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COMMUNITIES
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Judge Lawrence B. Stringer:
Full text of several Logan County Communities
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Images for Lawrence B. Stringer's History of Logan County, IL., 1911
ATLANTA
www.atlantaillinois.org
History of Logan County - Atlanta
CHICAGO:
INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO. 1886
A history of Atlanta, 1853-1953 (prepared by citizens of
Atlanta as a part of the observance of the centennial, June, 1953).
Atlanta was founded in 1853.
The Hoblit Carriage
building still exists, where lawyer and later politician
Abraham Lincoln spent the night(s) as the Hoblit's guest.
Lincoln made a speech here in support
of John C. Freemont for
Republican President Candidate (Oct. 23, 1856). Lincoln also attended a
Fourth of July celebration here at
Turner's
Grove on July 4th, 1859,
picnic
on the southeast edge of Atlanta and was presented a gold-handled cane by
Sylvester Strong.
In downtown Atlanta, you will find an official Looking For
Lincoln sign
describing the connection between Atlanta, Illinois, and Abraham Lincoln. On
June 22, 1860, Atlanta was one of the first towns in Illinois to establish a
Wide Awake Chapter. The Wide
Awakes
were a political party in the 1860s that strongly supported Abraham Lincoln
for president of the United States. Lincoln was a frequent visitor in
Atlanta while traveling as a lawyer on the 8th Judicial Circuit, which
helped him gain Atlanta's support. The group adopted two campaign banners to
support Lincoln. The
Nations Choice banner
that is shown on the right side of the sign was used by Atlanta's Wide Awake
Group. It is now on display at the Lincoln
Heritage Museum. In
the middle of the sign, you will see a drawing by Lloyd
Ostendorf depicting
the Wide Awakes walking through Atlanta carrying their banner.  “Our
Cause Is Just” is the Civil War story of the John and Esther Hawes family
from Eminence Township in Logan County near Atlanta, Illinois.
The documentary is based upon letters written by brothers Henry and George
Hawes and half-brother James Ewing—all three soldiers in battle—to parents
John and Esther and family back home.
The Brandt Sisters Trio was part of the
entertainment at the 1940 President's Birthday Ball. The Brandt sisters
were five sisters born in Atlanta, Illinois who sang close harmonies. At
different times, all five sisters sang as part of this close harmony
trio, but it seems that Irma, Wanda and Mary were involved in the group
for a longer period than Lois or Betty. These five sisters had five
brothers as well, all the children of Merle and Nellie Brandt.
At first the Brandt Sisters were content to
sing at local events, but by 1938 their talent was being recognized and
they signed contracts to perform across the country. They were also
heard occasionally on the radio (WLS and WJBC). Irma, Wanda and Mary
travelled with the Major Bowes show across the West in 1941.
Atlanta is located on
the famous
Route 66 (1950's - 1970's) from Chicago to California.
2019 Fall Festival
Bakerville ("roadside thoughts")
Location of a griest mill, saw mill, and brick
tile factory built by Samuel Baker. In 1833, Samuel Baker came to Illinois
when in his mid-teens. he probably came to Bakerville after the Civil War. Previously, the Baker
family lived at the Yankeetown Settlement about 2 miles southwest. The
chimney and some clay pits remain from Baker's grist and saw mills, and the brick-tile factory. The site is marked by a historical marker.
BEASON
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Founded
in 1872 and platted by Silas Beason and others. Silas Beason was a lawyer and was instrumental in attracting the Illinois Central Railroad to Beason.
2019 Gail's Pumpkin Patch
BELL
Bethel Township
Originally a branch
of the Sugar Creek Congregation located east of Bethel, the church was
built in 1854. Big Prairie post office was located east of the present church and Bethel grade school stood across the road. The cemetery adjoins
the church.
BROADWELL
Judge Lawrence B.
Stringer:
History of
Logan County, 1911 - Broadwell
BURTONVIEW
Is the smallest town in Logan County. In 1871 a railroad was started and it was completed in January 1873. The town was settled in 1873. Originally it was known as Burton, the Burton View in
1873 when a post office was established there. Later it was changed to one
word Burtonview.
