LaSalle County Illinois City and Village History

Earlville

• The settlement of Earlville - An account printed in two parts in the Earlville Gazette by Charles H. Sutphen, Earlville's first settler (Contributed by Charles Brummel, Great-Great Grandson of Charles H. Sutphen)

• Earlville Postmasters - Taken from the Earlville Leader, Thursday, November 28, 1912 (Contributed by Charles Brummel)

• The Boston Colony that made the First Settlement in Earlville - From Earlville Gazette, July 16, 1880. (Contributed by Charles Brummel)

•  Earl Statistics - Record of the Departed - From the Earlville Gazette, 18 July 1873. Record of all who died and where buried in the Precenct cemetery from 1871 to 1873. (Contributed by Charles Brummel)

• Photo of Charles H. Sutphen  (Contributed by Charles Brummel)

• Photo of Elizabeth Sutphen, wife of Charles H. Sutphen  (Contributed by Charles Brummel)

• Miscellaneous News Items from the past
  

Grand Ridge

• Grandridge Photos
  These photos were taken during the early 1900's and generously donated by Valerie Jackson.  These pictures belonged to her Aunt Nellie, who was born in 1903.

  • Photo #1

  • Photo #2

La Salle

• La Salle Photos  

  • Westclock Factory leaving at Noon, LaSalle, Ilinois - early 1900's - Donated by Roger L. Thiemann
  • Post Office (old), LaSalle Illinois   - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • La Salle Fire Department  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

• Miscellaneous 1897 LaSalle News Items from the La Salle Daily Tribune (Courtesy Susan Cook)

• New Items from the Past -Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers

  • La Salle is to have a calaboose (March 5, 1868)

  • Fog causes freight train wreck (March 17, 1881)

  • Blacksmith union organized (November 8, 1901)

Lowell

• News Items From the Past  - Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers.

  •   Oct 2, 1875 Local News Items (Taken from the Tonica News, Tonica, IL)

  • October 16, 1875 Local News Items (Taken from the Tonica News, Tonica, IL)

  • January 8, 1875 Local News Items (Taken from the Tonica News, Tonica, IL)

  • Oil is Discovered Near Lowell (Taken From the Henry Republican, April 22, 1915)

Lostant

• News From the Past

  • The Murder of Albert Whittaker (October 29, 1874 - Tonica News)

  •  Local News Items From 1876

  • • January 8, 1876 (Tonica News)

    • March 9, 1876 (Tonica News)

  •  Local News (April 13, 1878 - Tonica News)

  •  Local News (July 13, 1878 - Tonica News)

  • Local News (September 21, 1878 - Tonica News)

  • Local News (January 4, 1879 - Tonica News)

  • Local News (February 18, 1915 - Henry Republican, Henry, IL)

Leland

• The History of Leland (Contributed by Charles Brummel)

Leanore

• 1935  - Leanore Bank is Robbed - LaSalle County Bank Robbers Captured or Killed Near Magnolia - Tragic Deaths of Marshall and LaSalle County Men - Contributed by Terri Taylor

• NEW!!  Neighbors Aid Injured Farmer - Elmer Schroeder Corn Husked By Neighbors (November 1950)

Marseilles

• News From the Past

  • New Items from the Past -Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers

  • Man Shot at Marseilles  (Shooting Death of Wm. Cruise - Taken from theThe Tonica News, November 16, 1874)

  • Mysterious Death of James Haslam by shotgun (Ottawa Free Trader 1919 - courtesy Leo Ingmanson)

• Disasters

  •  The Flood of 1883 (- courtesy Leo Ingmanson)

Mendota

• News Items From the Past - Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers  
  NEW:  1857 Murder of Mr. Anderson

• J.D. Towers and Son Company   (Pioneers of Mendota, Illinois) - History of LaSalle County, 1924

Northville

• The Experience of Three Green English Boys - Donated by Lois Ann in Arizona
  This is a wonderful story story written by Alfred Nettleingham in 1908 to his nieces and nephews describing his trip as a young boy with his two brothers from Kent, England to Northville, Illinois in 1857.

