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Aurora (IL)
2006·128 pages
A historical account of Aurora, Illinois, tracing its growth from 1830s settlement through modern development using archival postcards.
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A historical account of Aurora, Illinois, tracing its growth from 1830s settlement through modern development using archival postcards.
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Covered wagons brought a wave of migration to northern Illinois in the mid-1830s. On April 1, 1834, the first permanent white settlers, Joseph McCarthy and two assistants, paddled up the Fox River. The vicinity was known as Waubonsie's Village at that time. They built a log cabin, a dam across the Fox, and eventually a sawmill. The village had about 400 Native Americans who bartered fish for bread and tobacco. For almost 175 years now, growth has been steady and sure, and the city of Aurora is t...
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will contain mild spoilers
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Likely brief historical mentions of local churches and civic life
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