CHESTERVALE
History of Logan County - Chester
CHICAGO:
INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO. 1886
CHESTNUT
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Chicago Tribune (1992):
Chestnut - heart Of The Heartland
Platted
in 1872 by David Clark and named in honor of railroad official
Logan B.
Chestnut. The Illinois Central Railroad
played an important role in development of the community. It claims to be
the
geographic center of the state of Illinois.
A
monument in the village park and common honors this distinction.
Lincoln stained glass window reflects church's ties to The Grand Army of the
Republic, Union cause.
CORNLAND
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Was
surveyed and platted in August, 1871, and named by
Joshua Day who had owned
the land. The town was dedicated September 28, 1871. John D. Gillett,
known
as the
"Cattle King of the World"
in the 1870's, had his
farm-home here. In 2010,
the State Bank of Cornland celebrated its 90th year. The
"One and Only Cornland" celebrates Zip Code Day.
Corwin
ELKHART
www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org
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http://www.elkhartillinois.us
Elkhart
Hill is 777 feet high and covers more than 600 acres. Native Americans
believed the
hill to be in the shape of an elk's heart.
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The gravesite of
Captain Adam Bogardus, wing shoe champion of the
world, who traveled with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show and a Mississippi River boat show
is here. The John Dean Gillett Memorial Chapel is
on Elkhart Hill.
J. D. Gillett became known as the "Cattle Kind of the
World" because of his breeding of short-horn cattle. We was a personal
friend of Abraham Lincoln. The hill is
also the
gravesite of Richard J. Oglesby,
General,
Governor, and Senator.
Gillette Ransom, descendant of J.D. Gillett, manages
the annual Elkhart Hill Bird & Flower Walks,
the Wildhare Lecture Circuit, & the annual Gillett Cemetery
Chapel Christmas Services.
Peter Niehaus proprieter along with his wife, Andrea, of the Elkhart
Wildhare Cafe, occasionally takes part in the Wildhare Lecture Circuit with
his interesting & educational tales of his former living in South Africa.
EMDEN
Emden
was named for Emden, on the River Ems in northern Germany. The town was surveyed in 1871. Teis Smid,
a blacksmith and William Smith are credited with the establishment of
Emden.
EVANS
FOGARTY
HARTSBURG
Founded
in 1871 by David Harts and surveyed by Thomas Gardner of Pekin, Illinois
LAKE FORK
Founded
in 1881. Indian mounds have been identified in the area.
LATHAM
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Surveyed
in 1871 and incorporated in 1884. It was a station on the Peoria,
Lincoln, Mt. Pulaski, Decatur and
Evansville Railroad. Named for
Civil War
Colonel
Robert B. Latham of nearby town of Lincoln, who helped build the
railroad.
There still exist landmarks
in Latham's name in the town of Lincoln
(a
building on the west side of the square and Latham Park).
LAWNDALE
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Lawndale
was laid out and platted by Thomas Easten in
1854. Easten had already erected a saw mill,
home, and store on the Kickapoo Creek near the sited. At one time, the
Lawndale elevator handled more grain shipments than any elevator between
Chicago and St. Louis. Lawndale was also known as Kickapoo by the early
settlers of the area.
LINCOLN
http://www.lincolnil.gov
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History of Logan County [Lincoln]
(need to click on re-fresh button a couple of
times!!)
CHICAGO: INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO. 1886
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Judge Lawrence B. Stringer:
History of Logan County (1911)
CHICAGO Pioneer Publishing COMPANY
 Stringer:
History of Logan County - 1911 [History of Lincoln
University / College]
Paul J. Beaver: Abraham
Lincoln in Logan County, Illinois 1834 - 1860
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Leigh Henson:
Mr.
Lincoln, Route 66, and other Highlights of Lincoln, Illinois
Logan County Fair Over the Years
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Lincoln was the first city to be named for Abraham Lincoln, and event which occurred in 1853 before
he became a nationally known figure.
Abraham Lincoln christened the town,
named in his honor, with the juice from a watermelon. Stephen A. Douglas
spoke here on September 4, 1858, during his famous campaign
against Abraham Lincoln for the Senate seat. Lincoln was in attendance, but
did not speak. In Lincoln, IL., on October 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln followed up Stephen A Douglas's
speech on the previous day with a speech of his own — they agreed to give separate
speeches
the day after the last Lincoln-Douglas debate (in Alton).
