointive com- mission. * May 13 — The State Beard of Health is authorized to distribute diphtheria antitoxin. Under certain circumstances the distribution is to be free of charge. 1907 May 16 — A local option law is passed by the General Assembly. * December 24 — De Paul Univer- sity (Chicago) is chartered. This institution replaces Saint Vincent's College, founded in September, 1898, by the Vincentian Brothers. * The Hennepin (Illinois-Missis- sippi) canal, authorized in 1890, is completed. It extends from Great Bend on the Illinois River to the 1900 Population: 4,821,550. * The main channel of the Chicago Sani- tary and Ship canal, from Chicago to Lockport, is opened. 1901 January 14— Richard Yates, the son of Illinois' Civil War governor, is inaugurated governor. * May 11 — The General Assembly appro- priates money to build a new state arsenal at Springfield. * June 1 — The work of remodeling the Lin- coln Monument, undertaken in November, 1899, is completed. 1903 May 15 — An improved law for the regulation of child labor is passed by the General Assembly. Under the provisions of this act, Illinois is the first state to establish an eight-hour day and a 48-hour week for children. * December 30 — A fire in Chicago's Iroquois Theater results in the death of 571 persons. The tragedy is followed by the passage of improved safety leg- islation throughout the nation. 20 Mississippi River, three miles be- low Rock Island. 1908 June 16-19 — The Republican National Convention, meeting at Chicago, nominates William How- ard Taft for President. 1909 January 18— Charles S. Deneen begins his second term as Governor. * June 15 — The General Assembly passes the 10-hour law for women. The constitutionality of this law is upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court. * November 13 — Two hundred and fifty-nine men are killed in a disastrous mine fire at Cherry, 111. This calamity gives impetus to the enactment of pro- tective legislation, particularly for fire fighting, in mines. 1910 Population: 5,638,591. * March 4 — Illinois is the first state to pass legislation providing for mine fire- fighting and rescue stations in coal mining centers. * March 9 — After several unsuccessful attempts, the General Assembly passes a direct primary law which is upheld by the courts. 1911 May 26 — The General Assembly enacts legislation protecting work- men against occupational diseases. * June 5 — By providing a fund for the care of dependent and neg- lected children, Illinois becomes the first state to pass state-wide "mother's aid" legislation. * June 10— The "Starved Rock State Park Bill," providing for a park commis- sion and the acquisition of Starved Rock, becomes a law. By the end of the year the site of Starved Rock state park has been trans- ferred to the State. * June 10 — The General Assembly passes the first workmen's compensation act, providing compensation for death or injury in certain designated in- dustries. 1912— June 18-22— The Republican National Convention at Chicago nominates William Howard Taft for President. * August 5-7 — The first national convention of the Progressive Party, meeting at Chi- cago, nominates Theodore Roose- velt for President. 1913 February 3 — Edward F. Dunne is inaugurated Governor. * June 26 — The General Assembly passes legislation extending woman suf- frage, and creating a Legislative Reference Bureau. 1915 June 24— The State Board of Health is authorized to provide free distribution of a prophylactic (silver nitrate) for the prevention of blind- ness in infants. * July 6 — A state flag is adopted by the General Assembly. * July 24 — The excur- sion steamer Eastland capsizes as it leaves its wharf in the Chicago River. Of some 2,000 passengers, 812 are lost. 1916 June 7-10— The Republican Na- tional Convention at Chicago nominates Charles E. Hughes for President. 1917 January 8 — Frank O. Lowden is inaugurated Governor. * March 2 — The General Assembly passes the Civil Administrative Code, pro- viding for the reorganization and consolidation of the state govern- ment. * In May, and again in July, the Illinois National Guard is sent to East St. Louis to restore order. Race rioting had broken out when a stream of Negro laboK from the South flooded the lat market. 1917-18 The United States enters t- World War on the side of the Allies. In Illinois a State Council of Defense is appointed, and all State facilities are mobilized. Over 350,000 men, including the 33rd Division composed entirely of Illi- nois National Guard units, are in- ducted into the Army and Navy. Illinois farmers produce record 21 breaking crops, and capital and labor cooperate to meet the in creasing needs of war production Liberty Loan drives are over subscribed and relief organizations generously supported. 1918 November 5 — Illinois voters ap- prove the first bond iss^e ($60,- 000,000) for the construction of a state-wide system of hard roads. 1919 June 17 — The Ilhnois Waterway Bill, calhng for the construction of a deep waterway from Lockport to Utica, is approved. A $20,000,000 bond issue for the construction of the waterway is authorized. * July 27-AuGUST 3 — The Illinois Na- tional Guard is called out when serious race riots break out in Chi- cago. 1920 Population: 6,485,280. * Janu- ary 6 — The Illinois Constitutional convention convenes at Springfield. * June 8-12— The Republican Na- tional Convention at Chicago nominates Warren G. Harding for President. * November 6 — Con- struction of the Illinois Waterway is begun at Bell's Island, west of Marseilles. 21 January 10 — Len Small is in- augurated Governor. 1922 June 21-22 — Twenty-two miners are slain at Herrin when violence breaks out during the general coal strike. * December 12 — Illinois voters reject the proposed consti- tution, submitted by the constitu- tional convention. 1924 November 4 — The second bond issue ($100,000,000) for the con- struction of hard roads is approved by Illinois voters. 1925 January 12 — Len Small begins his second term as governor. * June 30 — The General Assembly adopts the song, "Illinois," as the official state song. The words were written by C. H. Chamberlin, and the music composed by Archibald Johnston. 1926 June 21-24— The 28th Euchar- istic Congress of the Roman Cath- olic Church is held at Chicago. 1929 January 14 — Louis L. Emmer- son is inaugurated Governor. * March 25 — A tax on motor fuel is authorized by the General Assem- bly. Money thus collected is to be used in the State hard road pro- gram. 1930 Population: 7,630,654. * May 12-JuNE 27 — A special session of the General Assembly passes a series of bills to relieve the financial difficulties of Chicago. The meas- ures relate to delinquent taxes, future tax levies, and the issuance of bonds without referendum. 1931 June 17 — President Herbert Hoover rededicates the Lincoln Monument at Springfield. The Monument has recently been re- modeled for the second time. 1932 June 14-16 — The Republican National Convention at Chicago nominates Herbert Hoover for President. * June 27-July 2 — The Democratic National Convention at Chicago nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for President. * Four special sessions of the General Assembly are called in an effort to relieve the economic distress of Chicago and the rest of the State. An Unemployment Relief Commis- sion and an Emergency Relief Commission are created; a State income tax law is passed but is later declared unconstitutional; and money is borrowed from the Re- construction Finance Corporation. 1933 January 9 — Henry Homer is inaugurated Governor. * May 27- November 13 — A Century of Progress International Exposition, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the City of Chicago, is held at Chicago. * June 22 — The arrival in Chicago of a flotilla of river 22 barges from New Orleans marks the official completion of the Illi nois Waterway. * June 25 — The Retailers' Occupation Tax of 2 pet cent is passed by the General Assembly. * July 6 — An act estab- lishing a fair minimum wage stand- ard for women and minors is passed by the General Assembly. 1934 May 26-October 31— A Cen- tury of Progress Exposition is re- peated at Chicago. 1935 May 23— The Retailers' Occu- pation Tax is increased to 3 per cent. * June 29— The Old Age Security Act, providing state aid for qualifying persons, is passed by the General Assembly. * July 2 — The General Assembly passes an appropriation bill to build a new state armory at Springfield. It is to be erected on the site of the old armory, which was destroyed by fire February 18, 1934. 1936 June 6 — A law calling for the permanent registration of voters in Chicago and certain downstate cities is enacted by the General Assembly. 