This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local notes mix politics religion and portraits of pioneers
A tangle of small items from La Balle to Milo and Saybrook covers school votes in Bradford and Saybrook, church building plans in Elmwood, early settlers like R Cappertine and J Sutherland, a Saybrook jail census for two sisters, and recalls of local families and events including marriages, deaths, and regional travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Prairie
Superior
Neb
Saybrook
McLean County
R. Cappertine
Joseph Sutherland
Milo
Mr Sutherland
Boyd
J. D. Eblen
Wenona German Lutheran Church
South Dakota
Amanda Mains
Bushnell
Joseph Hoover
Joseph Smith
Owen G Lovejoy
Princeton
New York
Frank Tarbill
College of Pharmacy
Chicago
Frank
Tesmer
Momence
Kankakee County
Henry
George Hoffman
Whitefield
Ed Shorts
Tiskilwa
Drew Ferrell
Bradford
U G Anderson
Lacon
Journal
Springfield News
John M. Palmer
Illipoia
United States
Richard Haney
Orion
Illmois Hu
Menders Electric Light Co
Mra Kaastle
Tampico
Mexico
Mr Kastle
Mrs Kastle
Jacob Wirth
Chillicothe
Benajabh Martins
Hopewell
Esquire McMurtrie
Earnest Saggers
Sparlend
Dronm
Chilligothé
Bulletin
Migg
Mary Darby
Stippe
Ottawa
Grand Ridge
Morrissey
Circuit Court
Ogle
Minonk Blade
Marshall County
Byard Wright
Wenona
Evans Townvahip
Wright
Fulton Z County
Democrat