Lincoln at Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Rallies Logan County, Illinois,
in His First Namesake Town on October 16, 1858.
      
Abraham Lincoln Speaking in Lincoln, IL Oct. 16, 1858.
A description of Abraham
Lincoln's appearance on the day prior to his speech was provided by the eyewitness account of Mount
Pulaskian, S. Linn Beidler (as
reported in the Lincoln Herald on February 17, 1885. Stringer quotes
from the Herald).
Lincoln College was chartered on February 6, 1865
- President Lincoln
was notified of this several months before his assassination.
On
June 10, 1869, The Civil War Monument was dedicated, with
Richard J. Oglesby as the main speaker. The
brass band from nearby Mt.
Pulaski was on hand to play that day. William
Scully (1821-1906),
was one of the largest landowners of tenant farmland in the Midwest. He
eventually owned approximately 250,000 acres in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri,
and Nebraska, including 30,000 acres in Logan County. Additionally, Scully
was a pioneer leader with respect to scientific farming; particularly with
soil conservation practices and techniques.
William
Keepers Maxwell Jr.
(August 16, 1908 – July 31, 2000) was an American
editor,
novelist,
short story
writer,
essayist,
children's author, and
memoirist.
He served as a fiction editor at
The New Yorker
from 1936 to 1975.
Watering
Holes of the Route 66 Era: Entertainment in the Fast Lane.
Al Capone frequented "Coonhound" Johnny's!
For over 50 years,
The Tropics Restaurant had been the focal point of the “four-corners”
intersection in Lincoln. With its quintessential
Route 66 flair, the sign has long evoked
memories for
the community and travelers alike of the mid-century era of the
true family restaurant.
Two
Woolly Mammoth tusks
were discovered by a Lincoln College (Illinois)
freshman in September 2005, who
stumbled upon them while studying river mussels in Sugar Creek (Logan
County). Radiocarbon dating analysis revealed surprisingly late date – this
animal died about 11,600 years ago.
Emmy and Tony Award winning actor, Hal Holbrook,
addresses 2016 Lincoln College graduates and conferred honorary doctorate.
Paul Beaver, Lincoln College Professor
Emeritus, author, lecturer. 2019 Railsplitter & Abe Lincoln Look-alikes Weekend.
Chinese
Mid-Autumn Full-Moon Festival by Lincoln College Chinese Students.
LCGHS Bill Donath:
The Spanish Influenza Epidemic In Logan County,
Illinois, 1918-1920.
East Lincoln Township
West Lincoln Township
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LUCAS
MIDDLETOWN
Judge Lawrence B. Stringer:
History of
Middletown, Il.
Middletown was founded by Hiram S. Allen on
October 12, 1832. It is the oldest town in Logan County. Abraham Lincoln,
then living in New Salem, witnessed the deed to the first lot sold in the
community in June, 1833. The town was a
stagecoach stop midway on the route
between Peoria and Springfield -
the oldest such wooden
structure in Illinois. Abraham Lincoln stayed at this Dunlap House.
This
1860 American Flag was handmade by women in Middletown for the Atlanta
Wide Awakes Float. Later, it was cloaked oghver Abraham Lincoln’s shoulders
during a Springfield parade when he was candidate for President in 1860.
Atlanta was one of the
first towns in Illinois to establish a Wide Awake Chapter. The Wide
Awakes were a political party in the
1860s that strongly supported Abraham Lincoln for president of the United
States. Lincoln was a frequent visitor in Atlanta while traveling as a
lawyer on the 8th Judicial Circuit, which helped him gain Atlanta's support.
Middletown
is also home to the
Knapp
library and museum. The Knapp building is the oldest brick
building in Logan county.
MOUNTJOY
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MOUNT PULASKI
City of Mt.
