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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Schools 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 Normal and Industrial School / Sugar Grove High School. Brick Building. Post 1906. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Description An account of the resource Thomas Judd had for some years favored the idea of an industrial school which would teach agriculture as well as preparatory to going on to other vocations. He was also aware that Frank Hall, then Superintendent of West Aurora Schools, had similar ideas. Thus it was that Thomas Judd, Henry Chapman, Silas Reynolds, Leonard Benjamin, and Lewis Gillette went to Mr. Hall and asked him to take charge of the new school if it could be built. An all day picnic was held in the maple grove on the Judd Farm on Tuesday May 28, 1875, with the announced purpose of discussing plans for the new school. History records that 1,000 people attended and all were seated at a table of 168 feet long, and enjoyed a find meal. The dinner was followed by a program and speakers. One of the speakers was Professor Hall, and at the close of his speech, he called for donations. It took just 15 minutes to collect $1,400.00, plus subscriptions that brought that total to $2,200.00. Subsequent subscriptions and the district tax, swelled the fund to $4,500.00. Mr. Judd donated the land where the apartment house now stands across from the Methodist Church. The school and a horse shed to accommodate 80 horses was build and the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School opened for classes in the fall of 1875. The average attendance for the first year was 100, of which about 25 were local students. The curriculum at that time included Latin, General History, natural Philosophy, Grammar, Elements of Agricultural Science, Geometry, Bookkeeping, Arithmetic, English Literature and Music. A teaching certificate was one requirement of being awarded a Certificate of Graduation. The original industrial school burned to the ground in January 1905. A brick veneer building was constructed in its place in 1906. Source: “Sin-Qua-Sip” Sugar Grove: A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois” by Patsy Mighell Paxton. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/240defee633170d4ef08a66cf37c6ca3.jpg 0ab8d9119be1cd02977888def21617d9 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/ed7ebd462cf33db80d0f5932c2cacbda.jpg 6c24faccf9d7efc3497ab98aa0308c8e https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/6904820af578bb004f18ec93170ef63a.jpg 5e1eafa9435e7ae8431fda9e7ea94cb8 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/ae6bc117360b172d685ba704d23d69ef.jpg 3d1b910748233e8ef278d4a3fdb72245 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/a385952f27ee63f60be5a37ec10c4d34.pdf 8ee60cf3b0ab21d999aa360edc44088d 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 Parks & Forest Preserves 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 Woods Forest Preserve Caretaker's House Description An account of the resource This was the Caretaker's House for the Bliss Woods Forest Preserve located at 442 Bliss Road, Sugar Grove, Illinois. "The Chicago, Aurora & DeKalb Railway linked Sugar Grove to Aurora and DeKalb from 1902 to 1928. It started as gasoline driven cars - then went to steam and finally to electric cars. The present gate into the caretaker's residence of Bliss Woods Forest Preserve was the road bed and a stop for the passenger train." From "Sugar Grove, Illinois 1834 - 1984" by Ruth Frantz and Frank Damon. "The present path of the Virgil Gilman Nature Trail going through Bliss Woods Forest Preserve was the roadbed [for the Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railway.] The train had a stop in the woods." From "Sin-Qua-Sip: Sugar Grove, A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois" by Patsy Mighell Paxton. "The Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railroad, a freight line, ran to the south of the Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railway. The two lines merged just north of Galena Blvd., before heading into Aurora. The entry to the [Village] Bible Church on Rte. 47 [at the location of the Bliss Woods Caretaker's House] was its road bed." From "Sin-Qua-Sip: Sugar Grove, A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois" by Patsy Mighell Paxton. The Bliss Woods Caretaker's House was demolished as part of the project to widen the bridge on Bliss Road over Blackberry Creek. The resolution approving demolition was passed by the Kane County Board on June 13, 2017. The cost of the building demolition services was $23,400 plus $29,222.75 to pay for sanitary sewer disconnection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9b450c790b7f2d8801a9d65b80a49405.pdf bf811f45cb9bcbb34c5a8b17e18f6baa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/08848c03ac60c340abe5211ce7d2e947.jpg c24a4ae7e394a1199c9078ed80dcda54 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 Books 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 Book: "Frank H. Hall: Success through Service, 1841 - 1911" Description