1937 January 4 — Henry Homer be- gins his second term as Governor. * June 23 — The General Assembly passes the Saltiel marriage law, re- quiring a physical examination prior to the issuance of a marriage license. * June 30 — An Act set- ting up a system of unemployment compensation is passed by the Gen- eral Assembly. * July 1 — The eight-hour law. limiting the hours of^work for women, goes into effect. * In January, oil is discovered on the Merryman farm, near Patoka, Marion County. This is the begin- ning of an oil boom in southern Illinois, centering in Mariorr, Rich- land, Clay and Fayette counties. By the end of the year Illinois ranks eleventh among the oil producing states, with approximately 7,500, 000 barrels. 1938 The General Assembly, meeting in special session, passes two ap- propriations for emergency relief. * Illinois climbs to seventh place among the oil producing states, with a yearly yield of approximately 24,000,000 barrels. During this year the rich Lake Centralia-Salem field is opened. 1939 July 1 — By an act of the Gen- eral Assembly, Illinois becomes the first state to establish a separate division for the prevention of delin- quency. * Illinois ranks fourth among the oil producing states, with a total annual output of ap- proximately 94,000,000 barrels. 1940 Population: 7,897,241. "^ July 15-18 — The Democratic National Convention meets at Chicago and nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for a third term as President. * July 25 — The Illinois Institute of Technology at Chicago is created from the consolidation of Lewi§ Institute and Armour Institute of Technology. * October 6 — Gov- ernor Homer dies at Winnetka, the second Illinois governor to die in office. He is immediately succeeded by Lieutenant Governor John Stelle. * The oil industry continues to expand in southern Illinois, as 146,700,000 barrels are produced in 1940. There are now 21 oil produc- ing counties in the state. 1941 January 13 — Dwight H. Green is inaugurated governor. "* March 5 — The Illinois National Guard is inducted into federal service. It is replaced by the recently created Illinois Reserve Militia. * April 17 — The Governor signs a bill pro- viding for a State Council of Defense. * May 16 — A State Department of Public Safety, con- solidating divisions dealing with * public safety, crime fighting and penal administration, is created by 23 the General Assembly. * Decem- ber 18 — A special session of the General Assembly convenes to put Illinois on a war footing, the United States havirg declared war on Japan, December 8. * The total oil output for 1941 is 134,- 000,000 barrels. 1942 January 13 — Donald M. Nelson, Chicago executive, is named head of the new War Production Board, to direct the nation's war produc- tion program. * March 3 — The mine sweeper YMS-84, the first navy vessel built in Illinois in World War II, is launched in the Chicago River. * June 6 — The Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institut< and Hospital is dedicated in Chi cago. Built for the State Depart ment of Public Welfare, it will b used for research and teaching it the fields of nervous and mentj disorders. * November 24 — Ser fence is passed in Chicago federa court on three German-American and their wives, in the first treasoi trial ever held in Illinois. The mei are sentenced to death, the womer to fine and imprisonment. In 1944 following a new trial because of a legal technicality, Hans Haupt, father of the executed Nazi sabo- teur, receives life imprisonment and fine. His two male confederates receive 5-year prison terms; the three women are discharged. * December 2 — First nuclear chain reaction set off at University of Chicago, under direction of Physi- cists Arthur Compton, Enrico Fermi, and others. 1943 January 21 — The 551-mile oil pipe line from Longview, Texas to Norris City, Illinois is completed. The line has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day. * ^ March 20 — Frank O. Lowden, Illinois gover- nor, 1917-1921, dies at Tucson, Arizona. On March 25 he is buried in Graceland cemetery, Chicago. * July 31 — The first four-engine army cargo transport plane flies over Chicago. It was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company at Chi- cago. 1944 January 13 — Governor Dwight H. Green approves legislation, passed by a special session of the legislature, to facilitate soldier vot- ing. * June 28 — Thomas E. Dewey of New York and John W. Bricker of Ohio are nominated for presi- dent and vice president by the Republican National Convention meeting in Chicago. * July 20-21 — The Democratic National Con- vention meeting at Chicago nomi- nates Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York for president and Harry S. Truman of Missouri for vice president. 1945 January 8 — Dwight H. Green is inaugurated governor for the sec- ond consecutive term. * April 13 — ^Governor Green designates April 14 an official day of mourn- ing and prayer for President Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, who died at Warm Springs, Ga., on April 12. * May 8 — Illinois joins in the celebration of V-E Day as the rati- fication of the unconditional sur- render of Germany marks the end of the war in Europe. * August 14 — Tlie unconditional surrender of Japan is announced by President Truman, although official V-J Day is not observed until September 2, when the surrender document is signed on board the U. S. S. Mis- souri in Tokyo Bay. * November 1 9 — Weekly airline service from Chicago to London is inaugurated by American Airlines. 1946 — April 25 — Forty-five persons are killed and 100 injured in the crash of two Chicago, Burlington & '* Quincy streamliners at Naperville. * June 14 — A bonus bill for World War II veterans passed by 24 a special session of the legislature is approved. On November 5, the $385,000,000 bond issue to finance this bonus is approved by the voters. * July 7 — Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who died in Chi- cago in 1917, is proclaimed a saint. She is the first United States citi- zen to be so honored by the Roman Catholic Church. * July 23 — Gov. Green calls a second special session of the legislature to enact rent legislation. The session is adjourned Aug. 1, following the restoration of federal rent control by Congress. * August 9 — The first Illinois State Fair since 1941 begins. The State Fairgrounds were leased to the War Department dur- ing the war. 1947 March 25 — A coal mine explo- sion at Centralia kills 111 miners. * June 17 — The legislature passes the first congressional reapportion- ment bill since 1901. * July 11 — A child labor law, passed in 1945 and scheduled to become law six months after the cessation of hostilities, goes into effect. It calls for more effective regulation of em-' ployment of minors between 14 and 16. * July 26 — Impressive cere- monies at the Library of Congress mark the opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of the papers of Abraham Lincoln, im- pounded since the death of the donor in 1926. * December 12 — The United Mine Workers under the leadership of John L. Lewis withdraw from the American Fed- eration of Labor, following the latter organization's compliance with the Taft-Hartley Act. 1948 June 4 — Prince Bertil and the official Swedish delegation attend a festival at Chicago Stadium, climax- ing the centenary celebration of Swedish settlement in the Middle West. * July 20-October 3 — The Railroad Fair, commemorating 100 years of railroad progress, is held on the former site of the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. 1949 January 10 — Adlai E. Stevenson is inaugurated governor. * May 15-22 — The 250th anniversary of the founding of the first permanent white settlement in the Mississippi Valley is celebrated at Cahokia. * June 30 — Tlie Galesburg division of the University of Illinois, opened September 1946 to accommodate veterans of World War II, is dis- continued. It will be reconverted to hospital use for the State Depart- ment of Public Welfare. * Octo- ber 25 — Herbert Wells Fay, cus- todian of the Lincoln Tomb from 1921 to 1948, dies at Springfield. 1950 Population: 8,712,176. Center of nation's population now near Olney. * March 5 — Edgar Lee Masters, poet and author, best known for his Spoon River Anthology, dies at Melrose Park, Pa. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Petersburg, 111. * March 14 — Lewis Fablinger of Downers Grove, last Civil War vet- eran in the state, dies at the age of 103. * May 2— Gwendolyn Brooks, of Chicago, receives the Pulitzer prize in poetry for her poem Annie Allen. She is the first woman of her race (Negro) to receive this award. * June 25 — North Korea invades South Korea, an action challenged by the United States as a breach of the peace. Two days later Presi- dent Truman authorizes the use of United States air and naval power in support of South Korea. 