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Atlas
Pike County Illinois
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The Colonel William Ross Home Owned by Maggie and Laura Adams in 1939 The Barry Adage July 5, 1939 The fence has been removed between the road and the row of 19 beautiful hard maple trees at the Maggie and Laura Adams home in Atlas - where Pike county had its start -- three miles south of Rockport but when the new road is built these lovely old trees will not have to be sacrificed. The Adams home, as many known, is the old brick homestead of Colonel William Ross now 118 years old. The home surmounts a steep sloop within the little town. Age has made necessary several changes, that have altered the appearance of the original homestead, the house in which Nancy Ross, first white child in Pike county, was born, but it remains dignified and still abounds in history. A relative of Colonel Ross, the grandfather of Miss Maggie and Miss Laura Adams bought the place from the builder. |