An account of the resource “For fifty years Frank H. Hall helped the youth of our land to solve arithmetical problems. For fifty years, he helped the teachers to solve pedagogical problems. For fifty years he helped everyone with who he associated to solve humanitarian problems. And now, after so many active years of service, he has gone to solve the Great Mystery – the problem of the centuries.” … “In the realm of books, blind people were shut out from modern literature of all kinds (except as it might be read to them) because of the vast amount of time and labor required to make even on little book. Here was another obstacle in his path which he made up his mind must be overcome. He studied the three principal kinds of raised print used by the blind the world over, - decided which system was the simplest and most easily adaptable,-- and then began putting his inventive genius to work upon a machine that would be to the blind what the type-writer is to the seeing,--even more than this.” “The result was soon forth-coming and startled the world in its simplicity and complete success. From the type-writer it was but a step to the stereotype-maker and map-machine: and the making of books for the blind was revolutionized. This was accompanied by no blare of trumpets. The invention was wrought out during time for which the State of Illinois was paying him to teach the blind. No other compensation seemed to him due from any source. He laughed at the idea of taking out a patent on the machines. Yes, it might make him rich,- but rich at whose cost? At the cost of the blind, chiefly, the great majority of whom hadn't a hundredth part as much worldly wealth as he had. No, this invention was not for his benefit; it was for the benefit of the blind,--to help them in their search for success through service. What would be added to the cost of the machines as royalty was thus ‘knocked off,’ and so simple was the construction of the Braille- writer that the manufacturers (at the inventor's solicitation that they make the price as reasonable as possible) offered it to the public for thirteen dollars, allowing the inventor to make a special price of ten dollars to his own pupils--those in the state of Illinois.” “In 1893, when, at the World's Columbian Exposition, Helen Keller was introduced by her teacher to Frank Hall, she made the perfunctory response, "How do you do, Mr. Hall?" Her teacher said to her, "This is the Mr. Hall who made your Braille-writer"-- and instantly Helen Keller's arms were around his neck and her lips kissed his cheek. This in itself more than paid him for the invention of the Braille machines -- and he could never tell of this little incident without tears in his eyes.” Source: "Frank H. Hall: Success through Service, 1841 - 1911" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Photo of Hall Braille-Writer Courtesy of: https://www.antiquetypewriters.com/typewriter/hall-braille-writer-1/ Braille Braille-writer FRANK H. HALL Frank Hall Helen Keller Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School World's Columbian Expedition https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/bc82b79f46e4064ad3cbfda195ed9c09.pdf 17de4a1f8cf657980c3c86ec3670c250 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/fa776b75fcdc491e784f4fe075f42f0d.jpg c24a4ae7e394a1199c9078ed80dcda54 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 Books 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 Book: "Frank H. Hall and His Braille Writer: A Souvenir Publication of the Frank Hall Diamond Jubilee, June 8, 1968" by Walter B. Hendrickson, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Description An account of the resource “It was clear, cold, and quiet on the morning of January 5, 1893, when a man of medium height and vigorous physique, bright-eyed and bespectacled, his face adorned with a soup-strainer moustache and a small goatee, jumped lightly from the Chicago and Alton train that pulled into Jacksonville, Illinois, from Chicago, and hurried forward to supervise the unloading of a large wooden box onto a wagon. He climbed up beside the driver, and the horses hauled the rattling vehicle a couple of hundred yards eastward across the railroad tracks and pulled into the rear of the main building of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind. The box was unpacked and the contents set up in the office of the man, who now had his greatcoat off and appeared in a high stiff collar, black tie and black frock coat. This man was Frank Haven Hall, superintendent of the institution.” “Out of the box came a machine that operated some- what like a typewriter. It had six keys, much like those of a piano, and a single oval spacing key between two groups of three keys. Each key controlled a punch that made one
