Reminiscences of Life in Freeport Sixty Years Ago
Mrs. Oscar Taylor recounts a pioneer Freeport era, describing arrival in 1839, harsh prairie life, the first homes, the 1839 fire, fever year, and cholera. She recalls friendships, church and social life, dances, dining with notable visitors, and cultural growth through 1850s, highlighting community spirit and early regional development.
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Oscar Taylor
Freeport
Illinois
Lakes
Chicago
Thad
Yellow Creek
Breweries
Adams Street
Galena Street
Moogks Drug Store
Wilson Guiteau
New York City
Woman’s Club
Troy
Rochester
Cornelia Russell
Pecatonica
Cornelia
Ellen
Martin
Luther Guiteau
Guiteau
Billerbeck
Orestes H. Wright
Colony
John A. Clark
Clark
Thompson Campbell
Stephenson
Stephenson County
Old
Virginia
West
Thomas Drummond
United States Court
Daniel Stone
Cincinnati
Drummond
East
M. P. Sweet
Alpheus Goddard
Mr. Morrell
Rockford
Dundee
St. Thomas
Dover
Baily
Charlie Pratt
Sharlie Pratt
Gibler
Tam
Swain
Buffalo
New England
Ceolebs
Miss Snow
Chase
Zion Parish
T. J. Turner
Congress
Court House
Great Square
Court House Square
Clay Street
van Buren Street
Louise Burchard
Stephenson Street
O. H. Wright
Salvation Army
Winnesheik
Purinton
Germania Hall
James Mitchell
Kate Clark
Pennsylvania
Shaffer
Jesse Snyder
Dr. Stearns
Wilson
William
New York
Silas
Warren
Father Brewster
Wright
Knowlton
Schofield
Russell
Father Wilcoxon
Kavanaugh
St. John’s Church
Y. M.C.A
Prairie Democrat
Freeport Journal
Giles Taylor
Illinois Central
H.C. Burchard
F. W. S. Brawley
John K
Daniel Brewster
Hiram Sheetz
E. H. Hyde
Plymouth
Lombard Brothers
Baker
Hutchinson
Granite State
Judson
Mrs. Beaumont
Plymouth Hall
Ole Bull
Adelina Patti
Patti
Pennsylvania House
Young Men’s Association
Taylor
Ber
Horace Mann
Concord
Mr. Mann
Emerson, Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Hawthorne
Thoreau
Walden
Dr. Howe
Saturday Club
Boston
Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
Bayard Taylor
Europe
Mr. Taylor
Horace Greeley
Greeley
George Sumner
Charles Sumner
Dresden
Paris
Sumner
Putnam’s Magazine
Sebastopol
Starr King
Mr. King
Isaac Carey
Jom A. Jameson
H. N. Hibbard
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