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July 4, 1834 Historic Marker, Bliss Woods
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Standing west of the entrance to Bliss Woods Forest Preserve.
Description
JULY 4, 1834
First celebration in Kane County was by residents of Sugar Grove township under an elm tree located on this site.
Attending were brothers James, Isaacc, and Lyman Isbell, nephew Parmeno Isbell and James Carman brother-in-law of Lyman.
This marker provided by Sugar Grove Historical Society and Kane County Forest Preserve Commission.
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 Isbell; James Carmen; and Mr. Bishop, all from Medina, Ohio. Friendships were formed around the campfire when they discovered they all had the same destination.
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The Fourth of July 1834 was a time of real patriotism. James Isbell had gone to Oswego and gotten a bottle of whisky. All drank to 'Hail Columbia' and had a merry time. This was the first Honored National Birthday ever observed in Kane County."
First celebration in Kane County was by residents of Sugar Grove township under an elm tree located on this site.
Attending were brothers James, Isaacc, and Lyman Isbell, nephew Parmeno Isbell and James Carman brother-in-law of Lyman.
This marker provided by Sugar Grove Historical Society and Kane County Forest Preserve Commission.
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 Isbell; James Carmen; and Mr. Bishop, all from Medina, Ohio. Friendships were formed around the campfire when they discovered they all had the same destination.
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The Fourth of July 1834 was a time of real patriotism. James Isbell had gone to Oswego and gotten a bottle of whisky. All drank to 'Hail Columbia' and had a merry time. This was the first Honored National Birthday ever observed in Kane County."
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Photographed August 2020
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Ryan M., Kim Ritchie
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