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Sale of Bliss Wood Farm to Strafford Woods Developer: 1986

1986-05-27 MEETING DEVELOPMENT HALFWAY - Chicago Tribune.pdf

"Meeting Development Halfway" is an article in the newspaper in 1986 about the sale of Bliss Wood Farm, which was homesteaded by Peleg Young Bliss in 1844, to develop Strafford Woods residential area.

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Bliss Family Coat of Arms

“Coats of Arms were long regarded as ‘indispensable appendages of gentlemen,’ but on the decline of feudal system, about 1688, and the rise of the Reformation, they were treated in a measure as idle trappings of aristocracy, and lost the prestige…

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1845 Laws of Illinois - Peleg Bliss, Commissioner

"An Act to locate a State road from Little rock in Kane County, to the steam mill bridge on the Des Plaines river in Cook county."

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A Genuine Vermonter: Peleg Young Bliss

Bliss, Peleg Young 1879 Newspaper Article.png

“We have recently had the pleasure of a visit by a remarkable man, an native of Vermont, who has resided for many years at Sugar Grove, Illinois. Peleg Y. Bliss was one of ‘God’s poor,’ but by industry, temperance, integrity, wit and wisdom, he has…

"Genealogy of the Bliss family in America, from about the year 1550 – 1880" by John Homer Bliss, 1881

Click on the first image to open a PDF file with excerpts from the book “Genealogy of the Bliss family in America, from about the year 1550 – 1880” by John Homer Bliss, January 1, 1881.

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Year Book from Sugar Grove High School, 1948

1948

SENIORS
Mary Ann Potter
Grace Nelson
Mary Baumez
Cathryn Berkes
Edith Allen
Grace Dugan
Ralph Scott
Earl Maier, Jr.

JUNIORS
Charles Bolster
Roberta Hall
Irene Musso
Roy Wolf

SOPHOMORES
Richard Yearton
Mary L. Maier
Dick…

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Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School

School located at 163 Main Street

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Prestbury Flood

An aerial photo taken of flood waters along Hankes Road/Route 56 and the Prestbury golf course. Ralph Judd farm in the center.

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Frank Hall

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Addie Coulson

Photo of Addie Coulson taken from the book, "Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886" available at the following link: https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/admin/items/show/29Also included is the class song written by Addie Coulson for the graduation…

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Sugar Grove High School, Eleventh Annual Commencement, June 1887

Printed commencement program for the class of 1887. It was held in Snow's Barn.

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Village Map 1904

A printed map of the village of Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, centered on Main and Maple streets with the CB&Q Railroad C&I line.

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"Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886: Being a Chapter from the Story of My Life" by George Edward Congdon

Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886-OCR Reduced.pdf

Book authored by George Edward Congdon about his experiences of living in Sugar Grove in the 1880's.

Download a PDF file of the entire book.

https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/files/original/e4559384febe913c70351bee4dc2689b.pdf

SUGAR GROVE…

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School Children in front of former Sugar Grove Town Hall, 1917

A group of school aged children posing in front of the former Sugar Grove Town Hall at 163 Main Street. Two homes can be seen on the right side of the photo. 142 and 148 Main Street. The building in the back ground is the former Sugar Grove Town…

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Appaloosa Mule Postcard: Will A. Johnson, Sr., "The Spotted Mule King", Sugar Grove, Illinois

Photo is from the 1940's. Six mule hitch owned and displayed by Will A Johnson Sr, Sugar Grove, Illinois, a collector of appaloosa mules. Said to be the only six appaloosa mule hitch in the world at that time.

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