1951 May 8 — Carl Sandburg is award-, ed Pulitzer prize in poetry for his Complete Poems. * May 14— The Mt. Vernon Tuberculosis Hospital is dedicated. This is the first state owned and operated tuberculosis hospital in Illinois. * July 9 — The Illinois Civil Defense Act, creating 25 a state civil defense agency to act with local units in the event of an atomic explosion or other wartime disaster, becomes a law. * July 9 — Governor Adlai E. Stevenson signs a bill to enable municipalities of 500,000 or less to adopt a city manager form of government by referendum. * October 8 — Ab- bott Center, Illinois' first hospital for mentally ill children, is dedi- cated at Bartonville. 1952 Feb. 3 — Harold L. Ickes, secre- tary of the Interior in the cabinets of Presidents Roosevelt and Tru- tnaii and long active in Chicago re- form politics, dies at 77. * July 7-1 1 — The Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominates Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon of California for vice presi- dent. This ticket is successful in the November 4 election. * July 19-26 — The Democratic National Convention meets at Chicago and nominates Governor Adlai E. Stev- enson of Illinois for president and John J. Sparkman of Alabama for vice president. * Dec. 7 — An operation for the separation of Roger Lee and Rodney Dee Brodie, 15 month old Siamese twins joined at the head, is performed at the Illinois Research Hospital in Chi- cago. Roger Lee lives until Jan. 20, 1953. 1953 Jan. 12— William G. Stratton is inaugurated governor. His appoint- ments include Vera M. Binks as director of Registration and Educa- tion, and Joseph J. Bibb director of Public Safety, the first woman and the first Negro to hold positions of this rank in Illinois. * March 5 — The 634 foot Marine Angel, largest vessel to negotiate the Illi- nois Waterway in one piece, reaches Lake Michigan from the Gulf of Mexico.' * May 2 — The Baha'i Temple at Wilmette, first in the Western hemisphere, is dedicated. * July 13 — A bill creating an Illi- nois Toll Roads Commission, with authority to build and operate toll roads in Illinois, is approved by the Governor. * June 18 — By joint resolution the Legislature agrees to submit a constitutional amend- ment for reapportioning the state's legislative districts at the general election of 1954. 1954 Feb. 15 — Ground is officially broken for a new state office build- ing at Springfield, for which $12,- 500,000 was appropriated by the last legislature. * Nov. 2 — \'oters approve reapportionment amend- ment giving Cook County 24 Sen- ate districts to 34 downstate, and 30 House districts to 29 downstate. [Compiled by Margaret A. Flint, Reference Librarian, Illinois State Historical Librarv.l 26 Old Battle Flags of Illinois T^HE Illinois regimental flags which flew through four wars — Mexican, Cnil, Spanish-American and World War I — have hallowed places in Memorial liall. on the first floor of the Centennial Building in Springfield. l^here are two from the Mexican War, of 1846-1848; 346 from the Civil War, 1861-1865; 22 from the Spanish-American War, 1898, and 93 from the World War I in which Illinois' men played such gallant roles. The Mexican, Civil, and Spanish War flags, torn and faded in combat, ha\e been quilted between sheets of black netting to prevent further deterioration. The delicate task necessitated the efforts of 20 women, who worked almost five years on the project. These flags have lost almost all their color, but the World War flags, which were not carried into battle, retain much of their original rich shades. In addition to the flags,' Memorial Hall contains the head-dress of the soldiers in the four wars. Spaced around the architrave beneath the gold-leafed ceiling of the hall are the names of 28 of Illinois' war heroes: Smith D. Atkins, Edward Dickinson Baker, William H. Bissel, Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, William Passmore Carlin, El on John Farnsworth, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin H. Grierson, Martin D. Hardin, James D. Henry, Stephen A. Hurlbut, John Basil Turchin, John A. Logan, Wesley Merritt, James Dady Morgan, James A. Mulligan, John Alexander McClernand. Richard J. Oglesby, John McCauley Palmer, John Pope, Benjamin Mayberry Pr.;! tiss, John A. Rawlins, Richard Rowett, John McAllister Schofield, James Sliiekis. George W. Smith, William Henry Lamb Wallace, and James Harrison Wilson. 27 inois is* Ch am o f Titl( » » Owners, Occupants Nature of Claim or Claimants INDIANS: Illinois (Illini) and others. . . Illinois tribes: 1. Mitchigamis . . Occupancy and use of soil. Extent of Claim Occupancy and use of soil. Indefinite. 2. Kaskaskias ... Occupancy and use of soil. 3. Peorias . . 4. Cahokias . 5. Tamaroas SPAIN: ENGLAND: SPAIN: FRANCE: ENGLAND: FRANCE: Occupancy and use of soil. Occupancy and use of soil. Occupancy and use of soil. Columbus' Discovery, 1492. Cabot's Discovery, 1498. 1. De Leon's Discovery of Florida, 1513. 2. De Soto's Landing on the Mississippi, 1541. 3. Menendez' Proclamation, 1565. De Chastes — De Monts' Charter, 1603. 1. Patent for Virginia, 1606 and 1609. London Company, South Virginia. Intermediate district open to both. Plymouth Company, North Virginia. 2. Massachusetts Bay Charter, 1629. 3. Connecticut Colony Rights. 1. Canada and Indians of the vk^est Treaty, 1671. 2. Discovery of Illinois, etc., by Marquette et al., 1673. 3. La Salle ceremony at the mouth of the Mis- sissippi, 1682. 4. Crozat Patent, 1712. 5. Company of the West, 1717. 1. Originally west of the Mississippi river. 2. Region between Lake Michigan and Lake Peoria. 3. Region of Lake Peoria. 4. Region of Cahokia and the American Bottom. 5. Region of Southeastern Illinois. Western Hemisphere. Continent of America. 1. North America south of Great Lakes. 2. Region on Mississippi river and its tributa- ries. 3. All North America. North America between 40 degrees and 46 de- grees north latitude. 1. North America between 34 degrees and 45 de- grees north latitude. 34 degrees to 38 degrees north latitude. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., Vol. 1. 120. 41 to 45 degrees north latitude. 2. M a s s a c h u s e tts Bay Country to sea on west. 3. Connecticut River Coun- try. 1. Northwestern Lake Re- gion. 2. Illinois and the North- west. 3. Mississippi and tributa- ries from Gulf to New France. 4. Same as far as the Illi- nois. 5. Same. * From Perrin's History of Illinois. 28 ENGLAND: VIRGINIA: UNITED STATES: 1. Treaty of Paris, 1763. 2. Transfer of Fort Char- tres, 1765. 1. Capture by Clark, 1778. 2. Erected into Illinois county. 1. Cession from Virginia, 1784. 2. Cession from Massachu- setts, 1785. 3. Cession from Connecti- cut, 1786. 1. French possessions east of Mississippi river except New Orleans and islands. 2. Same. 1. Northwest of Ohio river. 2. Same. 1. Country Northwest of the Ohio river. 2. 42 degrees, 2 minutes to 43 degrees, 43 min- utes, 12 seconds, north latitude, west of New York to Mississippi river. 3. 41 degrees to 42 degrees, 2 minutes north lati- tude, west of Pennsyl- vania to Mississippi river. ILLINOIS: 4. Northwest Territory, by ordinance of 1787. 5. Indiana Territory, by Act of Congress, 1800. 6. Illinois Territory, by Act of Congress, 1809. 7. Illinois Territory, Sec- ond Grade, 1812. 8. Indian Cessions. Admitted as a State by Act of Congress, 1818. 4. Country northwest the Ohio river. 5. Indiana, Illinois, etc. of 6. Illinois, Wisconsin, etc. 7. Same. 8. Various tribes. Illinois. 