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History
Of
TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES, VILLAGES AND TOWNSHIPS,
EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL HISTORY: PORTRAITS OF
PROMINENT PERSONS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.
History of
NOTICES OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND
MANUFACTURES, WITH THE NAMES AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN EACH
TOWNSHIP, VALUABLE STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Digest of State Laws
ILLUSTRATED
Chas.
C. Chapman & Co.,
1879
1090 pages
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CONTENTS
HISTORY OF ILLINOIS
Mound Builders - Indians
Early discoveries
French occupation
English rule
War of 1812. The outbreak
Illinois as a state
Indian troubles
Black Hawk War
From 1834 to 1842
Prairie Pirates
Mormon War
Mexican War
Duels
Dress and manners
Physical features of
Agriculture
Governors of Illinois
Chicago
States of the union
HISTORY OF
Chapter
I. Early settlement
Chapter II. Early settlement
Chapter III. Important labors of the
Chapter IV. Geology
Chapter V. Zoology
Chapter VI. Botany
Chapter VII. Important labors of the Board of Supervisors
Chapter VIII. Black Hawk War
Chapter IX. Criminal Record
Chapter X. Pioneer life
Chapter XI. Archeology
Chapter XII. Mexican War
Chapter XIII. The
Chapter XIV. The Bar of Fulton County
Chapter XV. Township histories - Astoria, Banner, Buckheart, Bernadotte,
Canton, Cass, Deerfield, Ellisville, Fairview, Farmers', Farmington, Harris,
Isabel, Joshua, Kerton, Lee, Lewistown, Liverpool, Orion, Pleasant, Putman,
Union Township, Vermont, Waterford, Woodland, Young Hickory
Chapter XVI. Political
Chapter XVII.
Chapter XVIII. The Press
Chapter XIX. Railroads
Chapter XX. Miscellaneous
Digest of state laws