Putnam Magnolia History Told by Mrs Lucy Baker Swindler
A Magnolia club reads a concise Putnam County history by Lucy Baker Swindler, tracing early settlements from Hennepin to Magnolia, county organization in 1832, first courts, mills and farms, and the growth of Magnolia with its early industry and fortifications during frontier times.
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Lucy Baker Swindler
Magnolia
Putnam County
Magenolia
Magnola
Chicago
Linois
Hennepin
Granville
Senachwine
Gordon
Hubbard
American Fur Company
Thomas Hartzell
Thomas Gallaher
Nathan Skeel
William Hamm
George Ish
George Mills
Hennepin Journal
Haws
Wm Haws
James W Willis
Stephen D. Willis
John Knox
Magnetia
John Strawn
Columbia
Lacon
Lacon and Three -at—Hennepin
William
Hans
Dullt
James’Dever
Round
I Magnolia
Jeanie Roberts
Robert Mann
Caledonia
Mr. Boyle
James W. Willis
Fort Dearborn
Thomas Patterson
Simmons
William Boman
Thomas Patterison
Illinois first counties and early frontier life recalled
The account surveys Illinois county formation from St. Clair to Putnam and Bureau, notes four counties under Gov Edwards, the 1830s boundary changes, and early towns Hennepin Princeton and Henry. It describes pioneer logging houses, prices of labor and food, and Black Hawk era fortifications and raids in Putnam county with frontier defense efforts.
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Peck
Ilinois
Ellsworth
Illnois
Illinois
St. Clair
Arthur St Clair
Northwest Territory
Kaskaskia
Missouri
Wiman Edwards
Dilinois
Supreme Court
Purgan County
Hennepin
Princeton
Columbia
Lacon
Henry
Putnam
Bureau
Putnam County
Marshall County
Stark
Joe
Marshall
John Dykes
Alexander Brothers
New Orleans
Chicago
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Derness
Alboo
Chiapo
Michigan
Peoria
Lena
Kankakee
Indiana Line
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Bureau, Stark, Kendall, Lee, Ogle
Death
Kare
Boone, Lake, DuPage
McHenry
Stephenson
Winnebago
Ogle
la Salle
Grundy
Will
Carroll
Whiteside
Jo Daviess
Spoon River
Snork
Wiliam Haws
William Haws
Puttar
First Circuit
Thomas Galfner
Gaptatr Yans
David L. Castee
Elias Wright
John F. Thornton
N. H. Letts
George W. Ditman
A. Reynolds
James Ramage
Amos Harvey
Wilde Tssue Piews
Indga Parrett
Parrett
WiHil Simonton
Joining & Sons
H F Andrews
Firesserns
T. S. Hunt
Artiniest
Rhode Island
Bureei, Putnam, Marshall
Stark Counties
Tone
Hartzell
Joseph Warnock
John Leeper Thia
Birce
Zachary Taylor
United States
Creek
Wm Fosdick
T M. Brown
Haines
Midge
Wrighe
Tor