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Author : Nehemiah Matson
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Total Pages : 198 pages
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Download or read book Map of Bureau County, Illinois, with Sketches of Its Early Settlement written by Nehemiah Matson and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nehemiah Matson
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Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book Map of Bureau County, Illinois written by Nehemiah Matson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George B. Harrington
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Total Pages : 1086 pages
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Download or read book Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois written by George B. Harrington and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry C. Bradsby
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Total Pages : 914 pages
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Download or read book History of Bureau County, Illinois written by Henry C. Bradsby and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Nehemiah Matson
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Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Reminiscences of Bureau County [Illinois] in Two Parts written by Nehemiah Matson and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. E. Zwicker
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Total Pages : 452 pages
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Download or read book Soil Survey of Bureau County, Illinois written by S. E. Zwicker and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nehemiah Matson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333535339
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Reminiscences of Bureau County written by Nehemiah Matson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reminiscences of Bureau County: In Two Parts The writer oi the following story came to Bureau soon after the settlement had been commenced, and experienced some of the inconveniences common to the settlement of a new country. At that time, the prairies of this county were in a state of nature, without roads, fields, or dwellings, a part of which had not yet been surveyed. The only marks of civilization to be seen were a few log cabins, built here and there in the edge of the timber, and throughout the county there was scarcely a school, or meeting house; not one surveyed road, nor one stream bridged. Indian trails were still to be seen, and traveled both by whites and Indians. The writer was well acquainted with the first settlers. And from them much of this story was obtained. He also had frequent interviews with Indians, who had spent their youthful days on Bureau, and from them many important facts were gathered. There are some incidents narrated in this story, which were unknown to the early settlers, but the most ofthem were well known, and will be confirmed by persons still living. Efforts were made to harmonize the early traditions of this county, as well as the state ments of Indians, with well established facts, and with a few exceptions it has been successful. In historical sketches, discrepancies in narratives will occasionally appear, which must necessarily be supplied by inference of the writer, and this story is not an exception to the rule. Neither money nor emulation induced the writer to offer these pages to the public; the necessarily limited circulation would prevent the former, and the criticisms common to local publications the latter. But another motive more laudable in its nature, and more useful in its effects, caused this work to appear, that is the great desire to preserve the early history of the county. The testimony of many of the early settlers, who are now in their graves, as well as of Indians that have long since passed away, was alone in possession of the writer, and justice required that it should be given to the public. 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.
Author : Solon Justus Buck
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Total Pages : 556 pages
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Download or read book Travel and Description, 1765-1865 written by Solon Justus Buck and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Illinois. Constitutional Convention
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Author : Colton Storm
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
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Total Pages : 894 pages
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Download or read book A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana written by Colton Storm and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Belden
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439639590
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Princeton written by David Belden and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1831, the settlement of Princeton, Illinois, began as families from New England, and later the Mid-Atlantic states, traveled West seeking good land. These early settlers built the Hampshire Colony Congregational Church. Rev. Owen Lovejoy, one of its earliest pastors, became a well-known abolitionist and used his Princeton home to harbor runaway slaves. Before the Civil War, Princeton citizens convinced Burlington Railroad to lay rails within a mile of their town. The community expanded its main street to meet the railroad and insure the towns growth. Today Princeton remains a richly endowed and vital community, set in the peaceful countryside of North Central Illinois.
Author : Nehemiah Matson
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809323647
Total Pages : 292 pages
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Download or read book French and Indians of Illinois River written by Nehemiah Matson and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex and paradoxical, Nehemiah Matson (1816-1873) celebrated the occupation of the Middle West by European pioneers even as he labored to preserve the memory of the natives these pioneers replaced. He perpetuated the memory of the Indians who were driven out of the territory, but he nevertheless accumulated wealth selling their land to the pioneers. Rodney O. Davis notes in his new foreword to this book that Matson combined the attributes of a scholar with those of a salesman and promoter. Matson settled in Princeton, Illinois, in 1836. He left behind a library partially endowed by him, named for him, and finally completed in 1913. According to Davis, however, Matson's other legacy, "of equal significance in his own eyes, consisted of the five books he authored on northern Illinois and Illinois River history and cartography, volumes based not only on conscientious scholarship but also on both Indian and white reminiscence and on local folklore." Matson's historical writings are valuable even when he deals with well-known events because his personal perspective makes his observations unique. Without the stories and reminiscences he collected, much valuable information would have been lost, especially since many of his informants, both Indian and European, were illiterate. Because his informants often told conflicting stories, Matson admitted that "harmonizing all conflicting accounts . . . has not been a success." Although Matson's sources may not always have agreed, and sometimes his heart may have overruled his head and colored his accounts, he was a conscientious and committed author. "Obviously," Davis explains, "this book must be evaluated as what it is, a piece of colorful local history, romantically anchored in legend yet rooted also in invaluable research and produced by a dedicated amateur whose standards were high. . . . French and Indians of Illinois River is a model of its type, indeed a minor classic."
Author : Illinois State Historical Library
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Total Pages : 1068 pages
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Author : Stephen Watts
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ISBN 13 : 1544531931
Total Pages : 606 pages
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Download or read book Searching for Charles written by Stephen Watts and published by Stephen Watts. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: · Royal Dragonfly Book Awards 1st Place in 1) History Nonfiction, 2) Letters, Journals, Diaries; and Honorable Mentions in 1) Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, 2) New Author: Nonfiction (2023) · Firebird Book Awards 1st Place in 1) Biography/Historical, 2) History/US, 3) New Nonfiction (2023) · Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) 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Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: M-Q. nos. 3104-4527. 1908 written by Stanislaus Vincent Henkels and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry C. Bradsby
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333563981
Total Pages : 768 pages
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Download or read book History of Bureau County, Illinois (Classic Reprint) written by Henry C. Bradsby and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Bureau County, Illinois In this work we have followed no beaten track in formulating the story, the subjects treated, or the manner of treatment, and some readers may conclude that to that extent we have marred what we have done, yet we have followed a general plan, and made prominent those special subjects that we have, after long study and re ection, conceived to be for the best in the end, even if not now. 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."
