150 20 3449 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/6144ffd828ad67d76f5d1d33166dafbe.pdf 6b48320d273929449794b122955e8926 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Museum Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society: Brochure Subject The topic of the resource Click on the image to open a PDF of the Brochure. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/15cb7bb7b1022aea84a4afc5acac9997.jpg 38e896c3480a8fe30e8a8c461649afd2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Museum Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society: Hosting 3rd Grade Class from John Shields Elementary School, 2017 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tim Wilson Description An account of the resource The Sugar Grove Historical Society hosted Sarah Linden's third grade class from John Shields Elementary School in 2017. Historical Society Members Sue Jacobson and Lori McCaffrey assisted and told the children stories. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/6bf00ad496bd02ba50a0dc228127313e.jpg 509752e20e43d202495bf32eca27f6b8 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/7ec0a856ef0e1bdf04159cd934bca66b.png 5ca0957ee459cb289ee964dcedb13291 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/963a0aaf2e6901ac5d3453f1d6d8a280.png 7399f32797e829a03760606d28938036 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/66d50d0ea2a2f40605572006d4b7f21e.png 6834757f5133d1efe45b8b11634612c6 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/dd3769c62ee12ebb495d54de13b483b6.png f1a438b3a3eeb2a82223b84556780126 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Museum Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society: Presentation Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tim Wilson Description An account of the resource Information about the Sugar Grove Historical Society from a presentation. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/24e1d4cd2dffe54a17a7eb7dedb22b9a.jpg 4408fa3ab339ff12eb94d5dc0cfcb1fc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Museum Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society: Sign Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kaitlin Sign https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/4f178725ebd055e69210a55cf22c0306.pdf 303450f28438641336bfbec683e58252 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspapers Printed Printed item, Flyer, Book,Etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove History: Kane Country Chronicle Article, 2017 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kaitlin Description An account of the resource Shaw Media ran a story highlighting the history of Sugar Grove. Journalist Bryan Salvage wrote, "In spring 1834, Asa McDole, brothers James and Isaac Isbell, plus nephew Parmeno Isbell, James Carmen and a man named Bishop camped together while traveling west from Ohio and New York and discovered their destination was the same, reveals 'Sugar Grove 150 Years Sesquicentennial,' by Ruth Frantz and Frank Damon." "On May 10, they paddled along the Fox River from Oswego, took Blackberry Creek north and initially resided in an abandoned Indian sugar camp that became the Bliss Woods area of Sugar Grove. Other major Sugar Grove highlights include constructing the Chicago and Iowa Railroad through the village in the 1860s and opening the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School in 1876, said Rick Johnson, president of the Sugar Grove Historical Society." "Incorporated in 1957 when its population totaled 125, Sugar Grove remained a small farming village until the early 1960s, when residential development boomed. Its current population is 9,000- plus. The 50th annual Sugar Grove Corn Boil set for July 28 through 31 remains its largest event." Source: https://www.shawlocal.com/2017/04/18/village-histories-a-look-at-sugar-grove-elburn-and-maple-park-yesterday-and-today/afcb7yx/ Subject The topic of the resource Kane County Sugar Grove, IL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Article Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sugar Grove Historical Society Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article, 2017 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/90a19687dd1948e3579faf67c03e6b4e.pdf 3c8956d9159888449b3be690ed51db7f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Government: Village, Township Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove History: Village of Sugar Grove Website Description An account of the resource Sin- Qua-Sip,” the Indian name for Sugar Grove, had its beginning in the Spring of 1834 at what is now known as Bliss Woods Forest Preserve. Six men, coming from different areas of the east, met at Black Swamp, Ohio, and decided to journey west together. These men, Asa McDole, James and Issac Isbell, their nephew Parmeno Isbell, James Carmen and Mr. Bishop, were the founding fathers of Sugar Grove. At this time, the area was populated by Native American Indians, hence when these men arrived, they found an abandoned Native American Indian sugar camp where they took shelter in a brush wigwam, until they were able to build their first log cabin. In 1835, the first white women to arrive were the mother and sister of James and Issac and their brother Lyman and his wife who arrived in the spring of 1835. In 1839 and the 1840’s, the United States Surveyors came to survey and layout the section lines. These sections were one square mile and were sold at an auction in Chicago in 1842 for $1.25 an acre. The Village of Sugar Grove was incorporated in 1957 with a population of 125. At that