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"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…

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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 house…

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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 house…

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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 house…

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

"The Werner Educational Series"

Book: "Practical Arithmetic" by Frank H. Hall, Oral and Written, by Frank H. Hall. Copyright 1907.

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

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

"Personal Recipes sponsored by the Sugar Grove Parent Teachers Association 1956-1957

History of Kaneville and Kaneville Cemetery including an index of those interred and plat of the grounds. Copies are available from the Kaneville Township Historical Society, 630-557-2854 and at Hill's Country Store the "Purple Store" at the corner…

Informational articles, farm interest advertisements and index of Kane County farmers cataloging acreage, disposition of farm, spouse' maiden name and other information.

Copies of this book are available from the Sugar Grove Historical Society. Online ordering and shipping is available on our website
https://www.sugargrovehistory.org/

and through the Bliss House Store…

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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…

“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…

“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…

“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…