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“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…

"An Independent Number Book for Beginners Designed to Precede Any Series of Arithmetics"

"The Werner Education Series"
The Werner Arithmetic, Book I, Oral and Written, For Third and Fourth Grades by Frank H. Hall.
Copyright 1896.

The Werner Arithmetic, Oral and Written Book III, by Frank H. Hall. Copyright 1898 and 1908.

"The Werner Educational Series"

Inscriptions inside the Owen’s Family Bible were written by Grace Owen’s mother.

Evan Owens Remsen January 6th, 1850

Mighty one! Whom non can comprehend, and none explore, who fillest existence with thyself alone, embracing all, supporting…

Excerpts from:

"Elgin: An American History"
by E. C. Alft
Published online by ElginHistory.com
Copyright 2000 - All Rights Reserved

Chapter II. The Dividing Line
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1. Anti-Slavery

The slavery question was argued in Elgin from the…