Author : Bushnell Centennial Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428759124
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)
Book Synopsis Bushnell, Illinois, Centennial, 1854-1954 (Classic Reprint) by : Bushnell Centennial Association
Download or read book Bushnell, Illinois, Centennial, 1854-1954 (Classic Reprint) written by Bushnell Centennial Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bushnell, Illinois, Centennial, 1854-1954 Bushnell, a town of not quite is situated at the junction of the Burlington, T. P. W. And St. Louis branch of the Burlington. Bushnell was laid out in 1854 before the completion of the Northern Cross railroad. John D. Hall of Macomb, sold a two-third interest in northeast quarter of section 33 to D. P. Wells and Iverson L. Twyman, also of Macomb. Wm. H. Rile, County surveyor, assisted these men in laying out the twon, running the streets parallel with the railroad. The quarter was divided into forty-eight blocks of 12 lots each, the blocks being 360 ft. Square. Two streets running parallel with the railroad, one on either side were made seventy feet wide, with all others sixty. The town was named in honor of I. N. Bushnell, at that time president of the Northern Cross railroad, the name by which the Burlington was then known. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.