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Cover of McHenry County, Illinois
by Maryan Pelland, Dan Pelland
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2001

McHenry County, Illinois, is a picture-perfect farming community in the Heartland of Midwestern America. For nearly two centuries, a portion of the nation's food supply has come from this fertile land near the Fox River, and it has played a key role in the history of Chicago and the United States. Through...
Cover of Oakdale Cotton Mills
by Mary A. Browning, Patricia M. Koehler
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009

Oakdale Cotton Mills, in continuous operation in rural Jamestown since 1865, began as Logan Manufacturing Company immediately after the Civil War. Its primary backer, Cyrus P. Mendenhall, was a descendant of Jamestown's early Quaker settler James Mendenhall. In the late 1880s, the mill's ownership moved...
Cover of South Orange Revisited
by Naoma Welk
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006

From the mid-1800s through the late 1900s, life in South Orange was a mirror of events taking place on a national and global level. Evolutions in population, transportation, education, and culture played an important part in South Orange's growth from a small farming village to the bustling community...
Cover of Around Momence
by Kevin McNulty Sr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2007

As evidenced by the historic record of Burt E. Burrough�s book entitled Tales of an Old Border Town and along the Kankakee (1925), the city of Momence owes its origins to the flow of the Kankakee River through eastern Kankakee County. This diverse tributary linked marshy areas in Indiana to the adjacent...
Cover of Warwick Township, Lancaster County
by Cory Van Brookhoven
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011

Warwick Township was one of the original townships of Lancaster County. The area was first settled by Richard Carter from Warwickshire, England, and as families grew within its borders, several villages started to come to life. Industries such as blacksmithing, an iron foundry and wagon factory, numerous...
Cover of Arlington

Arlington

175 Years

by Eagle Creek Historical Organization, PACE students of Arlington School
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2008

In 1834, Robert Hurd and his family settled on a parcel of land in what is now present-day Arlington. A devout Presbyterian, Hurd named the town after his favorite church hymn. In the late 1800s, the small town of Arlington saw progress in the form of two railroads. The mid-1930s were especially prosperous,...
Cover of Los Gatos
by Stephanie Ross Mathews, Los Gatos Library and Museum History Project
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009

The charming town of Los Gatos is nestled at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains and is sometimes referred to as the �Gem City of the Foothills.� It has inspired hundreds of postcard images through the years, many reflecting the area�s abundance of natural beauty. As the town and surrounding area...
Cover of Los Gatos Generations
by Peggy Conaway
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2007

From its beginnings as a Mexican land grant, Los Gatos has been filled with promise. A beautiful natural setting attracted a fascinating population of innovators, inventors, intellectuals, and artists; those who dreamed and those who cultivated the splendid richness of the soil. A gracious integration...
Cover of Los Gatos
by Peggy Conaway
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004

Nestled in the heart of a dramatic natural amphitheater formed by the Santa Cruz Mountains, Los Gatos serves as the gateway from the Santa Clara Valley to the Pacific Ocean. This happy accident of location allowed historic Los Gatos to witness a colorful parade of swashbuckling explorers, Franciscan...
Cover of Around Lima
by Michael Leavy
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2002

Some twenty miles south of Rochester lies what was historically the "crossroads of western New York." Lima and its neighbors in the Genesee Valley are unique in many ways. An excellent network of trails had been developed by the Iroquois long before the area attracted its first permanent settler in 1788....
Cover of Sebastopol
by The Western Sonoma County Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2003

Since the 1850s, the soothing countryside hamlets of Sonoma County have beckoned settlers of every stripe-farmers, homesteaders, businesspeople, and commuters. Sebastopol has always been among the county's loveliest towns, retaining its small-town feel even as its population has steadily grown. This...
Cover of Ligonier
by Daniel L. Replogle
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016

Isaac Cavin, of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, traveled to Indiana in 1830. He returned home and married Elizabeth Marker in 1834, and they traveled together to northern Indiana. In May 1835, he planned a new town and named it Ligonier. He built his home a few miles north of town and lived there for 52 years....
Cover of Early National City
by Marilyn Carnes, Matthew Nye
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008

Below the surface of bustling National City lies the story of olive and citrus orchards, grand Victorian homes, great wealth, and the coming of the first railroad. Founded in 1868 by Frank Kimball, National City is credited with multiple distinguished firsts. On the county level, the San Diego County...
Cover of Rio Vista
by Philip Pezzaglia
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2005

Picturesque Rio Vista was first named Los Brazos del Rio (The Arms of the River) for its proximity to the confluence of the Sacramento River, Steamboat Slough, and Cache Slough. The river was once its reason for being, and the town�s huge wharf welcomed steamers like the New World and Eclipse that...
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