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Vintage Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois: Dirt Road with horses tied to hitching posts in front of homes. An open horseless carriage drives down the center of the street.
Miller's Store (Ice Cream Parlor and Pool Hall) and early Post Office can be seen on the right hand side of the street.
32 Cross Street Businesses: Dave's Pizza featuring Oberweis Ice Cream (1988, 1992, 1995); Mama V's Kitchen featuring Pizza and Gyros (1998); Sugar Grove Cleaners (2001); Paisanos Pizza (2020)
Photo of Merium and Jane Kim, owners of Sugar Grove Cleaners.
Vintage Main Street Postcard: Men repairing electric and telephone lines after a winter storm and tree branch down.
Handwritten Note:
Looking north from Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois.
Looking north from Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois.
32 Cross Street Business: Dave's Pizza featuring Oberweis Ice Cream (1988, 1992, 1995), Mama V's featuring Pizza and Gyros (1998); Sugar Grove Cleaners (2000); Paisano's Pizza (2020)
One photo features Merium and Jane Kim, part of the family who owned Sugar Grove Cleaners.
Former Sugar Grove Fire Station, 61 Main St.
The former Sugar Grove Fire Station on Main St. photographed here was built in 1973. The Fire Department built a new Fire Station on Municipal Dr. and Route 30. The former location on Main St. was converted into an office for the Sugar Grove Park…
Ben McCannon, Jr.: "Sugar Grove Boy Honored at College" (Photo with Ben McCannon, Leigh Sauer, and Stanley Snow)
Newspaper Article and Photo:
"Sugar Grove Boy Honored at College"
Ben McCannon, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. B.G. McCannon, a graduate of Sugar Grove high school,, has been initiated by the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Iowa State college at…
"Sugar Grove Boy Honored at College"
Ben McCannon, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. B.G. McCannon, a graduate of Sugar Grove high school,, has been initiated by the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Iowa State college at…
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Newspaper Article "Sugar Grove, Village of Culture"
Newspaper Article Transcription
SUGAR GROVE, VILLAGE OF CULTURE
The Sugar Grove area was first settled by three Isbell brothers (form Ohio) in 1834, who found an Indian encampment near the grove. A post office was established in 1840, a public…
SUGAR GROVE, VILLAGE OF CULTURE
The Sugar Grove area was first settled by three Isbell brothers (form Ohio) in 1834, who found an Indian encampment near the grove. A post office was established in 1840, a public…
Bliss House Sign with History of House and Museum for "The Fox Runs Through it: Tales and Trails of the Fox River Valley"
Sign in the front lawn at the Bliss House Museum commemorating the history of the house and the creation of the museum as the third place award winner in the 2000 Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards Program.
SIGN READS:
P.Y. Bliss House
The…
SIGN READS:
P.Y. Bliss House
The…
Bliss House: "The Fox Runs Through it: Tales and Trails of the Fox River Valley"
As part of the "The Fox Runs Through it: Tales and Trails of the Fox River Valley", the history of the Bliss House and the creation of the museum was commemorated as the third place award winner in the 2000 Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards…
Bliss House Museum
If walls could talk, think of the stories the walls of the Bliss House could tell! The white frame structure with the brick filled walls stands on its new foundation south of the tracks on Main Street in Sugar Grove, filled with records and memoirs…
