Freeport Illinois A Growing railroad hub and city lore
Freeport grows from a prairie village to a county seat with rapid 1830s settlement, early leaders Baker and Wright, Indian reserves, and diverse churches. Railroads Illinois Central Galena and Chicago Union expand trade, population rises from 491 in 1840 to over 12,000 by 1866, with grand blocks, courts and schools.
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Freeport
Lake Michigan
Waters
Garden of
Mississippi
Waskaskia
Illinois
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Favre River
Baint Topuis
Ilinois
Stephenson County
Weis
Winneshetk
Stephenson Street
Kentucky
Wisconsin State Line
Dixon
Rock River
Dubuque
Iowa
William Baker
Baker, Kirkpatrick, Gilbraith & Co
Baker
Freeport -Ulog
Ilinois Central
Stephenson
John Hinckle
Benjamin K. Wilmot
Philip Fowler
O. H. Wright
John Brown
Wright
Nicholas Baldwin
Baldwin
John A. Clark
Winnesheik
Campbell’s
Hyde
Waterman’s
Hiram G. Fads
James Fowler
Michael Rees
Julius Smith
William Hollenback
L. C. Crocker
Dr. Hunt
Samuel Davis
I. C. Stoneman
Nelson Martin
Chancellor Martin
Thomas Crane
D. A.’ Knowlton
O. W. Brewster
A A.T. Green
C. Waterman
S. D. Knight
McKain
Fréeport
Imarket
Illinois Central
Galena & Chicago Union
Chicago
Miles
Wilcoxon
van Buren
Athens
Munn
Nea Fry
Hettinger
Keuhner
Klowston
J’reeport
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Embury Methodist Episcopal Church
First Presbyterian Church
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Freeport Bulletin
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Republican Party
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Cairo
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Mississippi River
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