time, municipal offices were located in the basement of the Community House. Sugar Grove remained predominantly a farming community until the early 1960’s when residential development began on the east side of Route 47. Development continued on the west side of Route 47 throughout the 1970’s, with annexation of Dugan Woods subdivision occurring in 1977. Development of the Windstone, Black Walnut Trails, Strafford Woods, Mallard Point, and Chelsea Meadows subdivisions began in late 1980’s and has continued into the late 1990’s. The late 1990’s into the early 2000’s saw the development of Windsor Pointe and the Walnut Woods Subdivision. Under a newly adopted State Constitution, the first town meeting in Sugar Grove was held April 2, 1850 at the home of S.G. Paull, at the southwest corner of Bliss Road and Route 47. The 1850 Census lists 136 families and 720 people in the township. The Annual Meetings were held at the Town House north of Sugar Grove. After it burned in 1874, it was built in present day Sugar Grove, on Main Street, where the Community House now stands. Electricity came to town in 1925. The Northern Illinois Gas pipelines were laid out in 1963The water system was a private system, owned by Kitty Lorah, and evolving from the Old Hotel. Pipes were in the ground and the billing was just a rate paid to Mrs. Lorah. In 1948, the Sugar Grove Water District was formed. Well #1 was dug behind the fire house on Main Street and pipes were laid to all homes within the Village. The Village was incorporated in 1957 with the sewer system being installed in 1974. By this time the Village had assumed control of the water system, and Well #2 was dug and the water tower was erected. The phones originally were connected by an operator living in the Old Hotel, then in a residence on Maple Street and later on the second floor of Keck’s Store. The first switching building was located behind Keck’s Store. The present day building was built on Main Street north of Cross Street in 1983. When the first settlers arrived, transportation was limited to old Indian trails. The dirt roads which were laid out by the 1860’s were paved during the period 1920-1960. The present day Sugar Grove was established at its present site, when the Chicago and Iowa Railroad was platted in 1871. The depot was located in the Old Hotel until a building was provided by the railroad. The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad bought the Chicago and Iowa Railroad in 1881. A stockyard to load cattle was south of Main Street. This railroad was an essential link for farmers and their agricultural business as well as providing transportation for the residents of the community. In 1970, the Burlington Northern was formed when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q) Railroad merged with several western railroads. When Amtrak took over passenger service, they discontinued passenger trains on this track. The depot was torn down in the 1970’s. In 1996, the Burlington Northern merged with the Santa Fe and the railroad is now known as the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF). The topography of Sugar Grove-prairie, timber and water made it ideal for farming, which was the first real business in the Township. On the busiest east-west roadway, Chicago to Dixon, in 1833, the first tavern/inn was opened. A sawmill and dam was built by Asa, Rodney and Jesse McDole in 1836, but was washed out in 1857 and moved to Iowa. In 1839, P.Y. Bliss opened a merchandise store at the corner of Bliss and Merrill Roads which drew trade form Dundee, Yorkville, Shabbona, and the eastern edge of Kane County. Dairying was an important business for numerous years. A cheese factory was located on the corner of Galena and Densmore Roads in 1866. It was awarded a blue ribbon for its cheese at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Col. Ingham’s farm (on Galena Blvd.) also had a cheese factory. The grain elevator, offices, lumber, grain and coal businesses were located south of the tracks. J.S. Miller’s store, just north of the tracks, housed an ice cream parlor, a pool hall, and the Post Office at one time. In 1893, Will E. Keck and a few others formed the Sugar Grove Supply Co. Items from hardware to food could be purchased. The business was in the Keck family until 1980.In the early 1890’s, Kitty Lorah owned Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Old Hotel). Her Sunday and family style dinners drew people from al around the area. Another eating establishment, the House of Plenty, was built in 1961 and is still in operation today as the Fireside Grille. The Bank of Sugar Grove (now Old Second) opened in February 1975. The history of education in Illinois first approached in the year 1787 when an ordinance consecrated 1/36 of Illinois soil to common schools. The first law to go into the statutes of this state (1818) gave 3% of all rest of the land to education. In 1836 Mr. H.B. Densmore helped build a log house near the corner of Denny and Bliss Roads to be used as a school. He taught there for a time. This one burned down, and another was constructed just east of there, and was known as the Valley View School or Denny School. This one room school was to become one with the longest history of any of the numerous schools in the Township. By 1878 there were seven schools in the Township. A need for a school of higher education for the children of the area, became reality due to the vision and hard work of Thomas Judd and Professor Frank Hall. The Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School opened for classes in the fall of 1875 with an enrollment of 100 