of the dots in a braille cell. At the back of the machine and attached to it in a vertical position - where, in a type- writer, the paper would be inserted - was a metal frame about 15 inches square. The machine was mounted on a waist-high pedestal, and extending downward was a single foot pedal. By pressing the keys, and stepping on the foot pedal, the dots of the braille letters were impressed on a thin brass sheet held in the upright frame. The resulting embossed plate was put into a hand press, a dampened piece of paper was placed over the plate, pressure was applied, and the braille characters were transferred to the paper. Thousands of copies could be made -- no fuss, no muss, no type, no hot lead. Frank Hall, whose brainchild 1 this machine was, put a plate in the carriage and tapped out four lines of the first verse of the hymn, ‘Blest be the Tie that Binds.’ “ Source: "Frank H. Hall and His Braille Writer: A Souvenir Publication of the Frank Hall Diamond Jubilee, June 8, 1968" by Walter B. Hendrickson, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Photo courtesy of https://www.antiquetypewriters.com/typewriter/hall-braille-writer-1/ Braille Braille-writer FRANK H. HALL Frank Hall https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/4933ac474a582325fb4d68fd91fa10da.pdf 5d0f08834748cb4f940cb008cfd2bb5f https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/3bf956c8652ee1a6051090a0e4702976.pdf c5af2797cd8cdcd26a10e3062955d0f8 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 Books 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 Book: "Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886: Being a Chapter from the Story of My Life by George Edward Congdon", 1911 Description An account of the resource “I cannot remember all of the buildings in town but my memory is sufficiently definite so that I can give the reader a fairly good picture of the village as it was at that time. “ “First there was the depot built beside one of the highways of the township, and opposite it on the south side of the track the usual grain elevator. Then on the north was the store of J.S. Miller and adjoin it on the same side of the highway was a blacksmith’s shop.…Across from Mr. Miller’s store was Uncle Tom’s Cabin, as it has always been called, in honor of Thomas Judd, the prime mover in the founding of the school. This was at once the village hotel and the boarding house and dormitory for the students. However at that time the transient boarders were few and far between. A few rods to the north was Mr. Hall’s store, a long two-story structure, with broad steps in front and a long flight of stairs on the south side of the building leading up to the second floor which was the home of Mr. Hall and his family. For the village of Sugar Grove the store was the rival of the metropolitan department stores. In front of you as you entered was the village post-office. On the right was a considerable display of drugs and medicines, and on the left dry-goods and notions. Farther back was a supply of groceries, and hardware, and on one block of shelves was a stock of school books and school supplies. In the rear of the store was a small printing press, both probably with the idea of giving instruction in the printer’s art to any student you desired it, and which Mr. Hall used in a small way in actual business.” … “And now a little as to the history of the school to which I was introduced…[Thomas Judd, a wealthy farmer of the township] had long been desirous that an agricultural school should be started in that town and at one time offered one hundred and sixty acres of land in furtherance of the project. At that time the scheme was considered visionary and even now there were doubters. It was only after the town had voted to rebuild [the old school that burned down] on the old site and work had been commenced that he prevailed upon his fellow citizens to reconsider the vote and adopt his plans. Then it was that a delegation of citizens visited Mr. Frank Hall, at that time teaching in Aurora and with him worked out the plans for the school. Several large amounts were pledged, a grand picnic was held at which the subscriptions were largely increased, the building erected and the school opened for work in the fall of 1875. The school was called the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School and the hopes of its founders are fairly well set forth in the following from an Aurora paper: ‘The pupils will be instructed in the natural sciences, including the science of farming in all its various branches, embracing the history and usefulness of the different breeds of improved stock, the methods of improving and preserving the quality of farm stock and crops of all kinds, also the science of growing crops, the fertilizers required for different kinds of grain, etc.’ “ Source: "Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886: Being a Chapter from the Story of My Life by George Edward Congdon", 1911 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hiawatha Kansas, Ewing Herbert, Printer 1911 FRANK H. HALL Frank Hall Miller's Store Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School Uncle Tom's Cabin https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/794aef078f44e9fc4376de782e1cad81.pdf 8ed7d62b5b82b8259e014663c32783ae 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 Maps 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 "Map of Sugar Grove Township: Town 38 N. Range 7 East", 1870 Description An account of the resource "Historical: The first settlements were made in this Township in ay, 1884, by Jas. Isbell, Chauncy Isbell, Asa McDole, and James Carmon. P.Y. Bliss, one of the pioneers of this Township, erected a Store where his residence now stands, and for several years supplied his neighbors with goods. Here may be found some of the wealthiest farmers in the County, and it is generally conceded, that as a Township, it is superior to any in the County. See Map for a delineation of its natural advantages. Population in 1870, 792." Source: "Map of Sugar Grove Township: Town 38 N. Range 7 East", 1870 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Asa McDole Chauncy Isbell Isbell James Carmon P.Y. 