Illinois Pioneer Days Classic Reprint

Author : Mollie Duffy
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365440840
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Some Notes on Pioneer Days in the Dixon Vicinity, 1948, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Mollie Duffy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Notes on Pioneer Days in the Dixon Vicinity, 1948, Vol. 1 There were several reasons why people chose to come to the great Illinois country. Some pioneers came west because they loved adventure and new scenes. These were men like Daniel Boone. Some came with the idea of making great profits in the new country. But most of the people came because they saw here an opportunity to buy cheap land, to establish new homes and to, eventually, they thought, give their families a far better living than they could make-back East. Times were very hard in the East, partly because of the panic of 1837. In Europe times were bad because of the number of recent wars. In many of the Eastern states at this time only property owners could vote. Illinois, from earliest days, gave the vote to any man who had lived in the state a year and could pay his county tax. This, too, made for greater independence. When land was sold at per acre, with a minimum of 640 acres, few people could buy it, but shortly afterward the price was lowered to per acre, with the minimum set at 40 acres. At this low figure many could buy enough land for a really large farm. The land along rivers was considered the most desirable since here the settler could find timber, water supply, protection against prairie fires and a source of food fish and game. In our own locality, many of the settlers came with the idea of working in the mines at Galena for a part of the year, or of profiting in some way through the great seasonal migration of people to Galena. Wherever there was a ferry, there must be trade. Travelers must have food and shelter along their way. Many people came to take up land here, realizing that they would not be too isolated with a thriving ferry and important trails nearby. One other great reason influenced many people of the Dixon area. This was the beauty of this locality. Men like Leonard Andrus of Grand Detour, Alexander Charters, Dr. Everett and many later settlers stated that they werecharmed by the beauty before they even thought of its economic possibilities. 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.