29 30 NAMES OF COUNTIES Six counties of Illinois, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams, and Jackson, were named for Presidents of the United States; Adams for John Quincy Adams, sixth President, and not for John Adams, second President, as is sometimes stated. Four counties. Bond, Coles, Edwards, and Ford, were named, respectively for the first, second, third and seventh Governors of Illinois. Bond received its name the year before the election of the first Governor of the State. Sixteen counties were named for other citizens of the State, prominent in different walks of life. Alexander, for William M. Alexander, an early settlei- of the county bearing his name and Senator in the second and third General Assemblies of the State. Cook, for Daniel P. Cook, a pioneer lawyer, first Attorney General of the State and Representative in Congress from 1819 to 1827. Douglas, for Stephen A. Douglas, an eminent lawyer, brilliant political orator, Secretary of State (1840), Representative in Congress (1843-1847), United States Senator (1847-1861), and candidate for the Presidency in 1860. Edgar, for John Edgar, a pioneer merchant, politician and land specu- lator. Kane, for Elias Kent Kane, a pioneer lawyer. Territorial judge, promi- nent member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818, first Secretary of State of Illinois, and later United States Senator. Logan, for Dr. John Logan,' a pioneer physician, father of General John A. Logan. McHenry, for William McHenry, a pioneer of White County, soldier of the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk war. Representative in the first, fourth, fifth and ninth General Assemblies, and Senator in the sixth. McLean, for John McLean, a pioneer lawyer, Territorial judge, first Rep- resentative in Congress from Illinois (1818), and United States Senator (1824-1825). Menard, for Pierre Menard, a pioneer Indian trader. Colonel of Terri- torial militia, and first Lieutenant Governor of the State. Ogle, for Joseph Ogle, pioneer politician and Lieutenant of Territorial militia. Piatt, for Benjamin Piatt, a pioneer lawyer and Attorney General of the Territory (1810-1813). Pope, for Nathaniel Pope, first Territorial Secretary of State (1809-1816), and last Territorial Delegate to Congress from Illinois. Stephenson, for Benjamin Stephenson, prominent pioneer, a Colonel Territorial militia, and Adjutant General of the Territory (1813-1814). White, for Leonard White, pioneer of Gallatin County, Major of Terri- torial militia, member of Constitutional Convention of 1818, State Senator in second and third General Assemblies, and killed at battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811. . Whiteside, for Samuel Whiteside, a Colonel of Territorial militia. Repre- sentative in the First General Assembly, and Brigadier General of militia during Black Hawk War. Will, for Conrad Will, a pioneer politician. Territorial Recorder of Jack- son County, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818, and member of the General Assemblies of the State from the first to ninth inclusive. Twenty-two counties were named in honor of military heroes, generally of the Revolution, but some of later wars. Brown, for Jacob Brown, Major General during the War of 1812, who won distinction at Sackett's Harbor, Chippewa and Niagara. 31 Clakk, for George Rogers Clark, a soldier of the Revolution, who, as a Colonel of Virginia militia, established Colonial control in the Illinois coun- try, by the capture of Kaskaskia and Fort Vincennes. DeKalis, for Johann DeKalb, a German baron, who served in the Colonies during the Revol\ition, and was mortally wounded at Camden, S. C, 1780. Grkenk, for Nathaniel Greene, a Major General in the Revolution, who distinguished himself as commander in the Southern Colonies. Jasi'er, for William Jasper, a Sergeant of the Revolution who, during the action in Charleston harbor, replaced the flag shot away at Fort Moultrie, and later was killed at Savannah, 1779. J0D.A.VIE.SS, for Joseph Hamilton Daviess, prominent lawyer of Kentucky, United States District Attorney, and Major of militia; killed at the battle of Tippecanoe, 1811. Johnson, for Richard M. Johnson, a Colonel of Kentucky militia, who .served in Indian wars and the War of 1812, and reputed to have killed the Indian chief, Tecumseh, at the battle of the Thames; Representative in Con- gress and United States Senator from Kentucky and Vice-President, 1837-1841. Knox, for Henry Knox, a soldier of the Revolution who commanded the storming party at Stony Point, later a Major General and Washington's Secretary of War. Makion, for Francis Marion, a soldier of the Revolution who distinguished himself as a partisan commander in the Carolinas. Mercer, for Hugh Mercer, a General of the Revolution, killed at the battle of Princeton. Montgomery, for Richard Montgomery, a Revolutionary General, of Irish birth, who was killed before Quebec, December 31, 1775. Morgan, for Daniel Morgan, a General of the Revolution, who, as com- mander of the "Rifle Brigade," served with distinction at Quebec, Saratoga, the Cowpens, and other important engagements. Moultrie, for William Moultrie, a General of the Revolution, who built Fort Moultrie and successfully defended it. Pike, for Zebulon Pike, an early explorer of the Louisiana purchase. Pike's Peak was named in his honor. He was a General of the War of 1812 and was killed at York, Canada. Pulaski, for Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish exile who espoused the cause of the Colonies during the Revolution and was killed at the attack on Savannah, 1779. Putnam, for Israel Putnam, a Major General of the Revolution. Schuyler, for Philip Schuyler, a soldier of the French and Indian wars, a Major General of the Revolution, a member of the Continental Congress and United States Senator from New York. Stark, for John Stark, a soldier of the French and Indian wars, a Major General of the Revolution, who served with distinction at Bunker Hill, Tren- ton, Princeton, and Bennington. St. Clair, for Arthur St. Clair, a soldier of the French and Indian wars, a Major General during the Revolution, Commander-in-Chief of the Army after the Revolution, and Governor of the Territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio. Warren, for Joseph Warren, a physician and soldier who served at Lexington, a Major General of Massachusetts militia; killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. Wayne, for Anthony Wayne, a surveyor and politician of Pennsylvania, a Major General during the Revolution, Commander-in-Chief of the Army after General St. Clair, and successful Indian Fighter in the Northwest Territory. Three counties were named in honor of naval commanders: Lawrence, for Captain James Lawrence, Commander of the Chesapeake, who was mortally wounded in an engagement between that vessel and the British vessel, Shannon, during the War of 1812. McDoNouGH, for Thomas McDonough, a Commodore of the United States Navy, who commanded the fleet on Lake Champlain in a successful engage- ment with the British fleet, near Plattsburg, 1814. 32 Pkkry, for Oliver Hazard Perry, a Commodore of the United States Navy, who won distinction as Commander of the fleet in the battle of Lake Brie, in 1813. ^ ... Twenty-one pounties were named for statesmen and politicians, not citi- zens of Illinois, some of whom had distinguished themselves in military as well as civil life. Calhoun for John C. Calhoun, a lawyer and statesman, Representative in Congress and United States Senator from South Carolina, Secretary of War under Monroe, Vice-President of the United States, and Secretary of State under Tyler, and was recognized as the "Father of Nullification." Carroll for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a statesman of the Revolution- ary period, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and United States Senator from Maryland. . Cvss for Lewis Cass, a soldier as well as statesman. Territorial Governor of Michigan, Minister to France, United States Senator from Michigan, Secre- tary of War under Jackson, Secretary of State under Buchanan, and at one time a prominent candidate for the Presidency. CiAY for Henry Clay, a statesman and political orator, Representative in Congress and United States Senator from Kentucky, three times Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, famous as the author of the political measures known as the "Missouri Compromise." and a prominent candidate for the Presidency. Clinton for DeWitt Clinton, a distinguished lawyer, financier and states- man. Mayor of the city and Governor of the State of New York, United States Senator and chief promoter of the Erie Canal. Crawford, for William H. Crawford of Georgia, United States Senator, Minister of France, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Treasury, and a promi- nent candidate for the Presidency in 1824. DeWitt, for DeWitt Clinton. (See Clinton County.) Franklin, for Benjamin Franklin, philosopher, statesman, diplomatist, author, printer, a member of the Continental Congress. Ambassador to France, and (before the Revolution) Deputy Postmaster General of the British Colo- nies in America. ^ ... Gallatin, for Albert Gallatin, a statesman and financier. Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and Minister to France and England. Grundy, for Felix Grundy, a lawyer and politician. United States Senator from Tennessee, and Attorney General of the United States. Hamilton, for Alexander Hamilton, a soldier, statesman, author and financier, aid on the staff of Washington during the Revolution a member of the Continental Congress, first Secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795), and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army in 1799. Hancock, for John Hancock, a prominent figure of the Revolutionary period, a Major General of militia. President of the ContinentaK^ongress, first signer of the Declaration, and first Governor of the State of Massachusetts. Henry, for Patrick Henry, a lawyer, orator and statesman of the Rev- olutionary period, a member of the Continental Congress, and Governor of Virginia. Kendall, for Amos Kendall, a successful politician and journalist. Post- master General under Jackson, and as partner of S. F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, he contributed largely to the commercial success of that invention. Lee, for Richard Henry Lee. an orator and statesman of the Revolution- • ary period, a member of the Continental Congress, a Representative in Con- gress and United States Senator from Virginia. Livingston, for Edward Livingston, a lawyer and statesman. Mayor of New York Citv, Representative in Congress from New York and later from Louisiana, United States Senator from the latter state, Secretary of State under Jackson, and United States Minister to France. Macon, for Nathaniel Macon, a Colonel during the Revolution and later a Representative and United States Senator in Congress from North Carolina. He strenuously opposed the adoption of the United States Constitution as 33 conferring powers on the Federal government which should be reserved to the States. Marshall, for John Marshall, a soldier of the Revolution, statesman, author and jurist. Ambassador to France, Representative in Congress from Virginia, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Randolph, for Edmund Randolph, a soldier of the Revolution, a lawyer and statesman, member of the Continental Congress, Attorney General and Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State of the United States and Attorney General under Washington. Shelhy, for Isaac Shelby, a soldier of the Revolution and Indian wars. Governor of Kentucky (1792-1796) and again (1812-1816). He commanded the Kentucky troops in the battle of the Thames in the War of 1812. Tazewkxl, for Lyttleton W. Tazewell, an eminent lawyer. Governor, Representative in Congress, and United States Senator from Virginia. Nine counties of Illinois adopted the names of counties of other states through the influence of emigrants from the counties whose names were thus adopted: Champaign and Richland from Ohio; Christian, Hardin, Hender- son, Mason, Scott, and Woodford from Kentucky; and Williamson from Tennessee. Seven counties bear Indian names, given originally, as a general rule, to a creek, river or lake, and afterward transferred to the county. These named are Iroquois, Kankakee, Macoupin, Peoria, Sangamon, Wabash and Winnebago. Fourteen other counties derive their names from sources so diverse that they cannot easily be classified under any special head. BooNE, for Daniel Boone, a pioneer hunter, Indian fighter and pathfinder of the early days. Bureau, for Pierre Buero, a French trader with the Indians. Cumberland, from the Cumberland road, named in its turn from the town of Cumberland, Maryland, which derived its name from the mountain range of the same name adopted, presumably, from the Cumberland mountains of Great Britain. DuPage, from a small river of the same name said to have derived its name from a French trapper and trader of that region. Effingham, for Lord Edward Effingham, who resigned his commission as general in the British army, 1775, refusing to serve in the war against the colonies. Fulton, for Robert Fulton, the first successful builder of steamboats on American waters. Jersey, for the State of New Jersey, which derived its name from the Isle of Jersey, Great Britain. Lake, for Lake Michigan. LaSalle, for Robert de LaSalle, the French explorer who effected the first white settlements in Illinois and explored the Mississippi to the Gulf. Massac, from Fort Massac, a corruption of a French surname, Massiac. Rock Island, from the rock island of that name in the Mississippi. Saline, frpm Saline creek, so called on account of numerous salt springs in that locality. Union, from the federal union of the American States. Vermilion, from the river of that name, the principal branches of which .flow through the county. 34 LIST OF COUNTIES Shoiring Origin of Name, Date of Organization, County Seat, Area and Population in 1950. marked • are not under township organization. The others have adopted The seventeen counties township organization. Origin of name Bond Boone Brown Bureau ♦Calhoun... Carroll Cass Champaign Christian.. Clark Clay Area Established square miles Jan. 13, 1825 Mar, Jan. Mar. Feb. Feb. 4, 1S19 4, 1817 4, 1837 1, 1839 28, 1837 10, 1825 Adams John Quincy Adamis •Alexander. William M. .Alexander Gov. Shadrach Bond Daniel Boone Gen. Jacob Brown .... Pierre de Bureo, Indian trader JohnC. Calhoun ....-.- - i?K 99 IMQ Chas. Carroll, of CarroUton Feb. 22,1839 Gen. Lewis Cass Mar. 3, 837 A county in Ohio.. Feb. 20, 833 A county in Ke_ntucky Feb. 15, 839 Sr^ciar '''"' ::::: d:^"- 23:5«2^ CiTnton:::.......- PeWitt CUnton^... gee. 27, 1824 Jan. 15', 1831 Dec. 31, 1816 Coles - Gov. Edward Coles Cook:."'.:.:.-!..- Daniel P Cook. .1 . Crawford William H. Crawford Cumberland Cumberland Road... DeKalb. DeWitt Douglas DuPage Edgar ♦Edwards Effingham... Fayette Ford Franklin Fulton Gallatin Greene Grundy Hamilton Hancock ♦Hardin Henderson.. Henry. Iroquois Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jersey JoDaviess... ♦Johnson Kane Kankakee... Kendall Knox Lake LaSalle Lawrence... Lee Livingston. Logan - Macon Baron DeKalb DeWitt Clinton Stephen A. Douglas DuPage River John Edgar.. Gov. Ninian Edwards Gen. Edward Effingham.. Marquis de La Fayette... Gov. Thomas Ford Benjamin Franklin Robert Fulton Albert Gallatin Gen. Natlianiel Greene... Felix Grundy... Alexander Hamilton John Hancock A county in Kentucky- .. Henderson River Patrick Henry Indian name Andrew Jackson Sergt. William Jasper Thomas Jefferson • New Jersey Col. Joseph H. Daviess.. Col. Richard M. Johnson Senator Ehas K. Kane... Indian name .- Amos Kendall Gen. Henry Knox. Lake Michigan LaSalle, the explorer Com. James Lawrence... Richard Henry Lee Edward Livingston Dr. John Logan Mar Mar. Mar. Feb. Feb. Jan. Popula- County seat | tion ' 1950 2. 1843 4, 1837 1, 1839 8, 1859 9, 1839 3, 1823 Nov. 28, 1814 Feb. 15, 1831 Feb. 14, 1821 Feb. 17, 1859 Jan. 2, 1818 Jan. 28, 1823 Sept. 14, 1812 Jan. 20, 1821 Feb. 17, 1841 Feb. 8, 1821 Jan. 13, 1825 Mar. 2, 1839 Jan. 20, 1841 Jan. 13, 1825 Feb. 26, 1833 Jan. 10, 1816 Feb. 15, 1831 Mar. 26. 1819 Feb. 28, 1839 Feb. 17, 1827 Sept. 14, 1812 Jan. 16, 1836 Feb. 11, 1853 Feb. 19, 1841 Jan. 13, 1825 Mar. 1, 1839 Jan. 15, 1831 Jan. 16, 1821 Feb. 27, 1839 Feb. 27, 1837 Feb. 15, 1839 224 383 283 307 868 259 468 370 ,000 709 505 464 498 507 954 442 347 636 399 420 331 628 225 483 718 Nathaniel Macon" III '.I J»°- 19,1829 434 874 328 543 432 435 797 183 381 826 1,122 603 495 574 374 614 345 516 680 320 728 457 1,153 374 729 1,043 622 577 Quincy Cairo Greenville... Belvidere — Mt. Sterling Princeton... Hardin Mt. Carroll. Virginia Urbana....- Taylorville. Marshall — Louisville. - Carlyle Charleston. Chicago Robinson.. Toledo Sycamore... Clinton Tuscola Wheaton... Paris Albion Effing ham - Vandalia.. Paxton Benton Lewis town Shawnee town. . CarroUton Morris McLeans boro... Carthage Elizabethtown.. Oquawka Cambridge Watseka Murphysboro_. Newton Mt. Vernon Jersey ville Galena Vienna.. Geneva Kankakee Yorkville Galesburg Waukegan Ottawa .... Lawrence ville. Dixon... Pontiac Lincoln Decatur 64,690 20,316 14,157 17,070 7,132 37,711 6,898 18,976 15,097 106,100 38,816 17.362 17,445 22,594 40,328 4,508,792 21,137 10,496 40,781 16,894 16,706 154,599 23,407 9,056 21,675 24,582 15,901 48,685 43,716 9,818 18,852 19,217 12,256 25,790 7,530 8,416 46,492 32,348 38,124 12,266 35,892 15,264 21,459 8,729 150,388 73,524 12,115 54,366 179,097 100,610 20,539 36,451 37,809 30,671 98,853 35 List of Counties — Concluded. Counties Origin of name Area, lied square miles 1829 872 1812 731 1823 580 1839 395 1841 541 1843 246 1826 582 1836 611 1830 1,173 1839 312 182,5 556 1816 380 1821 706 1823 565 1843 345 1836 757 1825 624 1827 443 1841 437 1821 829 1816 381 1843 204 1825 166 1795 594 1841 364 1831 420 1847 384 1821 880 1825 434 1839 251 1827 772 1830 291 1790 670 1837 568 1827 653 1818 414 1826 898 1824 221 1825 542 1818 565 1819 715 1815 501 1836 690 1836 845 18;« 441 1836 520 1841 537 County seat Popula- tion 1950 Macoupin... Madison Marion Marshall Mason •Massac McDonough. McHenry McLean •Menard Mercer •Monroe Montgomery •Morgan Moultrie Ogle. Peoria •Perry Piatt. , Pike , •Pope.. •Pulaski Putnam •Randolph.. Richland Rock Island - Saline Sangamon... Schuyler •Scott Shelby Stark St. Clair Stephenson.. Tazewell •Union Vermilion •Wabash Warren Washington.. Wayne White Whiteside.... Will •Williamson. Winnebago... Woodford Indian name James Madison Gen. Francis Marion John Marshall A county in Kentucky Fort Mas.sac Com. Thomas McDonough. Gen. William McHenry John McLean Pierre Menard Gen. Hugh Mercer James Monroe Gen. Richard Montgomery. Gen. Daniel Morgan Gen. William Moultrie Lieut. Joseph Ogle.. . Indian name Com. Ohver H. Perry Benjamin Piatt Zebulon M. Pike... Nathaniel Pope Count Casimir Pulaski Gen. Israel Putnam.. Edmund Randolph A county in Ohio Island of same name Saline creek Indian name .'