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Dresden Plat Sunflower quilt, created by Vickie Frantz, 2020

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Star quilt created by Vickie Frantz

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Fundraiser for Sugar Grove Historical Society, 2018, by Vickie Frantz

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Patchwork, Animal print quilt, 2019. Created by Vickie Frantz.

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Picture taken in classroom in the Sugar Grove Community House.

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Photo is from the 1940's. Six mule hitch owned and displayed by Will A Johnson Sr, Sugar Grove, Illinois, a collector of appaloosa mules. Said to be the only six appaloosa mule hitch in the world at that time.

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A group of school aged children posing in front of the former Sugar Grove Town Hall at 163 Main Street. Two homes can be seen on the right side of the photo. 142 and 148 Main Street. The building in the back ground is the former Sugar Grove Town…

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A printed map of the village of Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, centered on Main and Maple streets with the CB&Q Railroad C&I line.

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Printed commencement program for the class of 1887. It was held in Snow's Barn.

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Photo of 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/29Also included is the class song written by Addie Coulson for the graduation…

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School located at 163 Main Street

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“We have recently had the pleasure of a visit by a remarkable man, an native of Vermont, who has resided for many years at Sugar Grove, Illinois. Peleg Y. Bliss was one of ‘God’s poor,’ but by industry, temperance, integrity, wit and wisdom, he has…

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"An Act to locate a State road from Little rock in Kane County, to the steam mill bridge on the Des Plaines river in Cook county."

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“Coats of Arms were long regarded as ‘indispensable appendages of gentlemen,’ but on the decline of feudal system, about 1688, and the rise of the Reformation, they were treated in a measure as idle trappings of aristocracy, and lost the prestige…

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Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, 176 S Main St, Sugar Grove, IL 60554

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Stained Glass Windows, Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, 176 S Main St, Sugar Grove, IL 60554
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