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South of Wheeler Rd

Snow Farm 7-7-1959

Snow Farm 8-12-1959

Snow Farm on US 30, 8-12-1959

Snow Farm, 7-7-1959

Snow Farm 7-7- 1959

Barn at Snow Farm on US 30

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…

Barnes Road

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

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…

Stamped "Squirrel Nut Cracker; Tyler Texas & Chicago"

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

Stanley Mighell on the Mighell Farm, 1916

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,…

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"