Bureau County Illinois Village Index
Updated 12/2/07
History of Bureau County Cities, Villages and Settlements
Burnett |
Bureau |
Bourbonais |
Cherry |
Churchill |
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Clarion |
Coal Hollow |
Dalzell |
Greenoak |
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Kasbeer |
Hegeler |
Hicks Corners |
Ladd |
Langley |
Limerick |
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Love |
Marquette |
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New Bedford |
Normandy |
Ottville |
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Sheffield |
Spring Valley |
Van Orin |
Thomas |
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Wyanet |
Webster Park |
Wendel |
Yorktown |
Zearing |
History of Arlington (Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer Publishing, 1906)
Local News Items - Bureau County Republican, Thursday, April 21, 1881 - Donated by Mike O'Neal
Arlington Photos
Bureau (Bureau Junction)
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)
News From Bureau Junction (Sept. 1872)
1877 News Items (local gossip column from March 1877)
The Bureau Valley Water Mills (Short paragraph - 1878)
The Bureau Valley Mills Burned (Henry Republican, Jan. 26, 1882)
NEW!! 12/28/07 Photos of Bureau Illinois - Contributed by John Eckard:
Picture of Downtown
Local post mistress
NEW!! 12/28/07 Photos of Bureau Illinois - Contributed by John Eckard:
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)
Local News Items Bureau County Republican - April 7, 1881. - Donated by Mike O'Neal
Photo of the DePue Catholic School - Donated by Sharon Kopina
Photo of Crowd watching boat races - early 1900's - Donated by Sharon Kopina
Photo of Depue Baseball Team - Donated by Sharon Kopina
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)
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
1910 Lone Tree School, Wheatland township, Bureau County, Illinois (Includes photo and names of students, teacher and directors)
Miscellaneous News (Taken From the Henry Republican)
April 11, 1878 Local Gossip
December 28, 1878 Local Gossip
January 23, 1879 Local Gossip
March 6, 1879 Local Gossip
June 26, 1879 Local Gossip
September 18, 1879 Local Gossip
November 20, 1879 Local Gossip
January 1, 1880 Local Gossip
March 11, 1880 Local Gossip
April 22,1880 Local Gossip
May 27, 1880 Local Gossip
September 16, 1880 Local Gossip
May 26, 1881 - Lone Tree store burns down.
Andrew Anderson and Lone Tree (Taken from the Henry Republican November 1875)
History of Malden (Short paragraph (3 sentences) in the History of Berlin Township, Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer Publishing, 1906)
Photos
The Home of Elizabeth and George Laughlin - Donated by Louis Neuman
Main Street About 1880 - - Donated by Louis Neuman
Downtown Malden 1917 -- Donated by Louis Neuman
George Laughlin's Wagon and Machine Shop, Malden Illinois -- Donated by Louis Neuman
The C. B. & O. Railroad Depot, Malden, Illinois -- Donated by Louis Neuman
The Methodist Episcopal Church, Malden, Illinois -- Donated by Louis Neuman
Local News Items - Bureau County Republican, April 7, 1881. - Donated by Mike O'Neal
Miscellaneous News Local gossip from April 27 1882
Out in the Country (Taken From the Henry News Republican October 21, 1869 - A visit to Mineral
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"
History of the Village of Ohio (Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer Publishing, 1906)
Description of Princeton (Alton Observer - 1837)
1845 Business Directory Taken From the Hennepin Herald and Advertisement, August 23, 1845)
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)
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)
The Smith Family of Princeton, Illinois (Donated by Jeff Thorn, descendant of this Pioneer Family)
Providence Colony ( Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois by George B. Past, Chicago: Pioneer Publishing, 1906, Page 25.)
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 History of Seatonville By Mrs. Will Witherspoon - Donated by Dawn Champley
Tiskilwa (Indiantown)
1845 Business Directory (Taken From the Hennepin Herald and Advertisement, August 23, 1845)
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)
Tiskilwa News Items
Cook Brothers Meet For the First Time (Henry Republican, June 29, 1871)
The New Dutch Church (Henry Republican, Dec. 4, 1873)
A Fire a Tiskilwa (Henry Republican, July 23, 1874)
Local News Items - Bureau County Republican, Thursday, April 21, 1881 - Donated by Michael Oneal
The Closing of the Tiskilwa Cheese Factory (April 1930)
Local News Items - Bureau County Republican, Thursday, April 21, 1881.(Part of the Bureau County Tax Delinquent List) - Donated by Mike O'Neal
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
June 1868 Storm in Whitefield (by J.P. Swift taken from the Marshall County Republican)
Local gossip from Dec. 25, 1873 and May 7, 1874
Local gossip from Jan. 25, 1877 and Dec. 5, 1878
Local gossip From April 17, 1879
Fire at G. W. Snell's store - June 3, 1880
Local gossip from August 5, 1880
Local gossip from 1882
1922 Grocery Store advertisement
NEW!! 12/2/07 Photo of the CB&Q, CRI&P track crossing - Contributed by Tom Jacobs