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Bloomdahl, Contractor, 1938, Geneva, Illinois" Description An account of the resource The concrete bridge abutments in Bliss Woods were poured by John H. Bloomdahl, Contractor from Geneva, Illinois in 1938 during the time that the Civilian Conservation Corps was doing work to develop natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state, and local governments. The Civilian Conservation Corps built a nearby swimming pool in Bliss Woods fed by Blackberry Creek, which is no longer in existence. Only remnants of the concrete work remain. 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Title A name given to the resource 1871 Sketches of Homesteads in Sugar Grove Township Description An account of the resource Sketches of Following Homesteads were drawn in 1871: Benjamin, L - Section 19 Bliss, PY - Section 10 Chapman, Henry - Section 8 Cole, F - Section 2 Densmore, HB - Section 14 Fikes, George - Section 25 George, B - Section 24 Gillett, LH - Section 21 Gordon & Brothers - Section 21 Ingham, SS - Section 14 Jones, WG - Section 22 Judd, DC Section 16 McDole, PS - Section 4 McDole, R - Section 11 Paull, CF - Section 34 Paull, SG - Section 16 Price, Wm - Section 5 Seavey, Mark - Section 6 Thompson, John - Section 6 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871, Sketches were drawn in 1871 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Subject The topic of the resource From 1871 Atlas: "New Combination Atlas, Kane County, Illinois by Thompson and Everts." 1871 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/bcac4a77e3b444189e1802aea73ce824.pdf f730bcc2f2edd87fc2e8de77a6eddf05 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 Scouting 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, IL, Boy Scout Troop 41, 70th Anniversary (1949-2019) Description An account of the resource Newsletter Article 2019 Troop 41 was established in 1949 and has 70 years of history partnering with the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, working with youth, and serving the Sugar Grove Community. To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Troop 41, Scouts from the past and present gathered together for personal interviews and fireside chats to tell their stories. Their stories begin with the history of Sugar Grove and the Sugar Grove Community Building that Troop 41 has called home since 1949. They recount favorite memories of adventures, misadventures, campouts, and special projects. Then Scouts from the past pass on their words of wisdom and encouragement to the younger and future scouts. Our Chaplain and previous Scoutmaster Dave Seraphin observed that while the Scouts from the past told their stories, they turned back into 12-year old boys right in front of his eyes. Here are the stories from the Scouts in their own words. Former Troop 41 Scouts • Richard Sears: Scout 1949-1950s (One of the First Scouts in Troop 41) • Bill Lye: Scout 1952 – 1958, Order of the Arrow • Clif Frantz: Scout 1953-1958, Order of the Arrow (Father Groff Frantz helped start Troop 41; Uncle Tom Frantz was a Scoutmaster) • Dave Frantz: 1959-1963, Order of the Arrow (Younger Brother to Clif Frantz) • Bill Gramley: Scout 1959-1965 • Rick Johnson: Scout 1959-1961 (President of the Sugar Grove Historical Society) • Bill Keck: Scout 1950s, Scoutmaster 1963-1965 • Jack “Luck” Shouba: Scout 1950s, Order of the Arrow • David Musser: Eagle Scout 1970, Order of the Arrow (One of the First Eagle Scouts) • Doug Musser: Eagle Scout 1974, Order of the Arrow • Dave Seraphin: Scoutmaster 1984-2014, Chaplain 2015-present, Eagle Scout Dad (Byant Seraphin 1987) • Mike Hauge: Leader, Quartermaster, Eagle Scout Dad (Mike Hauge 1999), Cub Scout Grandpa • Dan St. Jules: Leader, Treasurer, Eagle Scout Dad (Tom St. Jules, 2007) • Bill Schramm: Scout with Troop 41 (1980-1990s), Leader • Rick Wojak: Leader, Eagle Scout Dad (David Wojak and Mark Wojak 2015) • Joe Rubo: Leader, Eagle Scout Dad (Scott Rubo 1995), Scout Grandpa • Scott Rubo: Leader, Eagle Scout 1995 • Jacob Rubo: New Scout Sugar Grove Historical Society Volunteers • Sue Jacobson: Boy Scout Brother Rex Wolf in 1950s • Joan Perrin: Eagle Scout Son Donald Perrin 1974Click on the first image to open a PDF containing the full newsletter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2019, article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Subject The topic of the resource Scouting Civic Groups Community