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PREFACE |
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HISTORY OF ROCKTON |
5 |
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STEPHEN MACK |
6 |
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- STEPHEN MACK'S WILL |
13 |
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- FIRST SETTLERS |
16 |
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- BUILT A SMALL CABIN |
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1836 |
23 |
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- THE POLISH CLAIM |
24 |
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1837 |
29 |
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- SETTLERS' CLAIMS |
37 |
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1838 |
38 |
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- THE MAINE COLONY |
39 |
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1839 |
50 |
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- CLAIMS |
55 |
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- AN INDIAN DEATH AND BURIAL |
57 |
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- FIRST BIRTHS |
59 |
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- FIRST DEATHS |
59 |
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- MACKTOWN |
60 |
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- MACK'S BRIDGE |
64 |
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- THE PECATONICA RIVER (poem) |
65 |
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1840 |
73 |
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- ANTIQUITIES |
73 |
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- INDIAN RELICS |
74 |
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1841 |
76 |
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1842 |
77 |
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1843 |
78 |
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1844 |
80 |
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1845 |
88 |
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- ROCKTON SEMINARY |
88 |
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1846 |
91 |
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1847 |
92 |
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1848 |
94 |
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1849 |
96 |
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1850 |
99 |
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- THE FIRST TEACHERS INSTITUTE |
99 |
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- UNDER TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION |
102 |
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- FIRST TOWN MEETING |
102 |
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1851 |
103 |
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1852 |
105 |
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1853 |
107 |
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- ROCKTON RAILROAD BONDS |
108 |
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- PAID ON RAILROAD BONDS |
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1854 |
110 |
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1855 |
111 |
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- ROCKTON LAWYERS |
113 |
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- ROCKTON PHYSICIANS |
113 |
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1856 |
114 |
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1857 |
116 |
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- ROCKTON CEMETERY |
116 |
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- CHURCHES OF ROCKTON - |
117 |
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- - CONGREGATIONAL |
117 |
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- - METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
121 |
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- - THE BAPTIST CHURCH |
123 |
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1858 |
126 |
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1860 |
126 |
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1861 |
128 |
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- ROCKTON SOLDIERS OF 1861 AND '65 |
129 |
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- - SOLDIERS BURIED IN ROCKTON CEMETERY |
134 |
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- - ROCKTON VETERANS |
135 |
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- - SOLDIERS' WIDOWS WHO DRAW PENSIONS |
135 |
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- CIVIC SOCIETIES |
137 |
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- - FREE MASONS |
137 |
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- - ROCKTON CHAPTER |
138 |
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- - MODERN WOODMEN |
138 |
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- - KNIGHTS OF THE GLOBE |
139 |
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- - COURT OF HONOR |
139 |
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- - THE ODD FELLOWS |
140 |
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- - GOOD TEMPLARS |
140 |
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- - TEMPLE OF HONOR |
140 |
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- - ROCKTON LIBRARY ASSOCIATION |
141 |
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- - GRAND ARMY POST |
141 |
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- ROCKTON LIME KILN |
155 |
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- TOWN OFFICERS SINCE 1850 |
155 |
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- - TOWN CLERKS |
155 |
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- - ASSESSORS |
155 |
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- - COLLECTORS |
156 |
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- - JUSTICES OF THE PEACE |
156 |
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- - COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS |
156 |
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- - CONSTABLES |
158 |
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- THE WATER POWER |
158 |
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- MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES |
158 |
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- UNDEVELOPED WATER POWER |
162 |
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- BRIDGES |
162 |
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- VILLAGE OF ROCKTON |
162 |
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- ADDITIONAL SOLDIERS' NAMES |
163 |
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MARRIAGES |
174 |
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- - GOLDEN WEDDINGS |
183 |
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DEATHS |
184 |
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FIRES IN ROCKTON |
185 |
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INDEX
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186 |
