of Menard and Mason Counties
By T.G. Onstott
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CHAPTER XXXVI Page 342 This grove, which is so often mentioned in connection with Crane Creek township, and was the nucleus around which settlements were made, was known as Price's Grove prior to its purchase by James walker in 1837. Since that date it has been called Walker's Grove. The Grove embraces about four hundred acres of as fine a body of timber as can be found anywhere; a fine growth of oaks, black walnut, soft and sugar maple, hickory, butternut, mulberry, sassafras, red bud, pawpaw, dogwood and many other varieties. Many of the pioneers who built their cabins near this spot have long since died. The early settlers were content with their mail once a week, while their successors now get their daily papers and are acquainted with what transpired yesterday all over the world. Among the prominent subjects and discussions that enlivened their social gatherings was the relative merits of the gourd seed or flint corn or the favorite qualities of the best coon dog.
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