LaSalle County Illinois History
La Salle County History and Information |
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La Salle County General History History of La Salle County Illinois, Volume I, Chicago, Interstate Publishing Co. 1886 (Have pages 202-210 online - early history) Organization of LaSalle County Historic Starved Rock (A trip to Starved Rock in 1875 by the people in Lacon and Henry, Illinois - includes the history of Starved Rock and the first settlement there.) The Building of Starved Rock Dam - Photo Donated by Tracey Ristau-MacLeod - News Article from the Henry Republican, Henry, IL The List of Old Settlers of LaSalle County, Illinois (Taken From: THE PAST AND PRESENT OF LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, CHICAGO H. F. Kett & CO., Cor. 5th Ave. and Washington St., 1877, Pages 263 to 268 - Donated by Joan) Personal Stories of Pioneers Taken From the History of La Salle County, Illinois, Baldwin, Elmer.. Chicago. Rand McNally & Co., printers. 1877. Edward Dorking - Survivor of the Titanic
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La Salle County Railroads
1857 Train Schedule for the Illinois Central
Railroad (The Courier, Henry, IL - Jan. 23,
1857) |
La Salle County News Articles New Items from the Past -Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers LaSalle County Once Turned Out Prized Telegraph An Interesting Article Donated by Charles Steck about the Caton Telegraph Instrument Shop - one of the largest in the United States in the 1800's. 1853 Riot at the LaSalle In 1853 a riot broke out at the railroad bridge , in which 2 men were killed, near LaSalle Illinois. This article describes the incident in detail.
12/02/07 NEW!!
1935
LaSalle County Bank Robbers Captured or Killed Near Magnolia - Tragic Deaths
of Marshall and LaSalle County Men - Contributed by
Terri Taylor |
La Salle County Disasters
The
1857 Flood of the Illinois River
(Taken from "The Courier" newspaper,
Henry, IL, Feb. 13, 1857) |
La Salle County Military Information
Photo of Company K, 104th Regiment of Illinois
Volunteer Infantry reunion held in Ottawa on August 25, 1897 - donated
by Karen Holt |
La Salle County Old Settlers Old Putnam In Ye Olden Time (An article written about the a meeting in February 1868 of the settlers of Old Putnam county which included Putnam, Bureau, Marshall and La Salle counties. Lists the names of those present at the meeting and when/where they settled.
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Pioneers and
Heros John Hope Henderson and The Account of the Massacre at Indian Creek by Thomas J. Henderson (As told by his uncle John H. Henderson) - Donated By Marilyn Goodman Charles Edwin Youmans and the Underground Railroad (The Escape of Nigger Jim) - compiled by Louis Irwin Youmans, Oakland, Chicago Illinois 1936 and Donated by Leo Ingmanson
Biographical and Genealogical Record of LaSalle County, Illinois - Vol I. ( Chicago. The Lewis Publishing Co.. 1900) Pioneer Tidbits- Short articles about La Salle County Pioneers
Biography of RICHARD E. GRIFFITH - Donated by Danni Monn Hopkins (Unfortunately, this was lost, and just now found in my records. Thank you Danni for the donation.)
The Poetry of Elsie The Poetry
of Elsie Strawn Armstrong "SKETCHES OF MY LIFE" 1789-1871
- Transcribed and Donated by Leslie Howard Strawn
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