Oglesby

•  Photo of the Top Works Coal Company

Ottawa

• Photo of Ottawa Police Department - Early 1900's - Donated by Phil and Karn Pursley

• New Items from the Past  

• The History of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Illinois From 1833 To 1897 - Donated by a Friend of Genealogy

Peru

• Peru Photos  

  • Fourth Street, Peru, Illinois - 1908  Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • Snow on Fourth Street, Peru, IL  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • High water in Peru, January 22, 1916 - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • St. Joseph's church, Peru, Illinois  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • Annual Ice Harvest in Peru  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • McCormack House, Peru, IL  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • Leaving for Ft. Dodge, Sept. 19 1917 - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod (If anyone knows the history behind this photo, please let me know)
  • Peru Station, Peru Illinois, September 19, 1917  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • Swaine-Water Street, Peru, IL  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • Turn Hall Peru, Illinois  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • Zinc Works, Peru, IL  December 7, 1907 - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod
  • NEW!!  Jim Watson Towboat - Contributed by Pete Swanson

• New Items from the Past -Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers

  • Visit to Peru (Henry Republican, Aug. 1, 1878)

  • Fire at Peru ( Henry Republican, May 18, 1879)

  • Arrest of horse thief (Henry Republican, Jan. 8, 1880)

  • Refund of bridge bonds and appointment of post master (Henry Republican, Jan. 15, 1880)

  • New editor of the Peru Herald (Henry Republican, Feb. 19, 1880)

  • Blacksmith union organized (Toluca Star, Nov. 8, 1901)

Rutland

• History of Rutland

• History of Rutland (Ford's Marshall County History - 1860)

• New Items from the Past  

• HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY RUTLAND, IL  (Taken from the Rutland Record Centennial Edition, 1955) - Donated by Jim Flynn  (Includes the following - Facts Recalled by E. L. Marquis, THE BAD WINTER OF 1881, The Oldest Man (1872), Illinois Central Railroad, News Items,Biographies

• NEW!!  Rutland Photos - Contributed by Jim Flynn

  • 1913 Main Street
  • 1912 Coal Mine

Streator

• Biography of Ralph Plumb, founder of Streator, IL (Biographical and Genealogical Record of LaSalle County, Illinois - Vol I. ( Chicago. The Lewis Publishing Co.. 1900)

• The Family of Cary Barr - Donated by William L. Baran
  Cary owned the Barr Clay Company and they were responsible for street brick many being used in major towns in Illinois as well as Chicago streets.

  • Family History
  • Dedication of Riverview Cemetery, Streator, IL

• New Items from the Past -Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers

  • Streator formed as a weigh station (March 31, 1870, Henry Republican)

  • Fire in Streator (July 16, 1874, Henry Republican)

  •  New York Assylum children to be used as indentured servants (Tonica News, June 5, 1875)

  • Streator population at 6,000 (January 6, 1876, Henry Republican)

  • 40 Acre lot sold for $100 an acre (June 2, 1881, Henry Republican)

  • Six oil tankers per day from Streator (Toluca Star, Nov. 15, 1901)

  • New factory in Streator (Toluca Star, March 14, 1901)

• The Shooting of William Sample (Henry Republican, August 21, 1879)

Tonica

• The 1875 Business Report for Tonica, Illinois (Short sketches of some of the local businesses in 1875.  Taken from the Tonica News, January 9, 1875)

• New Items from the Past -Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers

  • Fire at Tonica (December 5, 1867 - Marshall County Republican)

  •  The First Issue of the "Tonica News" Newspaper - Letter from the Editor (April 25, 1874, Tonica News)

  • Rattle Snakes (4 & 5 ft. snakes killed - May 21, 1874 - Tonica News)

  • Local News (May 21, 1874 - Tonica News)

  • Severe Storms (June 4, 1874 - Tonica News)

  • Tonica High School Honor Roll (October 22, 1874 - Tonica News)

  • Local News (October 8, 1874 - Tonica News)

  • Baptist Church is Renovated (October 15, 1874 - Tonica News)

  • Water is scarce. (January 23, 1875 -  Tonica News)

  • 1876 Local News  (March 9, 1876 - Tonica News)

  • Horrom's Hall in Ashes (March 16, 1878)

  • Local Items (March 23, 1878 - Tonica News

  • Local News (April 27, 1878 - Tonica News)

  • Local News (July 13 and July 20, 1878 - Tonica News)

  • Local News (September 1878 - Tonica News)

  • New Principal (July 1881)

  • Tonica bankers, indicted for alleged irregularities (April 8, 1915 - Henry News Republican)

Utica

Photos

• Downtown Utica   - Photo Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Downtown Utica Mill Street South - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Downtown Utica Mill Street North  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Flag Carriers Photo 1  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Flag Carriers Photo 2  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Utica Fire Department  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   1931 Utica Grade School Class  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   1937 5th and 6th grades  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   1937 3rd and 4th grades  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Utica Public School  - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   1938 7th and 8th grades - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   1938 Utica Grade School - class unknown - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Utica Grade School class date unknown - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Utica Station - 1914 - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Waltham Church 1866 - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

•   Landers Dry Goods Store - Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod

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