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SUGAR GROVE 4-H CLUB

The Sugar Grove Agriculture 4-H Club was organized some 26 years ago by Mr. John Shields of Sugar Grove, when he came to the community to teach school There were about 15 members when it was first…

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FIRST ROW L-R:
Donald Myers, Bob Erwin, Groff Frantz, Frank O'Brien, Tom Frantz

SECOND ROW L-R:
Chuck Clerkins, Charlie Huggins, John Shields, Jr., Leslie Phillips, Wallace Thomas, Frank Damon - Manager

THIRD ROW L-R: Art Johnson -…

Pictured are the students at Normal and Industrial School in the original wood building on Main Street.

Mr. Harris is standing on the far left. Ruel Mighell is on the upper right.

The original wood building was built in 1875 and burned down…

Gauge Face; "The Webster Modulation System, Steam Heating," W. Webster & Co., New Jersey

Printing on Front Side: "Illinois Sesquicentennial, 1818-1968, 150 Years of Progress"
Printing on Back Side: "Seal of the State of Illinois, Aug. 26th, 1818"

The Starlight Motel was built in 1950 by the King Brothers from Aurora. In 1990, it is the Starlight Building located on the west side of Route 47, north of Cross Street, and south of the Illini Motel. It was located at 69 Sugar Lane, Sugar Grove,…

Stanley Mighell on the Mighell Farm, 1916

Stan "Buck" Mighell ( Stanton Mighell ), with Sugar Grove Post Office Mail Hook

Stamped "Squirrel Nut Cracker; Tyler Texas & Chicago"

This picture was taken at the Benson Farm a mile west of Sugar Grove, Illinois, on Prairie Street. The wagon and spotted mule team were owned by the late Will A. Johnson Sr. of Sugar Grove.

Will A Johnson Sr, Sugar Grove, Illinois, was a…

L.C. Mercantile Co., Mendota, Illinois
"Strictly Pure Spices"

Barnes Road

The soapstone buggy/foot warmer was used by many people to warm their beds at night and oftentimes would be used to warm their feet while out and about in a sleigh or buggy. The soapstone bed warmer was in favor in the mid-1800s and gradually grew…