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History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
Lakeside Building
1883
PART I. - CRAWFORD CO., ILL.

CONTENTS:
(for Clark County Contents - CLICK HERE)

 

CHAPTER DESCRIPTION PAGE
CHAPTER I. Introductory
 - Descriptive
 - Boundaries and Topography
 - The Science of Geology
 - Its Influence on Agriculture and Civilization
 - Geology of Crawford County
 - Coal Measures
 - Outerops of Coal
 - Building Stone
 - Its Quality and Durability
 - Iron Ore - Soils, Timber, etc. etc.
11
CHAPTER II. Pre-Historic Occupation of the Country
 - The Mound Builders
 - Relics and Works of the Lost Race
 - The Merom mounds
 - Earthworks and Mounds at Hutsonville
 - Other Relics, etc.
 - The Indians
 - Delawares and Kickapoos
 - Their Position of Southern Illinois
 - Historical Sketches of their Tribes, etc.
 - Local Facts and Traditions.
18
CHAPTER III. Settlements of the County by White People
 - The Early French Explorers
 - Their Claim to Illinois
 - Gen. Clark's Expedition to Kaskaskia
 - Emigrants from the States
 - Fort Lamotte and the Rangers
 - The Colloms and Other Pioneers
 - The Hutson Family
 - Their Murder by Indians
 - Pioneer Life
 - Hardships and Dangers of the Wilderness, etc.
29
CHAPTER IV. Organization of the County
 - Illinois as a Part of Virginia
 - Divided Into Counties
 - Act of the Legislature Forming Crawford
 - Name of the County
 - The Courts, etc.
 - Locating the Seat of Justice
 - An Indian Trial
 - Other Court Proceedings
 - List of Officers and Representatives
 - Court Houses and Jails
 - Civil Divisions of the County
 - Removal of the County Seat
 - Township Organizations, etc., etc.
37
CHAPTER V. The Bench and Bar
 - Justice and Her Scales
 - First Courts and What They Did
 - Some of the Early Judges
 - Different Judicial Districts
 - The First Resident Lawyers
 - Kitchell, Janney, French, etc.
 - Their Legal Ability and Social Traits
 - Other Lawyers of the County
 - The Present Bar, etc., etc.
54
CHAPTER VI. Internal Improvements
 - The First Roads and Bridges
 - Railroads - Coming of the Iron Horse
 - The Old Wabash Valley Route
 - Paris and Danville
 - Its Competition, Changes and Condition
 - East and West Railroad Projects
 - The Narrow Gauge
 - Value and Economy of the System
 - Other Roads That Were Never Built, and Never Will Be, etc., etc.
66
CHAPTER VII. The "Raglog" Wabash
 - Improvement of its Navigation
 - Boating in the Early Times
 - Overflows, Levees, etc.
 - Damage Done to the Farmers
 - Agriculture
 - Early Mode of Opening and Cultivating Farms
 - Pioneer Plows and Hoes
 - Crawford County Agricultural Society
 - Incorporation and List of Officers
 - Horticulture
 - The County Poor, etc., etc.
73
CHAPTER VIII. The County Press
 - Its Influence in the Community
 - Newspaper Enterprises of Crawford County
 - The Constitution and Argus
 - Educational
 - Pioneer Schoolhouses and Teachers
 - Advantages of Education
 - School Statistics
 - Religious History
 - Early Preachers
 - Churches Organized, etc., etc.
79
CHAPTER IX. War History
 - The Struggle for Independence
 - Our Second "Round" with John Bull
 - Black Hawk and his Braves, and How We Thrashed Them
 - The Mexican War
 - Illinois' Participation In it
 - War of the Rebellion
 - Different Regiments in which Crawford County was Represented
 - Facts and Incidents of the War, etc. etc.
91
CHAPTER X. ROBINSON TOWNSHIP
 - Description and Topography
 - General Character of the Country
 - Land Entries
 - Advent of the Whites
 - Time and Place of Settlement
 - Early Society
 - The Beginning of Agriculture
 - Pioneer Industries and Improvements
 - Early Markets, etc. etc.
107
CHAPTER XI. ROBINSON VILLAGE
 - The Star of Empire
 - A New Town Laid Out
 - First Plat and Subsequent Additions
 - Early Development
 - Growth of Business Interests
 - The Railroad Impetus
 - Schools, Churches and Benevolent Societies
 - Cemeteries, etc. etc.
119
CHAPTER XII. LaMOTTE TOWNSHIP
- General Description and Topography
 - Early Settlement
 - Joseph La Motte
 - The Eatons
 - Other Pioneers
 - The Seven Jesses
 - Extract from Ficklin's Address
 - Schools and Churches
 - Palestine
 - Its Growth, Development and Incorporation
 - The Land Office
 - Registers and Receivers
 - Educational, Religious, etc., etc.
127
CHAPTER XIII. HUTSONVILLE TOWNSHIP
 - Topography
 - Early Settlements
 - Hutson Family
 - The Barlows, Newlins and Hills
 - Other Pioneers
 - Early Trials and Troubles
 - Schools and Churches
 - Village of Hutsonville
 - Its Situation as a Trading Point
 - Some of hte Merchants and Business Men
 - Fire, Water, etc., etc.
146
CHAPTER XIV. LICKING TOWNSHIP
 - Description, Boundaries and Topography
 - Early Settlement
 - Pioneer Improvements and Industries
 - Villages
 - Early Schools, etc.
 - Churches and Church Buildings.
160
CHAPTER XV. OBLONG TOWNSHIP
 - Physical Features
 - Soil and Productions
 - The Coming of the Pioneers
 - Development of the Country
 - Early Industries
 - Roads and Mills
 - Village of Oblong
 - Church History
 - Early Schools
 - Patrons of Husbandry.
173
CHAPTER XVI. MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP
 - Physical Features, Boundaries, etc.
 - Early Settlers and Where They Came From
 - The Hurricane
 - Frontier Industries
 - A Race for the Bottle and its Results
 - The Poisoning of Reed
 - Villages - Religious and Educational.
183
CHAPTER XVII. MARTIN AND SOUTHWEST TOWNSHIP
 - Position and Boundaries
 - Formation of Southwest
 - Water Courses
 - Soil
 - Productions
 - Timber
 - Pioneer Settlement
 - Early Incidents and Industries
 - Life in the Wilderness - Early Roads
 - Church and School History
 - Villages, etc. etc.
193
CHAPTER VIII. HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP
 - Description and Topography
 - Advent of the Pale Faces, and their Early Struggles
 - Pioneer Improvements
 - Religious History
 - An Incident
 - Schools and Schoolhouses
 - Villages
 - Parting Words, etc. etc.
202

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

ROBINSON TOWNSHIP - 225
HUTSONVILLE TOWNSHIP - 260
LAMOTTE TOWNSHIP - 295
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP - 326
OBLONG TOWNSHIP - 339
MARTIN AND SOUTHWEST TOWNSHIP - 357
HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP - 368
LICKING TOWNSHIP - 372

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