Bureau County Illinois Village Index
Burnett |
Bourbonais |
Churchill |
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Clarion |
Coal Hollow |
Greenoak |
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Kasbeer |
Hegeler |
Hicks Corners |
Langley |
Limerick |
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Love |
Marquette |
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Normandy |
Ottville |
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Sheffield |
NEW!! |
Spring Valley |
Thomas |
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Van Orin |
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Webster Park |
Wendel |
Yorktown |
Zearing |
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| History
History of Arlington (Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer Publishing, 1906) |
| News
Local News Items - Bureau County Republican, Thursday, April 21, 1881 - Donated by Mike O'Neal |
Photos
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| School Photos - Donated by Mary Hunter Eichhorn |
| Local Gossip from the Henry
Republican (1879)
NEW!! Train Wreck and Soldier Photos from Buda - Contributed by Al and Carole Martin |
Bureau |
| NEWS
News From Bureau Junction (Sept. 1872) 1877 News Items (local gossip column from March 1877) NEW!! Local News: Births and Elections (April 23, 1877) The Bureau Valley Water Mills (Short paragraph - 1878) The Bureau Valley Mills Burned (Henry Republican, Jan. 26, 1882) |
| HISTORICAL SKETCHES
The City of Side Tracks (Taken From the Henry Republican, Henry, IL - June 6, 1872) Bureau Junction in 1877 (A short sketch about the village and its people) |
| BUREAU PHOTOS
Photos of Bureau Illinois - Contributed by John Eckard:
Photos of Bureau Illinois - Contributed by John Eckard:
Photos of Bureau Illinois - Contributed by John Eckard:
The Wise Homestead and Thomas Stables, Bureau Illinois - Contributed by Anne Dree Bennett Bureau Illinois Homes - Contributed by Sharon Kopina |
| The Cherry Coal Mine Disaster |
| Obituary of
Henry Howe Allen (pioneer settler of the
Cottage Community)
The Cottage ME Church Sunday School Records - Includes Officers for the years 1893 - 1902 and Officers & Class Rosters for the years 1909, 1910 and 1912 The Cottage Methodist Episcopal Church Epworth League Records - Records from 1898 to 1901 Cottage News Items (Added News Items from 1915) |
| News From the Past |
Photos
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| News
Local News Items Bureau County Republican - April 7, 1881. - Donated by Mike O'Neal Local News Items From the Putnam Record
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| History of the Village of Dover
(Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer
Publishing, 1906)
Photo of Dover GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN, Dover, Bureau Co., ,IL – LATE 1880’s - Donated by Linda (Heaton) Matthews (Includes names and birth dates of children, teachers and school directors) |
| 1877 News Items
(local gossip column from March 1877)
Hollowayville Cornet Band Photos - Contributed by John Luken (Austrian Park Entrance and the Hollowayville Cornet Band, Jospeh Luken's Tavern and the Holloway Cornet Band) Hollowayville Village Hall - Contributed by Jim Piacenti
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| The History of Ladd - Contributed
by Jim Piacenti
Ladd Photos - Contributed by Jim Piacenti |
| History of the Village
of Lamoille (Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer
Publishing, 1906)
Local News Items - Bureau County Republican, April 21, 1881. - Donated by Mike O'Neal |
| History |
| News
Miscellaneous News (Taken From the Henry Republican)
Andrew Anderson and Lone Tree (Taken from the Henry Republican November 1875) |
| Photos
1910 Lone Tree School, Wheatland township, Bureau County, Illinois (Includes photo and names of students, teacher and directors) |
| Local News Items - Bureau County Republican, April 7, 1881. - Donated by Mike O'Neal |
| A Trip Out of Town - Taken From
the Henry Republican, September 29, 1870
Local Gossip from Milo (Henry Republican)
April 17, 1882 (Henry Republican) July 6, 1882 (Henry Republican)
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| Out in the Country (Taken
From the Henry News Republican October 21, 1869 - A visit to Mineral
The History of Mineral and Mineral High School (History and Photos) - Contributed by Dave Nanninga |
| A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT
OF NEPONSET - Donated by Tom Pratt: Taken From the "Ladies
of Neponset" Neponset Historical Society, December 1988. Tom writes
"The publicaton is about 92 pages long and covers many of the early settlers
of Neponset, in addition to the brief history of the town included on page
1.If you haven't seen this publication, I am sure a copy, or copies, have
been retained at the Neponset Historical Library in Neponset, IL"
1885 Neponset, Bureau Co IL Graduation Program - Contributed by Darlene Martin NEW!! |
| Photos of New Bedford -
Contributed by Jim Fuhr (Also I included a short history - if anyone has anything else to add, please email me.) Photos of New Bedford - Contributed by Jim Fuhr |
| History of the Village of Ohio (Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer Publishing, 1906) |
| Business Directories
1845 Business Directory Taken From the Hennepin Herald and Advertisement, August 23, 1845) 1876 Princeton Directory - H section (courtesy Chris Hanson and the Bureau County Genealogical Society) 1897 City Directory - Princeton partial p. 120 and 121 (Courtesy Chris Hanson and The Bureau County Genealogical Society) |
| History
Religion At The Time Of Early Settlement (Short sketch by N. Matson printed in the Marshall County Republican in 1867) Princeton and the Underground Railroad (Short sketch by N. Matson printed in the Marshall County Republican in 1868) The Smith Family of Princeton, Illinois (Donated by Jeff Thorn, descendant of this Pioneer Family) |
| News
Description of Princeton (Alton Observer - 1837) |
| Providence Colony ( Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois by George B. Past, Chicago: Pioneer Publishing, 1906, Page 25.) |
| History
The History of Seatonville By Mrs. Will Witherspoon - Donated by Dawn Champley |
| Photos
Photos of Seatonville - Donated by Dawn Champley (Photo of Seatonville from the slag pile; the company store; looking southwest from Lucan's corner; Pipers and Fletchers, agents for Hudson Auto in Bureau County) The Seatonville Town Hall - - Contributed by Jim Piacenti Photos of Seatonville - Donated by John Luken
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Tiskilwa (Indiantown) |
| Business Directories
1845 Business Directory (Taken From the Hennepin Herald and Advertisement, August 23, 1845) |
| History
A Visit to Tiskilwa and The NEW Cheese Factory (Taken from the Henry Republican, Aug. 31, 1871) A Sketch of Tiskilwa (Henry Republican, 1877 - describes Tiskilwa and its surroundings- including Coal Hollow and Rocky Run) Obituary of Mrs. Jane Sheldon - Pioneer Settler
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News
The Closing of the Tiskilwa Cheese Factory (April 1930) |
| Photos
Main Street, Tiskilwa, Illinois at the turn of the century - Contributed by Norman Horack |
| History
History of the Village of Walnut (Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer Publishing, 1906) The History of St. John's Church - Donated by Fran Day |
| News
Local News Items - Bureau County Republican, Thursday, April 21, 1881.(Part of the Bureau County Tax Delinquent List) - Donated by Mike O'Neal |
| Disasters
June 1868 Storm in Whitefield (by J.P. Swift taken from the Marshall County Republican)
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News
NEW!! Local Gossip from Whitefield Corners
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| Photos
Photos of Whitefield Corners and Whitefield Corners Grocery - Contributed by Norman Horack |
| Photo of the CB&Q,
CRI&P track crossing - Contributed by Tom Jacobs
Photo of the Wyanet Canal - Contributed by Sharon Kopina |