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Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School / Sugar Grove High School. Brick Building. Post 1906.
Thomas Judd had for some years favored the idea of an industrial school which would teach agriculture as well as preparatory to going on to other vocations. He was also aware that Frank Hall, then Superintendent of West Aurora Schools, had similar…
Bliss Woods Forest Preserve Caretaker's House
This was the Caretaker's House for the Bliss Woods Forest Preserve located at 442 Bliss Road, Sugar Grove, Illinois.
"The Chicago, Aurora & DeKalb Railway linked Sugar Grove to Aurora and DeKalb from 1902 to 1928. It started as gasoline driven…
"The Chicago, Aurora & DeKalb Railway linked Sugar Grove to Aurora and DeKalb from 1902 to 1928. It started as gasoline driven…
Book: "Frank H. Hall: Success through Service, 1841 - 1911"
“For fifty years Frank H. Hall helped the youth of our land to solve arithmetical problems. For fifty years, he helped the teachers to solve pedagogical problems. For fifty years he helped everyone with who he associated to solve humanitarian…
Book: "Frank H. Hall and His Braille Writer: A Souvenir Publication of the Frank Hall Diamond Jubilee, June 8, 1968" by Walter B. Hendrickson, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
“It was clear, cold, and quiet on the morning of January 5, 1893, when a man of medium height and vigorous physique, bright-eyed and bespectacled, his face adorned with a soup-strainer moustache and a small goatee, jumped lightly from the Chicago and…
Book: "Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886: Being a Chapter from the Story of My Life by George Edward Congdon", 1911
“I cannot remember all of the buildings in town but my memory is sufficiently definite so that I can give the reader a fairly good picture of the village as it was at that time. “
“First there was the depot built beside one of the highways of the…
“First there was the depot built beside one of the highways of the…
"Map of Sugar Grove Township: Town 38 N. Range 7 East", 1870
"Historical: The first settlements were made in this Township in ay, 1884, by Jas. Isbell, Chauncy Isbell, Asa McDole, and James Carmon. P.Y. Bliss, one of the pioneers of this Township, erected a Store where his residence now stands, and for…
Bliss Woods Forest Preserve, 1938 Concrete Bridge Abutments "John H. Bloomdahl, Contractor, 1938, Geneva, Illinois"
The concrete bridge abutments in Bliss Woods were poured by John H. Bloomdahl, Contractor from Geneva, Illinois in 1938 during the time that the Civilian Conservation Corps was doing work to develop natural resources in rural lands owned by federal,…
Sugar Grove Supply Company, 221 Main Street, Circa 1893
The building of the Sugar Grove Supply Company located at 221 Main Street was built in 1893. It later burned down around 1918 and became the site of Keck's Store.
1871 Sketches of Homesteads in Sugar Grove Township
Sketches of Following Homesteads were drawn in 1871:
Benjamin, L - Section 19
Bliss, PY - Section 10
Chapman, Henry - Section 8
Cole, F - Section 2
Densmore, HB - Section 14
Fikes, George - Section 25
George, B - Section 24
Gillett, LH -…
Benjamin, L - Section 19
Bliss, PY - Section 10
Chapman, Henry - Section 8
Cole, F - Section 2
Densmore, HB - Section 14
Fikes, George - Section 25
George, B - Section 24
Gillett, LH -…
Sugar Grove, IL, Boy Scout Troop 41, 70th Anniversary (1949-2019)
Newsletter Article 2019
Troop 41 was established in 1949 and has 70 years of history partnering with the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, working with youth, and serving the Sugar Grove Community.
To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Troop…
Troop 41 was established in 1949 and has 70 years of history partnering with the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, working with youth, and serving the Sugar Grove Community.
To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Troop…
Boy Scout Troop 41 Eagle Scouts who attended Picnic for Troop 41's 70th Anniversary on June 9, 2019 at Sugar Grove Community Building
Pictured (Left to Right): Kevin Claesson 1970 (One of the first Troop 41 Eagle Scouts), Donald Perrin 1974, Bryant Seraphin 1987, Scott Rubo 1995, Tom St. Jules 2007, Alejandro Barragan 2009, Sam Wolf 2016, David Wojak 2015, Austin Jordan 2014, Mark…
Boy Scout Troop 41 in "Sugar Grove News"
Articles about Boy Scout Troop 41 in the "Sugar Grove News"
Tapestry: Sugar Grove, Sin-Qua-Sip
Woven Tapestry featuring Sugar Grove Historical Sites: Sugar Grove Settled 1834, Community Building 1929, Methodist Church 1888, Bliss House 1838, Historical Society 1984, Keck's Store 1890, Normal and Industrial School 1906, Sugar Grove CBQ Depot…
1/4 Sugar Grove History. Source: “History of Kane County, Ill.” By R. Waite Joslyn, L.L.M., and Frank W. Joslyn, 1908 [Part 1 of 4: Pages 1-300]
Excerpts:
At Sugar Grove the first log cabin was raised in 1836, with nails, sawed boards and shingle roof; a tavern was built in 1836; a post office established in 1840. The first "store" was opened in 1839 by P. Y. Bliss, who built a frame…
At Sugar Grove the first log cabin was raised in 1836, with nails, sawed boards and shingle roof; a tavern was built in 1836; a post office established in 1840. The first "store" was opened in 1839 by P. Y. Bliss, who built a frame…
Sugar Grove Community House, 1929 Cornerstone
Sugar Grove Community House
1929 Cornerstone
Legih A. Sauer, President
B.G. McCannon, Secretary
Stanley Snow
Franklin G. Elwood, Architect
Hall Opperman & Sons, Contractors
1929 Cornerstone
Legih A. Sauer, President
B.G. McCannon, Secretary
Stanley Snow
Franklin G. Elwood, Architect
Hall Opperman & Sons, Contractors
Lil's Garden: Sugar Grove Community Building
Lil's Garden
Dedicated to Lil Adams
in recognition of Lil's many years of active community involvement and serving as Sugar Grove Township Community Building Trustee and Manager.
Her love and dedication for the preservation of the Community…
Dedicated to Lil Adams
in recognition of Lil's many years of active community involvement and serving as Sugar Grove Township Community Building Trustee and Manager.
Her love and dedication for the preservation of the Community…
Plaque: Thomas Judd for contributions to the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School
In Memory of Thomas Judd for his civic mindedness and generosity in founding the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School and donating the land.
Plaque: Stephen G. Paull, First Settler of Sugar Grove
First Settler Stephen G. Paull.
Born 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York.
Settled in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois 1838
Died April 20, 1875
Plaque Donated by the Conservation Department and Woman's Club of Aurora,…
Born 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York.
Settled in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois 1838
Died April 20, 1875
Plaque Donated by the Conservation Department and Woman's Club of Aurora,…