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The Sugar Grove Fire Protection District was organized Jun 25, 1942. The first Fire States was built on land donated by Mrs. Theresa Keck. This top photo of the Fire Fighters was taken in 1953. Delmar Krieghbaum was Fire Chief and assistant chiefs…

Students and teacher posed at entrance to Sugar Grove School. Note: This is the old school reconstructed in 1905 adjacent to the Community House.

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.

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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…

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…