A History of 

DuPage County,

Illinois

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Published in 1894 by subscription only

294 pages. 

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By Rufus Blanchard, 1894

PART I. 

HISTORICAL. PAGE. 

CHAPTER 1. Du Page a Spanish Possession The French Take 

Possession of the Northwest The Country Comes Under 

English Rule George Rogers Clarke Territorial Subdi- 

visions First Conveyance of Lund in Du Page County 

The Pottawatomies Great American Treaty of 1833 

The Chicagon Portage The Removal of the Indians 

Their Present Condition Origin of the name Du Page 

Spanish Conquest and Its Aims Baron de Carondelet 

The Spanish Close the Lower Mississippi County Organ- 

ization and Subdivision Northern Limits of Illinois 

The French Traders Act Organizing Du Page County .. 11 

CHAPTER II. The Pioneer Stephen J Scott The Scott Set- 

tlement Blodgett Hauley Bailey Hobson, the First Set- 

tler of Du Page County Building the First Cabin Cross- 

ing a Slough Williard Scott Social Entertainments 

Corn Pancakes The Napers First Ground Plowed The 

First School Joseph Naper John Naper The First 

Stove Christopher Paine The First Saw-Mill Home- 

made Spinning Wheels and Looms Cold Winter of 1830- 

31 Portage to Chicago The Lawtons The Pottawato- 

mies Flight to Fort Dearborn Horrible Massacre at 

Indian Creek Exploits of Col. Beaubien 25 

CHAPTER III. Capt. Paine arrives at the Naper Settlement 

Fort Paine Built James Brown Shot by the Indians 

Expedition to Half Day's Village Maj. William Whistler 

Arrives at Fort Dearborn Capt. Paine's Company Return 

to Danville Gen. Scott arrives at Chicago The Cholera 

Gen. Scott Encamps on the Desplaines Gen. Scott at 

Fort Paine Gen. Scott's Army at Rock Island John K. 

Clark Black Hawk Sent to Fortress Monroe His Death 

Poll-Lists The Pre-emption House Claimants The 

Prairie Schooner The First Grist-MillFowler's Grap- 

ple with the Wolf The Pioneer of Pioneers Early 

Preachers 42 

CHAPTER IV. Public Land Surveys The Land Claim Sys- 

tem Necessity for the Higher Law The Big Woods 

Claim Protecting Society The Land Pirate Company 

Land Speculators Indian Burying Grounds The Fox 

River Country Method of Grinding Corn Indian Vil- 

lages Indian Agriculture Indian Modes of Travel 

The Country North, East and South of the Du Page Bat- 

tlements The Du Page County Society for Mutual Pro- 

tection The Hognatorial Council 55 

CHAPTER V. First Introduction of Slavery into the Colony 

of Virginia First Anti-Slavery Literature Southern 

Origin of Anti-Slavery Societies Action of the Quakers 

"The Genius of Universal Emancipation " Early Abo- 

Litionists The Old Federal Party Origin of the Demo- 

cratic and Whig Parties Origin of the Republican Party 

Gov. Coles Elihu B. Washburne Stephen A. Douglas 

Abraham Lincoln The Western Citizen Introduces 

Abolitionism into Chicago Its Effect Illinois the First 

State to Take Political Action in the Abolition Movement 

John Brown Fort Sumter 68 

CHAPTER VI. Record of Du Pago County in the War of the 

Rebellion 90 

CHAPTER VII. The First Election County Commissioners' 

Court The County Line Surveyed The County Divided 

into Precincts Townships Organized List of County 

and Town Officers Valuation of Taxable Property The 

First Grand Jury Public Schools The Old Stage Coach 

Railroads Removal of the County Seat The County 

Fair Geology of the County 139 

CHAPTER VIII. Milton Township Its First' Settlers 

Wheaton How It Received Its Name The Galena & 

Chicago Union Railroad Churches of Wheaton Pio- 

neer School Stacy's Corners Babcock Grove Prospect 

Park Its Churches 163 

CHAPTER IX Downer's Grove Township The Old Indian 

Boundary Caes Pierce Downer Thomas Andi us 

Chicago Reminiscences The Village of Hinsdalc Brush 

Hill Memories Clarendon Hills Fredericksburg 

Downer's Grove Village An Ox Team Hitched to an 

Oak Log What Grew Out of It The Underground Bail- 

road 194 

CHAPTER X Naperville Township List of Early Settlers- 

Village of Naperville Churches Schools Manufacto- 

ries The Northwestern College Temperance Move- 

ments Newspapers Fire Department Military Com- 

pany Nurseries The Lodges Bank Stone Quarry 218 

CHAPTER XI. Lisle Township The First Settler His Hardi- 

hood Thanksgiving A Female Pow-wow The Old Grist 

Mill The Chronic Pioneer His Generosity 240 

CHAPTER XII. York Township Origin of Its Name Its 

Early Settlers The Desplaines Bridged Sunday Service 

on Slab Seats The Pioneer School Mistress The Widow- 

er's Cabin Praying Matches Suicide Bursting Forth 

ofaSpring Elmhurst German Evangelical Seminary- 

Lombard 248 

CHAPTEB XIII. Winfleld Township Warrenville Water 

Cresses Their Consequences Newcomers and Distant . 

Neighbors Parties and Raisings Railsplitting Fourth 

of July The Schoolgirl's Handkerchief- The Old Saw- 

Mill The Hotel and Dancing Hall What was in a Trunk 

of Old Papers Churches The Warrenville Academy 

Gary's Mills Methodist Church at the Place A Shylock 

Member Excommunicated Wlnfield Turner Junction 

John B.Turner 255 

CHAPTER XIV. Wayne Township Pioneer Life of Ite Set- 

tlers Corner on Whisky and Its Result Indian Burial 

Indian Importunity Wolves on the Rampage Going 

to Mill Father Kimball Pioneer School Gimletville 

Ite Hopes Dashed to the Ground Hillocks, Spas and 

Rivulets Wayne Station Relics of the Stone Age 268 

CHAPTER XV. Bloomingdale Township Indian Burying- 

Grounds The Meachams Pioneer Burials Early Road 

Districts Scene in a Sunday Service Tragical Termi- 

nation of a Law Suit School Districts Petrifactions 

Bloomingdale Village Churches Business Men of 

Bloomingdale Roselle Its Business Men Meacham 

Strange Phenomenon on Kelley's Farm 274 

CHAPTER XVI Addison Township The Mountain Daisy- 

Indian Encampment The Army Trail The Soldier's 

Grave The Log Cabin Home Talent The German 

Vanguard The Pioneer Tavern The Old Galena Trade 

Salt Creek Francis Hoffman, a Lay Preacher The 

Village of Addison The German Evangelical Teachers' 

Seminary The Orphan Asylum Professional and Busi- 

ness Men of Addison Itasca Its Business Men Lester's 

Bensonville Schools 284 

PART II. 

BIOGRAPHICAL. PAGE. 

Naperville Township 3 

Milton Township 46 

Downer's Grove Township 77 

Lisle Township 130 

York Township 1S3 

Winneld Township .7. 112 

Wayne Township 195 

Bloomingdale Township 214 

Addison Township 227

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