| INTRODUCTORY |
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| HISTORICAL |
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| CHAPTER I - EARLY HISTORY, 1820-1840 |
9 |
| CHAPTER II - 1840-1903 |
14 |
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- Township Organization - 16
- Civil War - 18
- Jail - 19
- Poor Farm - 19
- Railroads - 20
- Dredge Ditch - 21
- Piatt Fair - 22
- County Papers - 24
- Improvements of County Buildings - 25
- Court House and Jail - 25
- County Officers - 26 |
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| CHAPTER III - SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY |
27 |
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- School Directors' Association - 29
- Annual Institute - 29
- State Course of Study - 30
- Monticello Township - 31
- Bement Township - 32
- Cerro Gordo Township - 34
- Milmine - 34
- La Place - 34
- Goose Creek Township - 35
- Sangamon Township - 35
- Willow Branch Township - 35
- Unity Township - 36
- Blue Ridge Township - 37 |
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| CHAPTER IV - MONTICELLO |
37 |
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- Monticello Water Works - 39
- Town Hall - 41
- Farmers Elevator - 42
- Banks - 42
- Harrington Brothers - 43
- Elevators - 44
- Telephones - 44
- Hotels - 44
- Light Plant - 44
- Pepsin Syrup Company - 45
- H. D. Peters Company - 45
- Monticello Churches - M. E. Church - 45
- Presbyterian - 46
- Lodges - Masonic Order - 47
- I. O. O. F. - 48
- K. of P. - 48 |
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| CHAPTER V. - EARLY SETTLEMENT BY
TOWNSHIP |
48 |
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- Bement - 48
- Unity - 50
- Cerro Gordo - 51
- La Place - 51
- Milmine - 52
- Willow Branch - 52
- Blue Ridge - 52
- Sangamon - 53 |
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