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Located on Prairie Road east of the Creek. Pastor Henry Smith.

Handwritten on the back:

1995-1c

Built in 1878 after fire destroyed first Uncle Tom's Cabin.


The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years after it was…

Handwritten on the back:

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Boarding Place for Sugar Grove High School Students

1884-?


The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years…

The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years after it was built. It was a great loss as Thomas Judd “Uncle Tom” had no insurance. However, he then built a new…

The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years after it was built. It was a great loss as Thomas Judd “Uncle Tom” had no insurance. However, he then built a new…

Handwritten on the back:

1-1987

West's Hotel
about 1900

The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years after it was built. It was a great loss as Thomas…

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Before 1910 - Electa Booth Johnsen
Given by her to Hist. Soc.


The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years after it was built.…

Whildin Farm 1958
near Aurora Municipal Airport

From "Sugar Grove, Illinois 1834 - 1984" by Ruth Frantz and Frank Damon:

"Spring of 1834 - Black Swamp, Ohio, six men happened to make camp together: Asa McDole from Chemung County, New York; brothers James and Isaac Isbell; nephew Parmeno…

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