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The photo depicts CB&Q Railroad [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad] depot at Sugar Grove, Illinois, looking eastward in the 1940s. To the right on the opposite side of the rails is the Sugar Grove Grain and Lumber Company lumber shed. An…

Susie Judd's house in 1913.

On the back of this photo is written Vivian Needham. Vivian is presumably the daughter of Frank and Daisy Needham. Vivian was about 9 years old in 1913, and one of the girls in the photo is possibly her sister Grace…

The building at 214 South Main Street was know as Coopers Hall. It included the Cooper & Needham Blacksmithing shop (also known as Knudson Hall & Blacksmith Shop) downstairs along with a basketball court and stage up stairs. The court was so narrow…

Photos taken:
12-10-1987
8-26-1999

Handwritten Note on first photo:

Clarence Galor
Miller's Store - Pool Hall - Ice Cream Parlor on the east side of Main St. just before the Railroad tracks.
Located where Watson Store was.

Circa 1918-1919

Reprint Dated…

Sugar Grove Township Servicemen from Mexican War, Civil War, World War Veterans
The plaque is located inside the Sugar Grove Community Building.

PLAQUE READS:

This building dedicated to the men of Sugar Grove Township known and unknown who…

Handwritten Inscription:

Dear Cousin,

I guess if I wait to write a letter, it will be longer than ever, so I'll just send you a card. Why wouldn't your wirte once in a while? I have a cold that has made me nearly sick so much so that I had to…

The Cooper-Needham Blacksmith Shop was built in the late 1800s at 214 Main Street.

POSTCARD

To: Mrs. Mary E. Dugan, Big Rock, Illinois

Dear Mary:

Two days I've been ready to come down there but both times someone has come. I guess C.…

Excerpts from:

"Elgin: An American History"
by E. C. Alft
Published online by ElginHistory.com
Copyright 2000 - All Rights Reserved

Chapter II. The Dividing Line
...
1. Anti-Slavery

The slavery question was argued in Elgin from the…

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…