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Lee County, Illinois
History & Genealogy

Source:
HISTORY
of
LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

By Frank E. Stevens
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ILLUSTRATED
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VOLUME I
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Publ.
CHICAGO:
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1914

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I - THE INDIANS 7
CHAPTER II - THE BEGINNING OF THINGS 17
CHAPTER III - OLD TRAILS 27
CHAPTER IV - LEE COUNTY WHILE A PART OF OGLE 51
CHAPTER V - ORGANIZATION OF LEE COUNTY 59
CHAPTER VI - THE GEOLOGY OF LEE COUNTY 79
CHAPTER VII - LEE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR 89
CHAPTER VIII - INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN LEE COUNTY 139
CHAPTER IX - THE FRENCH IN LEE COUNTY 145
CHAPTER X - THE NORWEGIANS IN LEE COUNTY 157
CHAPTER XI - THE BENCH AND THE BAR OF OLD LEE COUNTY 165
CHAPTER XII - THE LEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND FAIRS 179
CHAPTER XIII - THE DIXON SCHOOLS 183
CHAPTER XIV - EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS 197
CHAPTER XV - HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE SWAMP 221
CHAPTER XVI - JOHN DIXON 237
CHAPTER XVII - ALTO TOWNSHIP 261
CHAPTER XVIII - AMBOY 271
CHAPTER XIX - ASHTON TOWNSHIP 289
CHAPTER XX - BRADFORD TOWNSHIP 299
CHAPTER XXI - CHINA TOWNSHIP 305
CHAPTER XXII - DIXON 331
CHAPTER XXIII - EAST GROVE TOWNSHIP 353
CHAPTER XXIV - HAMILTON TOWNSHIP 361
CHAPTER XXV - HARMON TOWNSHIP 365
CHAPTER XXVI - LEE CENTER TOWNSHIP 369
CHAPTER XXVII - MARION TOWNSHIP 393
CHAPTER XXVIII - MAY TOWNSHIP 399
CHAPTER XXIX - MELUGIN'S GROVE TOWNSHIP 405
CHAPTER XXX - NACHUSA TOWNSHIP 421
CHAPTER XXXI - NELSON TOWNSHIP 431
CHAPTER XXXII - PALMYRA TOWNSHIP 435
CHAPTER XXXIII - REYNOLDS TOWNSHIP 445
CHAPTER XXXIV - SOUTH DIXON TOWNSHIP 449
CHAPTER XXXV - SUBLETTE TOWNSHIP 457
CHAPTER XXXVI - VIOLA TOWNSHIP 467
CHAPTER XXXVII - WILLOW CREEK TOWNSHIP 471
CHAPTER XXXVIII - WYOMING TOWNSHIP 497
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