Local History Books for Sale
Interested in local Sugar Grove Township history?
Pick up one of these books to learn more!
“Sin-Qua-Sip: A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois” by Patsy Mighell Paxton contains historical accounts of the Native Americans and early settlers in the Sugar Grove area. The book includes stories of armed bandits, the Underground Railroad, and Abraham Lincoln. Maps chronicle land ownership and development from as early as the 1840s. Highlights include the history of schools, churches, Fire Department, Railroad, and buisnesses.
Copies of this book are available from the Sugar Grove Historical Society. Online ordering and shipping is available on our website
Copies of this book are available from the Sugar Grove Historical Society. Online ordering and shipping is available on our website
https://www.sugargrovehistory.org/
and through the Bliss House Store at
https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/store.html
and through the Bliss House Store at
https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/store.html
"The History and Lore of The Kaneville Cemetery" highlights symbolic features of the cemetery along with intersting stories about fires and other tradegies behind the death of some of those buried there. Memories of loved ones are also shared. In addition, the book contains an index of those interred at the cemetery and a plat of the grounds. Copies are available from the Kaneville Township Historical Society, by calling 630-557-2854 or emailing kanevillehistoricalsociety@gmail.com. Copies are also available at Hill's Country Store, the "Purple Store", at the corner of Harter Road and Main Street, Kaneville.