Members 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 Newsletter Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sugar Grove Historical Society Type The nature or genre of the resource Newsletter article Bill Gramley Bill Keck Bill Lye Bill Schramm Boy Scout Troop 41 Boy Scouts Carl Richard Sears Carl Sears Clif Frantz Dan St. Jules Dave Frantz Dave Seraphin David Musser Doug Musser Jack Shouba Jacob Rubo Joan Perrin Joe Rubo Mike Hauge Richard Sears Rick Johnson Rick Wojak Scott Rubo Sue Jacobson Sugar Grove IL Sugar Grove Scouts BSA Troop 41 Troop 41 William Keck https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9bda6d93e9e6ff3e7084f092da0a3879.jpeg a6ab6ed890a99ea49cb0a0380901be43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Boy Scout Troop 41 Eagle Scouts who attended Picnic for Troop 41's 70th Anniversary on June 9, 2019 at Sugar Grove Community Building Description An account of the resource Pictured (Left to Right): Kevin Claesson 1970 (One of the first Troop 41 Eagle Scouts), Donald Perrin 1974, Bryant Seraphin 1987, Scott Rubo 1995, Tom St. Jules 2007, Alejandro Barragan 2009, Sam Wolf 2016, David Wojak 2015, Austin Jordan 2014, Mark Wojak 2015, Alan Morrow 2016, Derrick Smith 1997, Brett Long 2002, Brandon Buchberger 2005, Kevin Cummins 2001 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 9, 2019 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Alan Morrow Alejandro Barragan Austin Jordan Boy Scout Troop 41 Boy Scouts Brandon Buchberger Brett Long Bryant Seraphin David Wojak Derrick Smith Donald Perrin Kevin Claesson Kevin Cummins Mark Wojak Sam Wolf Scott Rubo Sugar Grove BSA Troop 41 Tom St. Jules Troop 41 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/aa15b1c7c6e123fee7b56054765ce023.jpg 83064ff9bcb370ffad830d89ce0e7126 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/7ef57f0eab7561e8bf8f6f197cd94dd2.jpg 32449b5154183fd24dd59359caa3702e https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/8e54a8e2b872ee98a5a7e47215d45cdf.jpg b36a38dba5d198385f881fb9a542976d https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/b93112b51474db186efd27f4ebec5849.jpg d0f9fec62e40c927ae733e3db9a393c4 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/d5d652e3ca3679e4b1642defe16b89b7.jpg 47d113bf1024fafcecec2796efc8fc0f https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/6a890c5fbfb4c143d6fa39bb07d1690f.jpg 07a18b2503641364d1a53fd42991bfcf https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/2b537fc6a85c070415041fc921034d6f.jpg 389ce6434f766eeec117ce87171f95ff https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/d841b1b288f2952b6876523a13fef75a.jpg faccd33514627b9d2608140349fc27e2 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/2fa566474fbc3eddc726103914137b8c.jpg f85c0eed81bc7898fbdef833bc72ef8b https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/648dd8f31434846386d3ac2df9d228a7.jpg d46f6b323e4e0cea1bb6d776768ae939 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/ca54f3674eccd84285b1aa382bfa2dec.jpg 3b18f9b7d1ee2811941bd38e0f72aaaf https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/a217bc93870a09838197b21f6c16d1c3.jpg d2bb3a54a115da39e6f2ff4b2fd0e21c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Art 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 Tapestry: Sugar Grove, Sin-Qua-Sip Description An account of the resource Woven Tapestry featuring Sugar Grove Historical Sites: Sugar Grove Settled 1834, Community Building 1929, Methodist Church 1888, Bliss House 1838, Historical Society 1984, Keck's Store 1890, Normal and Industrial School 1906, Sugar Grove CBQ Depot 1880, Old Hotel 1879, First Fire Barn 1948, and Waubonsee Community College. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/d099b812583c38ae929e5254dd1b5ece.pdf 488bba38dbec1bc1f0aff07b3323a1eb 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 Books Text/Book A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Kane County History 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 1/4 Sugar Grove History. Source: “History of Kane County, Ill.” By R. Waite Joslyn, L.L.M., and Frank W. Joslyn, 1908 [Part 1 of 4: Pages 1-300] Subject The topic of the resource Source: “History of Kane County, Ill.” By R. Waite Joslyn, L.L.M., and Frank W. Joslyn, Ex-State’s Attorney of Kane County, Volume I, Illustrated with Portraits and Views, Chicago, The Pioneer Publishing Co., 1908. Description An account of the resource Excerpts: At Sugar Grove the first log cabin was raised in 1836, with nails, sawed boards and shingle roof; a tavern was built in 1836; a post office established in 1840. The first "store" was opened in 1839 by P. Y. Bliss, who built a frame house in 1838. The store was long one of the largest in Kane county and drew the trade from many miles distant. ... Sugar Grove was settled by parties who came in May, 1834, and found an Indian encampment near the Grove. They were James, Isaac C. and Parmeno Isbell, James Carman, a Mr. Bishop and Asa McDole. All but McDole were from Wood County, Ohio. William O. Tanner arrived in 1835 and staked a claim on the northeast comer of the township. Rodney McDole and Theophilus