.. Gen. Philip Schuyler A county in Kentucky Gov. Isaac Shelby Gen. John Stark Gen. Arthur St. Clair Col. Benjamin Stephenson. Gov. Lvttleton W. Tazewell The Union Vermilion River Indian name Gen. Joseph Warren George Washington Gen. .\nthony Wayne Capt. Leonard Wbate Col. Samuel Whiteside Conrad Will A county in Tennessee Indian name A county in Kentucky Jan. Sept. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Jan. Jan. Dec. Feb. Jan. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Mar. Jan. Oct. Feb. Feb. Feb. Jan. Jan. Feb. Jan. Mar. Apr. Mar. Jan. Jan. Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Mar. Dec. Jan. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Carlinville Ed wards ville. Salem Lacon Havana Metropolis Macomb Woodstock Bloomington. Petersburg Aledo Waterloo HiUsboro Jacksonville.. SulUvan Oregon Peoria Pinckney ville Monticello Pittsfield Golconda Mound City.. Hennepin Chester Olney Rock Island.. Harrisburg... Springfield Rush\'ille Winchester Shelbyville... Toulon Belleville Freeport Pekin Jones bore Danville Mt. Carmel... Monmouth Nashville Fairfield Carmi Morrison Johet Marion Rockford Eureka 44,210 182,307 41,700 13,025 15,326 13,594 28,199 50.656 76, 577 9,639 17,374 13,282 32,460 35,568 13,171 33,429 174,347 21,684 13,970 22, 155 5,779 13,639 4,746 31,673 16,889 133,558 33,420 131,484 9,613 7,245 24.434 8,721 205,995 41,595 76,165 20,500 87,079 14,651 21,981 14,460 20,933 20,935 49,336 134,336 48,621 152,385 21.335 Total population of state 8,712,176; square miles, 55,947. 36 Roster of State Officers UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM ILLINOIS Name Term of service Residence Remarks 1818-1819 1818-1823 1819-1824 1823-1829 1824-1825 1825-1831 1829-1830 Nov. 12-Dec. 11, 1830 1830-1835 1831-1835 1835-1841 1835-1837 1837-1843 1841-1843 1843-1849. 1843-1847 1847-1853 1849-1855 1853-1859 1855-1861 1859-1861 1861-1867 1861-1863 1863-1865 1865-1871 1867-1873.- 1871-1877 1873-1879 1877-1883 1879-1885 1883-1889 1885-1886 1887-1891 1889-1895 _ 1891-1897 1895-1901 1897-1903 1901-1907 1903-1909 1907-1913 1909-1912 1913-1919 1913-1915 1915-1921 1919-1925 1921-1927 1925-1931 1927- Kaskaskia Kaskaskia Edwardsville.. Edwardsville.. Shawneetown-. Kaskaskia Shawneetown.. Kaskaskia Own successor. Resigned 1824 Own successor. Vice Edwards, resigned. To succeed McLean. Died Oct. 14, 1830. Appointed, vice McLean, dece To succeed Baker. Own successor. Died Dec. 12, Own successor. Vice Kane, deceased. To succeed Ewing. Vice Robinson. Died Mar. 22 To succeed Young. Appointed, vice McRoberts dec To succeed Semple. To succeed Breese. Own successor. To succeed Shields. Own successor. Died June 3, Own successor. Appointed, vice Douglas. To succeed Browning. To succeed Richardson. Own successor. To succeed Yates. To succeed Trumbull. To succeed Logan. To succeed Oglesby. To succeed Davis. Died Dec. 26, 1886. Vice Logan, deceased. To succeed himself. To succeed Farwell. To succeed himself. To succeed Palmer. To succeed himself. To succeed Mason. To succeed himself. To succeed Hopkin.s. To succeed Cullom. In place of Lorimer. To succeed himself. To succeed Lewis. To succeed Sherman. To succeed McCormick. To succeed McKinley. In place of Frank L. Smith. To succeed Deneen. To succeed Glenn. Died April 9, 1939. To succeed Dieterich. .\ppointed; vice Lewis, decea. Elected to fill Lewis term. Jesse B. Thomas, Dem... - John McLean, Dem David J. Baker, Dem..- _ John M. Robinson, Dem Elias Kent Kane, D^m John M. Robinson, Dem William L. D. Ewing, Dem Richard M. Young, Dem Samuel McRoberts, Dem ised. Kaskaskia 1835. Vandalia Jonesboro Waterloo Carlyle 1843. James Semple, Dem Stephen A. Douglas, Dem eased. Quincy Springfield Chicago Belleville Chicago Chicago Quincy Quincy Jacksonville. .- Chicago Chicago Decatur Bloomington. . Chicago Springfield Chicago Chicago Springfield Springfield Springfield Chicago Springfield Aurora Springfield Chicago Chicago Springfield Springfield Chicago Champaign- -- Chicago D wight Murphysboro-. Chicago Beardstown... Chicago Havana Chicago Chicago Chicago Havana Chicago. Pekin Stephen A. Douglas, Dem L. Trumbull, Anti-Neb., Dem.. Stephen \. Douglas. Dem 1861. Orville H. Browning, Rep William A. Richardson, Dem... Richard J. Oglesby, Rep Shelby .M. Cullom, Rep Charles B. Farwell, Rep .-- Shelby M. Cullom, Rep Shelby M. Cullom, Rep Shelby M. Cullom, Rep Albert J. Hopkins, Rep Shelby M. Cullom, Rep James Hamilton Lewis, Dem... Lawrence Y. Sherman, Rep Lawrence Y. Sherman, Rep Medill McCormick, Rep William B. McKinley, Rep Charles S. Deneen, Rep - Otis F. Glenn, Rep 1928-19.33 1931-1937 1933-1939 1937-1939 1939-1945 1939-1940 1940-1943 1943-1949 1945-1951 1949-1955- 1951-1957 James Hamilton Lewis, Dem William H. Dieterich, Dem James Hamilton Lewis, Dem James M. Slattery, Dem.._ C. Wayland Brooks, Rep C. Wayland Brooks, Rep ,ed. 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Since that historic day, Illinois has had three governmental seats (Kas- kaskia, Vandalia and Springfield) and six Capitols. For more than a century, before becoming Illinois' fount of government, Kas- kaskia played an important role in Illinois history, Kaskaskia was the scene of one of George Rogers Clark's early triumphs when he and a little army of Virginians captured it from the British in 1778. In 1809, when Illinois Territory was cre- ated by an Act of Congress, Kaskaskia was chosen as the territorial capital and it was the center of population when Nathaniel Pope petitioned Congress for state- hood for his adopted territory on January 16, 1818. The Congressional Enabling Act was passed and Illinois became the 21st state on December 3, 1818. The first Capitol, or State House, was rented. It was a two story brick build- ing. The House of Representatives occupied the lower floor and on the floor above was the Senate Chambers. Meeting in this unimpressive setting, the first General Assembly composed of 13 Senators and 27 Representatives petitioned the Congress for a grant of land to serve as a new State Capital. The request was granted and First State House of Illinois at Kaskaskia. The building was rented and served as a Cap- itol from 1818 until 1820. Due to the encroachments of the Mississippi River the building was destroyed in 1900. Kaskaskia in 1895. The original site of the capital city lies beneath the murky Mississippi. 40 a committee of five was named to choose the site. They decided upon "Reeves Bluff," later to be known as Vandalia, which was about 80 miles northeast on the Kaskaskia River from Kaskaskia. The removal of the Capital from Kaskaskia to Vandalia grew out of a mania for speculation on the part of some of the State's early citizens who thought that money could be made by starting a land boom in a new location. The origin of the name "Vandalia" is not known. For many years credence was eiven to the story that some wag managed to convince the founders that the SDot had been inhabited by an extinct tribe of savages known as Vandals. Ihe m^t plauS uggested origin is that of Vandalia, Ohio. In 1775 forty-five years beTore the establishment of !he new Illinois town, the Ohio Land Company s name had- been changed to the Vandalia Land Company. From tins sprang the name Vandalia, Ohio Regardless of where the name originated the city plannei^ pro- ceeded to justify the story of vandalism by uprooting all the trees which might have shaded the public square and streets. Kaskaskia Destroyed by River After Vandalia became the Capital in 1820, Kaskaskia deteriorated, gradually disappearing under the waters of the Mississippi River which lapped its shores. In 1881 the river went on one of its many rampages, changed its course, moving east- ward and then southwest to find its old channel. When the turbulent water had subsided an island had been created and a considerable portion of the f cient capital city had been washed away. Each recuning spring flood encroached further uiwn the site until the last vestige of historic Kaskaskia slipped into the Mississippi. On the remaining portion qI the present island is a farming community of around 150 persons and the island still bears the name Kaskaskia, perhaps to per- petuate in memory the little Capital which lies beneath the muddy Mississippi. Original Capitol at Vandalia A plain two story frame structure was erected in Vandalia. The lower floor was devoted to one room for the House of Representatives. A passage and staimay led to the second floor which consisted of two rooms, the larger for the Senate Chamber and the smaller for the Council of Revision. The Secretary of State, Auditor and Treasurer occupied rented offices detached from the Capitol. The State's Archives, consisting of a small wagonload, were removed from Kas- kaskia to Vandalia by Sidney Breese, then clerk to the Secretary of State who later became a Supreme Court Justice and U. S. Senator. Breese was paid $25.00 for his labor. The first session of the Second General Assembly met in the first State-owned Capitol on December 4, 1820 and during its sitting passed an act making Vandalia the seat of government for the next twenty years. On December 9, 1823 fire destroyed this first State-owned Capitol During the summer of 1824 a new building was constructed of brick at a cost of $15,00U. Soon thereafter agitation was started for the removal of the Capital to a site nearer the geographical center of the State. This sentiment caused the General Assembly to pass an act in 1833 whereby the voters at*the folFowing general election could decide the location for a new capital city. The sites on which the vote was to be taken were Vandalia, Jacksonville, Springfield, Peoria, Alton, and the State's geographical c^tcr., Alton received the cTeat^t number of votes but the margin was so small as to be mconclusive, and tiie vote was not announced officially as it would undoubtedly 4iave been rejected 41 State House at Vandalla. This was the third build- ing there to be used as a Capitol. The State's fifth Capitol at left, is now the Sangamon County Court House in Springfield. 42 by the next General Assembly. So the suggested removal from Vandalia was dropped until the 1836-37 session revived the question. Lincoln Suggests Springfield Residents of Vandalia were determined that they should retain the Capital so in the summer of 1836, without authorization, and while the legislature was recessed, they tote down the old Capitol. In its stead they erected a State House costing $16,000. This gesture, however, was in vain for with the return of the General Assembly Lincoln was successful in having Springfield named as Illinois' new Capital. Matters then took a very different turn for the proposal was interesting a ris- ing young lawyer known as Abraham Lincoln who represented Sangamon County. Lincoln introduced a bill providing for removal of the Capital of Illinois to Spring- field, and he was backed by eight fellow members who with him were known as the Long Nine because their aggregate height was 54 feet. On February 25, 1837, the Assembly passed a bill providing that the Capital be moved from Vandalia to some place nearer the center of the State and three days later Springfield was chosen as the new Capital City. Because the Act of Assembly in 1820, Vandalia was to continue as the Capital until December 1, 1840, but on June 20, 1839, Governor Thomas Carlin issued a proclamation that all State records be removed to Springfield by July 4, 1839. The Eleventh General Assembly returned the Vandalia Capitol to the county of Fayette and the city of Vandalia, and the old State House still stands, though now again is State property. The cornerstone of the State's fourth Capitol was laid at Springfield on July 4, 1837. After many delays the building finally was completed in 1853 at a total cost of $260,000 double its original estimate. The building occupied the center of the square neady three acres in extent, and was constructed of cut stone brought from a quarry six miles away. The build- ing was considered one of the architectural wonders of the State. This building is rich in Lincoln associations. After Lincoln became a resident of Springfield in 1837 he was, of course, one of the regular frequenters of the State House. In addition to ser\ing in the legislature he appeared and argued neariy 250 cases before the Supreme Court, located in the edifice, and made frequent use of the State and Supreme Court libraries. In this building he often took public issue with Douglas, here he made his famous "House divided against itself" speech, here were his headquarters during his 1860 campaign for the Presidency, and here finally his remains rested on May 3-4, 1865, before burial at Oak Ridge. Present State House Planned in 1867 Illinois continued to prosper and gain in population and soon it was apparent that a much larger Capitol would be needed. The enabling act was passed by the 25th General Assembly on February 24, 1867. This was the fifth of the buildings owned by the" State and the one in use today. The old Capitol at Springfield was sold to Sangamon County for $200,000. The deed was executed October 23, 1869, neady seven years before the present Capitol was used. Certain alterations were made to this old building, the most re- markable one being that of raising the massive two-story structure high off the ground and while suspended, the present ground floor of the Sangamon County Court House was built. 43 --uxr-."Srj2^ 44 Ground was broken for the present Capitol, March 11, 1868. Formal laying of the cornerstone took place October 5th of the same year. Still unfinished,' the building was first occupied in 1876. Twenty-one years after the Legislature first authonzea its construction, the building finally was completed. Originally construc- tion costs were limited to $3,000,000, but before completion expenditures amounted to more than $4,500,000. The present Capitol, situated on a nine acre plot, is in the form of a Latin Cross. The circular foundation, 92 V2 feet in diameter, upon which the vast dome rests, is 25 V2 feet below the grade line, set on solid rock. It is interesting to know that many feet below runs one of the richest veins of Illinois coal. The walls supporting the dome are 17 feet thick from the foundation to the first story. They are built of granular magnesian limestone from quauies of Han- cock County. The outer walls of the superstructure are of Niagara limestone, that of the lower stories from the quarries of Joliet, and that of the upper stories from Lemont. The extreme length of the building from north to south is 379 feet, and from east to west 268 feet. The height from the ground line to the top of the dome is 361 feet, and to the tip of the flagstaff 405 feet, the highest building in central Illinois. This led to the choice of the State House dome for the installation of the red beacon which glows through the night as a guidance for pilots. In 1949 the beacon was equipped with an electronic "eye" which turns the light on when visibility reaches a certain low — day or night. It used to operate on a clock device which turned the lights on in the evening and off in the morning, making no pro- vision for foggy or overcast days. Capitol Group of Buildings Since the turn of the century, additional buildings have been erected on or near the capitol grounds as follows: CENTENNIAL BUILDING— Cornerstone laid in 1918, completed in 1923. It was constructed to commemorate the 100th birthday of Illinois as a state of the Union. Costs were approximately $3,000,000. In this building are located the State Library, State Historical Library, the Museum, Memorial Hall (where flags of Illinois regiments are encased), and some state offices. ARCHIVES BUILDING— Completed in 1938 at a cost of more than $800,- 000. It was designed and constructed to house the valuable historic and semi-cur- rent record of the State. Its architecture is unique and although it is seven stories, it contains no windows above the third floor. The building is air-conditioned and is as nearly fireproof as modern science can make it. At the time of construction, only two buildings of similar design were in the United States. ARMORY BUILDING— Situated north of the State House across Monroe Stfeet stands the Armory building. Here are housed the military branches of the State. Some offices under the Governor's administration are also located here. SUPREME COURT BUILDING— Just east of the Capitol. A magnificent edifice of classic design. It was dedicated in 1908 and cost $500,000. In the build- ing are the chambers of the State's Supreme Court, Office of the Attorney General and offices of the Appellate Court. A network of tunnels connects all buildings. 