students. This frame building burned to the ground in January of 1905 and was rebuilt of brick on the site. Students completing the course of study at this school were qualified to teach. With the consolidation of 1949, the school was incorporated into the newly formed Kaneland Community Unit School District 302, where students today are enrolled at a central campus near Maple Park. The idea of a junior college for the area started in 1961. The Junior College Act of 1965 motivated the establishment of Community College District and in the Fall of 1967 classes were held in local high schools, churches and civic buildings in surrounding communities. The Waubonsee Community College Campus was opened for classes in 1969. Sugar Grove Fire Protection District was organized July 9, 1942 as a volunteer organization. In August 1972, thirteen women became active firewomen. This was the first fire department in the Midwest to have women as active firewomen. Homes provided the first place of worship. The Methodists held their first quarterly meeting in 1839 in the frame house built by P.Y. Bliss at the corner of Bliss and Merrill Roads. Today, there are several churches in the Sugar Grove area providing numerous services for the community. Source: https://www.sugargroveil.gov/village-of-sugar-grove-resident-information/frequently-requested-information/history/ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Village of Sugar Grove Website Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/16de6eb4b31b983b4e3c2b49a96aa151.JPG 94683b460e5f2afc595615e9fffe3b14 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/7d953bf5165e1781b94029c7c0787b8a.jpeg ceb0bc7bb4ccf74746072501f2a95be8 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/34c29ee69583c6f7398161086b8e1a1a.jpeg 079141f64d40adc0b98a9a94776e0d72 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/4db11c6b5c03d49c4683d33f9615b268.JPG 207feefbadbac224bb334faf57e9f2db https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/f027f6069aec264186c136ec25f68a18.jpg 404ec10f609433e79bf65f47c8733418 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/80c52463709f8f275175fc58b45c3a05.jpg 5d13a3be4e6cf7db23e8366b5b9ee3fc https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/c69e97e8387ede0b9326f849c2832453.pdf 6d7f194022768fcec3285a3ede1ee730 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Festivities Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Holiday Tree at Route 47 and Cross St.: 1991, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022 (Photos and Newspaper Article) Subject The topic of the resource The tree on the corner of Route 47 and Cross Street is decorated for Christmas and the Winter Holiday Season with the help of generous donors and volunteers. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Photos: 1991, 2019, 2015, 2020 Newspaper Article: 11-28-2026 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Description An account of the resource Shaw Media ran an article about efforts of volunteers and donors to decorate the annual Sugar Grove Holiday Tree entitled, “Volunteers keep Sugar Grove Christmas tree lit another year” by Chris Walker on November 28, 2016. In the article, Chris Walker wrote, “When Karen McCannon wants something done, she gets it done. There was no way she was going to spend the holiday season without the massive evergreen tree at Route 47 and Cross Street illuminated. When McCannon found out that Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels deemed that it wouldn't be appropriate to spend taxpayer money on tree lighting last year, she rallied some volunteers together and raised funds so that she could do it on her own." “Now, with the lights already purchased, it was a far easier task of getting them out of storage and installing them in the tree this year.” … “Jim Wilhelm (2009) and Pat Graceffa (2006) are two of the volunteers who were instrumental in assisting in this project the past two years, along with McCannon (2008), who were all named Sugar Grove Citizens of the Year.” … "Jim Wilhelm is the one with the boom – [the truck] – which we really needed," McCannon said. "And he used his equipment from his company to help us install the lights." … "We couldn't have done it without all the volunteers," she said. "Pat and Dan Graceffa, Jim Wilhelm, Lee Drendel, Al Markus, Lisa and Bill Born, Bruce Wick, Don Foupl, Marc Ebert, John and Shirley Guddendorf and any others who I may have missed. They helped get this tree lit again." "Now all of Sugar Grove's residents, as well as the thousands who drive by on Rt. 47, can enjoy it once again." 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Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Hotel / Hotel West Subject The topic of the resource Sugar Grove Hotel Description An account of the resource Printed on the front: Sugar Grove Hotel May 1936 The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years after it was built. It was a great loss as Thomas Judd “Uncle Tom” had no insurance. However, he then built a new hotel on the same site. Since there was no insurance on the original boarding house, the community came together with labor and materials, and rebuilt it using the stacked lumber method for the outside walls. The hotel was later purchased by W.M. West and came to be known as Hotel West. During the first half of the 1900s, Kitty Lorah owned the building. Sundays found automobiles with license plates from as far away as Wisconsin and Iowa parked in front of the hotel where Kitty served family style meals, all of which were cooked on two gigantic cast iron cook stoves in the basement kitchen. Her dining room was filled with families on Sundays and railroad personnel at noon during the week. Kitty continued to operate her restaurant and manage the apartments in the hotel, well into her later years. She could be found seated outside early on summer mornings, shelling a bushel of peas or stinging a like amount of beans, which were headed for her huge kettles and the dinner plates of diners. After many years of housing students, guests, and residents, the Old Hotel West was torn down in 1999. It became the site of Veterans Park on the west side of Main Street just north of the railroad tracks. Source: "Sin-Qua-Sip: A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois" by Patsy Mighell Paxton. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/a84251cabfaf3de77b5646b23691f62c.jpg 438baf7e6799d6df51e52712383b0425 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/28d290b9ac0df79cf7441575148e2bba.jpg 67496e160414ee45851a019ad2ecb99c https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/2bcbd26c962f546702ed1490ae94e6ec.jpg f061565f72c5087b2fa32e3d3b6c916f https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/07de7754e63a219024f5ca68773de2f3.jpg 9cb6bfaf3d6b5f6015f07d0e1e916bb9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Hotel West Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Contemporary Commercial Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Jewel Osco Grocery Store: Opening April 2016 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tim Wilson Description An account of the resource Click on the first image to open a PDF file containing a compilation of thumbnail sized photos. The Sugar Grove Jewel Osco is located at 465 IL-47, Sugar Grove, IL 60554. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Library located in the Snow Family House until it was torn down. Circa 1910. Description An account of the resource The Snow Family House was located on Main Street next to and north of the Sugar Grove Community House on the west side of Main St. It was purchased from Carter Wilson to become the Sugar Grove Library until it was torn down. Previously the Public Library was housed in the Sugar Grove Community House. Additional history regarding the establishment of a library in Sugar Grove Township appears in the account found in "Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois. 1878" on page 416-417: "Two Public Libraries have exercised an important influence in the mental culture of the inhabitants of the township. According to some of the early settlers, sectional jealousy was first introduced through them; but be that as it may, their beneficial effects can scarcely be over estimated. Sectional feeling must have appeared of necessity, as the entire township became settled, and the fact that it was ushered in with the first library should count for naught in a consideration of the value of the library itself. The first one was organized in the winter of 1843, by the farmers resolving themselves into a company of stockholders. Three of them headed the list by purchasing shares to the amount of ten dollars each, and others followed with smaller sums. The books were first kept at the house of S.G. Paull, Section 16, and the collection bore the name of Farmers' Library. The old records show that the books were most industriously read, and additions were occasionally made to their number until, in 1851, there were 264 volumes, embracing valuable works upon a variety of topics. many of them are now in the school house, in District 7. The second library was known as the Independent Farmers' Library, and was established during the Winter following the organization of the first. It was kept at Colonel Ingham's house, two and a half miles from the other. The books have now become scattered." Source: "Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois. 1878" at pages 416-417. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Civic Organizations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Lions Club Poster Collage Subject The topic of the resource Charter Received April 26, 1969 News Article: "Sugar Grove Lions Get Charter" "The Lions Club of Sugar Grove received its official charter at a banquet attended by 180 Lions Club members and their wives. "The official charter, with signatures of the 61 Sugar Grove Charter members was presented to President Leigh Sauer by Elmer Buhs, president of the Sandwich Lions, the sponsoring club, and Arthur Karnstedt, District Governor of 1-J. Sauer also accepted a gong and gavel fro the Sandwich Lions and a club banner fro Paul Schwegel, President of the McHenry Lions Club. Among the guest were Lions from Elburn, Aurora, North Aurora, Geneva, Elmhurst, Lisle, Maple Park, Waterman, Sandwich, Algonquin, Lake of the Hills and McHenry. Guest Speaker, Lyle Nelson, District Governor of 1-A, spoke on "Lionism," stressing that heart envoled projects is the secret of Lionism. "Dancing and fellowship followed the business meeting. "The next meeting of the Sugar Grove Lions will be May 22 at 8 p.m. at the Prestbury Clubhouse, when Lion Joe Lutz will present a special slide program on Gettysburg. "In June the group will meet at the Sensory Gardens. Details to be announced later." Description An account of the resource CHARTER MEMBERS (Charter Banquet June 19, 1970) Clyne Adair, Robert Appel, Len Beririger, David Brown, Russell Carter, Carl Claesson, Dennis Cronin, Elmo Cummings, Richard Cunningham, William Dorian, James Dowen, Floyd Fleming, George E. Gould, Ellis Greyer, John Brommes, Ray Grommes, Robert Grommes, Rev. 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