Wilson came in 1836; John Harkinson about 1835; Joseph Ingham in the fall of that year. C. H. Snow was an early settler from New Hampshire. S. S. Ingham came from Oneida county, New York, in 1839. In 1836 came Silas Reynolds, from Sullivan county. New York; Silas Gardner, Samuel Cogswell, Joseph Bishop, Samuel Taylor, Silas Leonard, Isaac Gates, N. H. Palmer and Lorin Inman ; Jonathan Gardner, James Judd, H. B. Densmore, Ira H. Fitch came in 1837, as did Ezekiel Mighell, from Rutland County, Vermont, who afterward moved to Aurora; also Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), Reuben Johnson, J. H. Fitch, Captain Jones and the Austin family. The first death was a child of James Carman, in 1835. Asa McDole died in 1839. The first marriage was that of Dr. N. H. Palmer and ^ Miranda Isbell in 1835. The first birth was that of Charlotte Isbell, August 19, 1835. Robert Atkinson opened a tavern on the old Chicago and Dixon road in 1836. A post office was established in 1840 at the home of Thomas Slater, first postmaster. The first frame house was that of P. Y. Bliss, built by "Boss Read" in 1838. Religious service was held there by "Father" Clark before it was completed. Mr. Bliss opened a store in the building June 1, 1839, and for years drew trade from as far north as Dundee. The first public library was organized in 1843 by a number of farmers. The books were first kept in S. G. Paull's house, on section 16, and was known as the Farmers' Library. In 1851 it contained two hundred and sixty-four books and it is believed was the first of its kind in the county. The early trustees were Nathaniel Austin, E. D. Terrv, J. L. Adams. Luke Nichols and William Tanner. The first brick house in the township was built by Silas Reynolds, in 1846. ... Among the pioneer dairymen in this county were D. E. ^^'ood. of Elgin; ]\Iartin Switzer and L. C. Ward, of St. Charles; Rodney McDole and Joseph Ingham and J. B. Paull of Sugar Grove, and H, L. Ford, of Batavia, These were all in the business as early as 1865-66. Mr. McDole managing a private dairy, and others erecting factories for the manufacture of cheese. ... Among the noted stock breeders and dealers of the county were Dr. W. A. Pratt and the Manns, of Elgin; M. W. Dunham and N. S. Carlisle, of St. Charles (the latter's farms lying in Hampshire); Frank H. Hall, of Sugar Grove: George E. Brown & Co.. George Leigh & Co., Blair Bros. & Curry, and Hiram Norris, of Aurora; and Hon. John Stewart, of Campton. besides numerous others engaged in stock raising to a considerable extent in various parts of the county. … Alfred Churchill, school commissioner of Kane county in 1846, wrote as follows to the Prairie Messenger, published at St. Charles: "Generally, I would say that the schools are in a bad state, with some few exceptions, at the head of which is placed Sugar Grove precinct; one school in Pigeon Woods; one or two in the northeast corner of section 32, range 7. These exceptions I do not make on account of the high character of the schools, but on account of the determination of the inhabitants to do the best they can. The first physician in Sugar Grove has already been mentioned. Dr. Nelson H. Norris, a very successful practitioner, was graduated from Dartmouth Medical College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in October, 1867. 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Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Community Building Subject The topic of the resource Also known as "Sugar Grove Community House" 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 Community House, 1929 Cornerstone Subject The topic of the resource 141 S Main St, Sugar Grove, IL 60554 Description An account of the resource Sugar Grove Community House 1929 Cornerstone Legih A. Sauer, President B.G. McCannon, Secretary Stanley Snow Franklin G. 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Title A name given to the resource Plaque: Thomas Judd for contributions to the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School Subject The topic of the resource Mounted on bolder in front of Sugar Grove Community Building Description An account of the resource In Memory of Thomas Judd for his civic mindedness and generosity in founding the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School and donating the land. 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Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Community Building Subject The topic of the resource Also known as "Sugar Grove Community House" 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 Plaque: Stephen G. Paull, First Settler of Sugar Grove Description An account of the resource First Settler Stephen G. Paull. Born 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Settled in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois 1838 Died April 20, 1875 Plaque Donated by the Conservation Department and Woman's Club of Aurora, Illinois Plaque is mounted on the boulder in front of the Sugar Grove Community Building. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Photographed August 2020 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa