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I. - PHYSICAL FEATURES, GEOLOGY, ETC. |
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- Location
and Boundaries
- Surface
- Rivers and Creeks
- General Character
- Native Vegetation
- Animals and Birds
- Geology
- The Coal Measures
- Sections of Mining Shafts
- Extent of the Coal Deposits
- Building Stone
- The Glacial Epoch
- How Stark County was Formed
- Character of the Glacial Drift
- The Water Supply |
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II - ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS |
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- Mound
Builders
- First Notice of Mounds in the United States
- Character and Structure of the Mounds
- Early Investigations and Theories
- Work of the Bureau of Ethnology
- Districts in the United States
- Who were the Mound Builders
- More Theories
- Relics in the County of Stark
- Adams and Shallenberger's Work |
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III - INDIAN HISTORY |
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Distribution of Indian Nations at the Close of
the Fifteenth Century
- The Illinois
- Subordinate Tribes
- The Sacs and Foxes
- The Black Hawk War
- Death of Black Hawk
- The Pottawatomi
- Their Villages in Stark County
- Shab-Bo-Nee
- Treaties with the Pottawatomi
- Their Character
- The Winnebago
- Indian Names
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IV - PERIOD OF PREPARATION |
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- Early
Explorations in America
- Spanish, French and English Claims to Territory in the New World
- The Jesuit Missionaries
- Discovery of the Mississippi
- Marquette and Joliet
- La Salle's Expeditions
- Louisiana
- Crozat and Law
- The Mississippi Bubble
- Conflict of Interests
- French and Indian War
- Illinois a British Possession
- The War of the Revolution
- Clark's Conquest of the Northwest
- Illinois Under Various Jurisdictions
- Admitted as a State
- Evolution of Stark County
- Recapitulation |
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V - SETTLEMENT OF STARK COUNTY |
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- An Old
Trading Post
- Eveland and Ross
- Isaac B. Essex the Original Pioneer
- First Cabin in Stark County
- List of Settlers Each Year to 1839
- Pioneer Life and Customs
- The House Raising
- Furniture and Utensils
- Swapping Work
- Amusements and Pastimes
- Marking Animals
- The Old Trapper's Ssoliloquy |
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VI - STARK COUNTY ORGANIZED |
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- The
Military Land Grant
- Forged Titles
- First Counties in the Illinois Valley
- Stark County
- The Organic Act
- First Elections
- The County Seat
- Change in Government
- The Courthouse
- The Annex
- The County Jail
- Sheriff Murchison's Report
- The Poor Farm
- How the County was Named |
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VII - TOWNSHIP HISTORY |
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- Origin of
the Township
- First Townships in the United States
- Justices' Districts in Stark County
- Establishment of Civil Townships in 1853
- ELMIRA
- GOSHEN
- OSCEOLA
- PENN
- TOULON
- VALLEY
- WEST JERSEY
- Military Land Entries in Each
- How the Townships were Named
- Early Settlers
- Present Day Conditions
- Railroads
- Schools
- Population and Wealth |
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VIII - CITIES TOWNS AND VILLAGES |
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- Speculation
in Early Days
- Numerous Towns Projected
- List of Towns and Villages in Stark County
- Cities of Toulon and Wyoming
- Incorporated Villages of Bradford and Lafayette
- Minor Villages
- Historical Sketch of Each
- Present Day Conditions
- Postoffices and Rural Mail Routes |
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IX - MILITARY HISTORY |
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- War of 1812
- Black Hawk War
- War with Mexico
- War of 1861-'65
- Conditions Leading Up to the War
- The Slavery Question
- Compromise Legislation
- Kansas - Nebraska Bill
- Political Campaign of 1860
- Secession of the Slave States
- Fall of Fort Sumter
- Call for Volunteers
- War Meeting at Toulon
- Illinois' Reponse
- Early Enlistments
- Brief Histories of the Regiments in Which Stark County was Represented
- Roster of Stark County Companies
- Miscellaneous Infantry Enlistments
- Cavalry Service
- Artillery
- Soldiers' Monument
- The Work at Home |
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X - INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS |
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- Early
Conditions in Stark County
- Difficulties of Early Travel
- Indian Trails
- Public HIghways
- Knoxville & Galena State Road
- First Raod Districts and Supervisors
- Petitions and Viewers
- Modern Highways
- State Highway Commission
- State Internal Improvements
- Illinois & Michigan Canal
- Act of 1836
- Large Appropriations for River Improvements and Railroads
- The Railroad Era
- Western Air Line
- American Central
- Chicago & Northwestern
- Value of Railroad Property in the County |
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CHAPTER XI - FINANCE AND INDUSTRY |
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- Public
Revenues
- Property Values
- Principal Funds Raised by Taxation
- Banking Institutions
- General History
- Early Banking in Illinois
- Stark County Banks
- Agriculture
- Crop and Live Stock Statistics
- State Board of Agriculture
- Farmers' Institutes
- Coal Mining
- Manufacturing
- Telephone Companies |
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CHAPTER XII - EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
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- Character
of the Early Schools
- Schoolhouse and Furniture
- Text-Books
- Spelling Schools
- The Three R's
- Public School System
- Stark County Schools
- Pioneer Teachers
- Educational Progress by Townships
- The Seminary
- Toulon Public Schools
- Toulon Academy
- Wyoming Public Schools
- School Officers
- Teachers' Institute
- Teachers' Association
- The Press
- Brief Histories of the Various Newspapers
- Extinct Newspapers
- Public Libraries
- Wyoming
- Toulon
- Lafayette
- Bradford
- Elmira Library Associations
- School Libraries |
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CHAPTER XIII - BENCH AND BAR |
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- Purpsoe of
the Courts
- The Lawyer as a Citizen
- Early Courts of Stark County
- First Jurors
- Sketches of Early Judges
- List of Circuit Judges Since 1839
- Constituional Provisions Concerning Courts
- Probate Court
- County Court and Judges
- State's Attorneys
- United States Courts
- The Bar
- Conditions of Early Days
- Sketches of Old-Time Lawyers
- The Bar of 1915
- Criminal Cases
- A Stray Incident |
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CHAPTER XIV - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION |
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- Medicine an
Old Profession
- Home-Made Remedies
- Character of the Pioneer Doctor
- His Methods of Treatment
- Hardships of Frontier Practice
- Standing of the Doctor as a Citizen
- Stark County Doctors
- Brief Sketches of Old-Time Physicians
- Stark County Medical Society
- Registered Physicians in 1915 |
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CHAPTER XV - CHURCH HISTORY |
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Difficulties in Writing Church History
- Jesuit Missionaries
- The Methodists
- Peoria Mission
- The Baptists
- The Presbyterians
- The Congregationalists
- Latter Day Saints
- Christians or Disciples
- The Universalists
- United Brethren
- The CAtholics
- Histories of the Various Congregations
- Miscellaneous Religious Organizations |
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CHAPTER XVI - SOCIETIES AND FRATERNITIES |
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- Mutual
Protection Society
- Its Aims and Objects
- Agricultural Societies and Fair Associations
- Old Settlers' Association
- The Log Cabin
- Old Settlers' Monument
- Letters From Pioneers
- Masonic Fraternity
- Order of the Eastern Star
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Daughters of Rebekah
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Temperance Societies
- Miscellaneous Societies |
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CHAPTER XVII - MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY |
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- Purpose of
this Chapter
- First Things
- Prices and Wages
- Lincoln and Douglas at Toulon
- The Underground Railroad
- Fountain Watkins Tells a Story
- A Resolution
- The First Political Campaign
- Indian Retaliation
- Hunting in Early Days
- The Mormon Prophet
- A Political Hero |
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