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The first prototype for the Hall Braille Writer was conceived by Frank Hall, Superintendent of the Illinois School for the Blind in 1892. It was created by a local gunsmith and machinist, Gustave Seiber. Hall took the prototype to the Munson…

WILL A. JOHNSON SR

"Home Sweet Home"

This humble setting honors the memory of the early settlers of Sugar Grove Township. Their creative minds and industrious sprit joined to make Sugar Grove a most desirable place to settle.

Agriculture…

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November 14, 2006

Dear Ruth Frantz,

I thought you would like to know:

Ashe Road was named after the Ashe Family who owned a farm on that Road. The Ashe name ends with an "e". I'm sorry we don't have much history to pass on…

POSTCARD TRANSCRIPTIONS
(Partial transcriptions due to cropped postcard and illegible handwriting.)

August 1919 (?)
To: Miss R. A. Ashe, Sugar Grove, IL
From: R.F.D.

How are all at the Grove? All are able to be around. Got done thrashing…

LETTER TRANSCRIPTION
November 14, 2006

Dear Ruth Frantz,

I thought you would like to know:

Ashe Road was named after the Ashe Family who owned a farm on that Road. The Ashe name ends with an "e". I'm sorry we don't have much history to pass…

LETTER TRANSCRIPTION
November 14, 2006

Dear Ruth Frantz,

I thought you would like to know:

Ashe Road was named after the Ashe Family who owned a farm on that Road. The Ashe name ends with an "e". I'm sorry we don't have much history to pass…

LETTER TRANSCRIPTION
November 14, 2006

Dear Ruth Frantz,

I thought you would like to know:

Ashe Road was named after the Ashe Family who owned a farm on that Road. The Ashe name ends with an "e". I'm sorry we don't have much history to pass…

LETTER TRANSCRIPTION
November 14, 2006

Dear Ruth Frantz,

I thought you would like to know:

Ashe Road was named after the Ashe Family who owned a farm on that Road. The Ashe name ends with an "e". I'm sorry we don't have much history to pass…

LETTER TRANSCRIPTION
November 14, 2006

Dear Ruth Frantz,

I thought you would like to know:

Ashe Road was named after the Ashe Family who owned a farm on that Road. The Ashe name ends with an "e". I'm sorry we don't have much history to pass…

Summer 2023 Newsletter for the Sugar Grove Historical Society. Click on the image to open a PDF of the full newsletter.

Click on the image to open a PDF of the full newsletter.

Click on image to open a PDF containing the full newsletter.

According to the Sugar Grove Public Library website:

"The Sugar Grove Public Library began in 1962 with a donation of slightly under 500 books, and became a public tax supported institution in 1963. The first fully operational Library opened in…

From the Sugar Grove Township Website:
https://www.townshipofsugargrove.com/community-building/

"The Sugar Grove Township Community Building, which maintains the same charm as it did when it opened in 1929, was built for the use of the residents…

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…

Photo cropped from The Ember 1921

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

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