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Part of a series of sketches drawn in 1871 of prominent homesteads in Sugar Grove Township.

Part of a series of sketches drawn in 1871 of prominent homesteads in Sugar Grove Township.

Part of a series of sketches drawn in 1871 of prominent homesteads in Sugar Grove Township.

Quoted from 10-1-2022 News Article in "Kane County Connects":

Historic Kane County Farm Given National Designation
Kane County Connects Staff 10/1/2022…

Part of a series of sketches drawn in 1871 of prominent homesteads in Sugar Grove Township.

Click on the PDF Document to view the sketches of prominent Sugar Grove Homesteads from the 1871 Atlas of Kane County alongside the modern streetscape of 2020.

Sketches of Following Homesteads were drawn in 1871:

Benjamin, L - Section 19
Bliss, PY - Section 10
Chapman, Henry - Section 8
Cole, F - Section 2
Densmore, HB - Section 14
Fikes, George - Section 25
George, B - Section 24
Gillett, LH -…

1886 Class Song written by student 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/29

The class song performed in 2009 can be found on…

Issued by Edwin M. Harris, Kane County Superintendent of Schools

FRESHMAN CLASS

Clara Maier
Morris Gordon
Elizabeth Kouth
Francis Huss
Elva Miller, Class Secretary
Ferdinand Harker
Edwin Jihnson, Class Vice President
Eugene Kinney
Kenneth Johnson, Class President
Cropped from "The Ember 1921", Yearbook…

Photos cropped from The Ember 1921.

Available in the "School Yearbooks" Collection and at the link below:
https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/admin/items/show/3646

A school reunion picture

Star flag made by Agnes Lind and Esther Lind with each star representing Sugar Grove servicemen from World War II (WWII).

The flag contains 84 Blue, 12 Gray and 4 Gold stars.

The four gold stars are for those who died in the service:
* Noel…

"Personal Recipes sponsored by the Sugar Grove Parent Teachers Association 1956-1957

SOURCE: Molitor v. KANELAND UNIT DIST. NO. 302
24 Ill. 2d 467 (1962)

182 N.E.2d 145

NORMA MOLITOR et al., Appellants, v. KANELAND COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT NO. 302, Appellee.

No. 36588.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March…

Photos courtesy of:

Fred Neiser,
Insurance Broker,
PO Box 662, Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554

Six women at an alumni meeting

Excerpts:

At Sugar Grove the first log cabin was raised in 1836, with nails, sawed boards and shingle roof; a tavern was built in 1836; a post office established in 1840. The first "store" was opened in 1839 by P. Y. Bliss, who built a frame house…