45 ILLINOIS NEW OFFICE BUILDING— In a ceremony attended by high ranking state officials, Governor William G. Stratton, on February 15, 1954 broke ground for a new state office building. To alleviate crowded working conditions and centralize s;:jtj offices, the 68!:h General Assembly appropriated a total of $12,500,000 or so much thereof as may be needed, for construction and equipping of an office building for state purposes. The new building and its adjacent parking area will be situated on a site two blocks long and one block wide. I he building's dimensions will be 381 feet by 252 feet. The center of the H-shaped building will be eight stories high and the north and south wings will be seven stories. Basement space will include a cafeteria, mechanical equipment, storage space and a truck service dock. A limestone exterior, with granite base and aluminum windows and trim, is planned. Completely air-conditioned, the building will have 445,020 square feet of gross floor space with 82 per cent of the space usable; only IS per cent of the floor space will be taken up by service facilities such as storage, corridors and elevators. The imposing new structure will enable the state to consolidate its agencies, some of which now are scattered in 19 various locations in downtown Springfield because of crowded conditions in present state buildinf^s. The General Assembly approved the measure March 25, 1953. This building also will be connected to the Capitol by an underground tunnel. Construction of Illinois' new office building officially, began February 15, 1954. Among those pictured with Governor S+ratton (at microphone) are: Mayor John MacWherter of Springfield; Charles F. Carpentier, Secretary of State; Earl Searcy, Clerk of the Supreme Court; State Senator Roland V. Libonati; Vernon L. Nickel!, State Superintend- ent of Public Instruction; Latham Castle, Attorney General; Orville Hodge, State Auditor; State Senator Merritt Little and Edwin A. Rosenstone, Director of Public Works and Buildings. 46 Population of Illinois The following table indicates the population gains of Illinois since 1810, giv- ing the percentage of increase and urban-rural division of inhabitants. Census Year 1950.. 1940.. 1930.. 1920. 1910. 1900. 1890. 1880- 1870. 1860. 1850. 1840. 1830. 1820. 1810. Population 8,712,176 7,897,241 7,630,654 6,485,280 5,628,591 4,821,550 3,836,352 3,077,871 2,539,891 1,711,951 851,470 476,183 157,445 55,211 112,282 The State Increase over preceeding census Number Per cent 814,935 266,587 ,145,374 846,689 817,041 995,198 748,481 537,980 827,940 860,481 375,287 318,738 102,234 42,929 10.3 3.5 17.7 15.0 16.9 26.0 24.3 21.2 48.4 101.1 202.4 185.2 349.5 Division Urban Rural 77.6 73.6 73.9 67.9 61.7 54.3 44.9 30.6 23.5 14.3 22.4 26.4 26.1 32.1 38.3 45.7 55.1 69.4 76.5 85.7 92.4 98.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1 The 1810 population was that of Illinois Territory, which comprised the area n°w constituting the State of lUinois almost all of Wisconsin, the western part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and the northeastern part of Minnesota. 47 Location of Principal State Parks and Memorials 48 23B LINCOLN TOMB - The resting piece of the Greet Eieancipetor. ,i''".c-x i-i- \num %' 23A LINCOLH HOME - The only hoae that Abrehaw Lincoln ever owned. 49 ^2A NEW LINCOU STATUE - lew Sale* State Park 228 THE LIHCOLtt-BERRY STORE - «•« Salaa Stata Park 50 ^7 NETAMORA COURT HOUSE - Wh«r« Lincoln ortc* plead- ed cases. A 38 LIUCOLU TRAIL MOHUMENT - This '• tbs starting point of the Lincoln national 2S THE ABRAHAM LIMCOLR HOKE - Ho«e of Thonas Lincoln, the Enanc i pator ' s father. Meaorlal Highway- Si 1. EARLY HOME Of GEJIERAL U. S. GRAKT - A wst successful general in the Union Araies of the Civil War. 3. CHAIN O'LAKES - Pictured •bove is the boat dock on ene of the s«ries of lakes in this popular state-ovned area. 2. APPLE RIVER CARYOM - Looking tomrds Charles Peak highest point in Illinois. PT" ^ m, m »j | -r-iS^i-^siimm mM"'^ 'f^'Tf ^^Tltllf m 4. ILL I MO 1 8 BEACH STATE PARK - Beach Housel B. HISSISSIPPI PALISADES STATE PARK 6. LOWDENS MEMORIAL STATE PARK - Black Havk Statue 52 7. MIVE THR0U6H WHITE PINES FOREST STATE PARK 78 WHITE PINES FOREST STATE PARK 9 BLACK HAWK STATE PARK - View down RocK River fron watch tower. 10 BUFFALO ROCK STATE PARK - Picture above! of Buffalo In Park. 11. STARVED ROCK STATE PARK - Where a band of lliinoys indians besieged on its top by the Pottaaatoaies, perished 53 :^44iF ~^ ^ :nif. 12 NATTHIESSEN STATE PARK - Deer Park 16. JUBILEE COLLEGE - IN JUBILEE COLLEGE STATE PARK 19 DICKSON MOUNDS STATE PARK - One of 125 burials. Dr. Don Dickson holding pot buried with this body. 26 KICKAPOO STATE PARK - The fourth laruest recreational area in the Illinois state park systea. 29 FOX RIDGE STATE PARK - Ridge Lake 30 PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK - Largest of all 111 inois State Parks. 54 32. CAHOKU MOUNDS STATE PAJK - The above vie* of the 144 acre historical recreational area and gigantic burial Bounds. 33 GRAMD HARAIS STATE PARK - Boat House 35] FORTCHARTRES STATE PARK - Picture above I of Gateway to Fort Chartres. 36 FORT KASKASKIA STATE PARK - Once known I ■• 'The Paris of Illinois', no trace of ithe town now renains. 39 GIANT CITY STATE PARK • Picture above is one of the strange Canyons. CAVE- IN-ROCK STATE PARK - Cave-ln-Rocl( once the lair of river pirates who preyed upon the thriving Ohio River traffic. 55 «3. DIXON SPRIHeS STATE PARK - ROCK FORMATION «». FORT MASSAC MEMORIAL - Seorge Rodgers CUrk \0tti^'^Wf K CHANNAHON PARKWAY STATE PARK - Above Picture shows two artists painting a scenic site along the Oes Plaines River. %, ^ir^Si^-, V I M PIERRE HENARD HOMESTEAD - In Foft Kaslias kla State Park. Pierre Menard first Lt. Governor of Illinois. f7 ROCK ISLAND ANNUAL INDIAN POW POW f.^»ry year on Labor Day Week End. DISTRICT NO. 9 Office and Garage Building, Carbondalei 56 DISTRICT NO. 2 Office and Garage Building, Dixon. DISTRICT NO. 3 Office and Garage Building, Ottawa. ^ ^v%#^t% g^ DISTRICT NO. 4 Office and Garage Building, Peoria. DISTRICT NO. 6 Office and Garage Building Springfield. DISTRICT NO. 7 Office and Garage Building, Eff inghan. DISTRICT NO. 8 Office and Garage Building, French Village (East St. Louis). 57 DISTRICT NO. 9 Office and Garage Building, Carbondalei CENTRAL GARAGE State Highway Central Ga- rage Building, Springfield. Um DISTRICT NO. 10 Chicago Branch Laboratory and Garage Building, Chicago. STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located 2 miles east of Sterling. iM^ltidftKe MaWi J H I^Ie STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located at Harlem Avenue and Irv- ing Park Road in Cook County. STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located at Stateville on U.S. Route I3&. 58 ^^^^ Heavy grading equipment, south of Mt. Sterl ing, Brown County. Heavy grading equipment making grade change, U.S' Route 51 north of Vandal la, Fayette County. *ss^-mE Ir-^*^ *■■■ -v^ • Typical paving operation, U> S. Route 66, north of Wil I iarasviUe, Sangamon County. Typical photograph of subgrade preparation before placing concrete, (!• S. R cute 66 south of Farnersvil le, Montgomery County. Typical photograph showing dual pavers in operation, U- S. Route 66 south edge of parmersvil le, Montgomery County. Grade Separation on Edens Expressway in Mor- ton Grove, Cook County. 59 / Typical modernization of sharp curvds, U* Si Route i|5 near Bloomfield, Johnson County. Typical modernization of pavement, U> S> Route 66 at Farmersv i I 1e, Montgonery County. m-r'" Typical modernization of pavement, U.S. Route 66 north of Lincoln, Logan County. Bituminous surfaced pavement, U.S. Route 36 near Winchester, Scott County. iJMIIiiJ«Si:i5ii,p«auuiuuu««u|«^^^ New high level bridge over Illinois River at Beardstown, U. S. Route 67, Cass County. Typical Farm to Market Townsh'p Road, Ob- long Township, Crawford County. bU STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located at Pontiac. STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located at Rock Island. STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located at Hacomb on U>S> Route l36> STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located on U>S. Route 66 south of Springfield. STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located 5 miles south of Effingham on U.S. Route 45. STATE HIGHWAY POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS Station located I mile south of DuQuoin on U.S. Route 51 61 ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY Stateville Branch - — Front View ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY Stateville Branch — Rear View ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY Jol iet Branch — Front View Diagnostic Depot just to right of the highwi ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY Jol iet Branch Rear View Diagnostic Depot just to left of the highway "*';. - ' ■;^.:5SP^^-^ **' ■ *, 4 Km.' ^ ^"ii ^^ ^ --jp— *^.%,i,s^ wmi ^^Sl^ Hppr "'--■■ -m^^g^Ktjf^- SB2?-^=Ti w^ j^B^PSKImlll^.^! ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY Pontiac Branch - Front View FroB North ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY Menard Branch - View From Mississippi River 62 UNIVERSITY OF lUINOIS-URBANft ,,, ,_ C001 «02e AMERICAN AERIAL COUNTY HISTORY SERIES C 3 0112 025337376