Pulaski.com
Stringer:
History of Logan County 1911 - Mt. Pulaski
Mount Pulaski Township Historical
Society Website
 American
Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447
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Facebook:
MountPulaskiILLINOIS
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Brief History of Mount Pulaski 1911
by Judge William
Stringer
History of Mt. Pulaski 1911
- 1836-1936
[full text - published a year following MP's 100th Anniversary]]
by
Judge William Stringer
History of Logan County [Mt. Pulaski Township]
CHICAGO: INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO. 1886
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Judge Lawrence B. Stringer:
History of Logan County, 1911 - Mount Pulaski
Judge Lawrence B. Stringer:
History of Mount Pulaski, 1836 - 1936
(full text)
OLD
SETTLERS' MEETINGS 1873 - 1910, LOGAN COUNTY, IL
Mount Pulaski
Bands and Choirs from Yesteryears
Mt. Pulaski Photos & Stories Through the Years
[late 1800's - 1961]
One Soldier's
Experience in WWII
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Founded in 1836. Named for
Count
Casimir Pulaski, a Revolutionary War Patriot.
Mt. Pulaski Courthouse served as Logan County Courthouse from 1848 through
1855. The courthouse is one of two remaining courthouses on
the Eighth Judicial Circuit where
Abraham Lincoln practiced law.
The Mount Pulaski Courthouse is
listed on the National Historic Register and was purchased and restored by
the
State of Illinois in 1936. In 1999, a joint resolution was passed by the United States
Congress requesting that General Pulaski receive an
United States Honorary Citizenship. President Barack Obama granted
this enactment with his signature in 2009.
Wright Brother's Bi-Plane race against an Illinois Central Train
from Chicago to Springfield in 1910 - $10,000.
There is a Mt. Pulaski
Township Historical Society, which cares for its 2-building 2-story
historical museum and
genealogical center on the south side of the square across from the
courthouse.
On
June 10, 1869, The Logan County Civil War Monument was dedicated, with
Richard J. Oglesby as the main speaker. The
brass band from nearby Mt.
Pulaski
was on hand to play that day.
In 1902, The Mt. Pulaski Yankee Windmill Company was formed. Among many attractions in this museum is an Abraham
Lincoln room, an old walk-in bank vault, and
music room partially devoted to
a stared member of the
Hollywood
Walk of Fame,
Vaughn
DeLeath,
who was born and raised here.
Her 1925 hit recording, "Ukulele
Lady",
was used in the 1999
film,
The Cider House Rules.
De
Leath was an early exponent of a style of vocalizing known as
crooning.
One of her
hit
songs, "Are
You Lonesome Tonight?,"
recorded in 1927, achieved fame when it became
a hit for
Elvis Presley
in 1960. "Vinegar
Hill" became the reference to Mount Pulaski during Prohibition.
Trains would stop to let off
boozers to buy the "precious cargo".
The annual
Christmas on Vinegar Hill
kicks off the
Yuletide
season - 38 years & counting!
     
     
The annual
Mt. Pulaski Horse Show
on the south side
of the square drew large crowds each year from 1912 to 1936.
It morphed into the Logan County Fair, which began in 1937. Herbert Dickens Ryman,
Jr., who
lived in Mount Pulaski in his early years,
graduated cum
laude in 1932 from the Chicago Art Institute. He
became an accomplished Hollywood
artist and
Disney
Imagineer.
Ryman worked in watercolor, oils, and pen & ink sketches. In 1953 Ryman drew
the first
illustrations
of Walt Disney's vision of a theme park that eventually became
Disneyland.
His father,
Herbert Dickens Ryman, Sr.,
was killed on the French battlefield in WWI administering to an injured
soldier.
Mt. Pulaski
Memorial Day
Annual Cemetery Rites.
2019 Fall Festival.
Edwin W. Goodpaster,
retired national editor for The Baltimore Sun.
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John C. Mier,
oldest Logan County Civil War veteran, died in 1940 -2000 in attendance
on Mount Pulaski Courthouse lawn for his service.
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NARITA
NEW HOLLAND
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Judge Lawrence B. Stringer:
History of
Logan County, 1911 - New Holland
2019 Fall Festival
Oran Township
Orvil Township
Prairie Creek Township
SAN JOSE
Judge Lawrence B. Stringer:
History of San Jose
Village of
San Jose website
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The town itself lies in two
counties: Logan and Mason. It lies in the extreme
northwest
part of Logan County. It was surveyed and platted by E. Z. Hunt in 1857.
SKELTON
Sheridan Township
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