1932 Stories

Stories of Pioneer Days in LaSalle County, Illinois, published in 1932, is a collection of stories written by students in LaSalle county.

• Forward
• An Old Pioneer [Page 7]
• Tony's Story [Page 8]
• Vermillionville [Page 9]
• History of Dana [Page 10]
• A Visit to the Riggs Farm [Page 11]
• An Early Home in Dimmick [Page 12]
• The Caroline Woods Family [Page 14]
• An Old Grist Mill [Page 15]
• Early Times [Page 16]
• Buffalo Rock [Page 17]
• Industries of a Pioneer Village [Page 18]
• Life in a Pioneer Home [Page 19]
• Story of Allen [Page 20]
• Early Experiences in Spinning [Page 22]
• The Mendota-Ottawa Mail Route [Page 22]
• First Settlers in Eden [Page 23]
• My Great-grandmother [Page 25]
• Pioneers of Dayton [Page 26]
• Mills in Our Neighborhood [Page 27]
• The Farm Ridge Church [Page 28]
• Life Story of Mrs. Edwards [Page 29]
• Mrs. Gebhard's Pioneer Home [Page 30]
• An Early Settler in Bruce Township [Page 31]
• A Trip to Ottawa Long Ago [Page 32]
• Early Settlers in Osage [Page 33]
• The Old Homer Trails [Page 35]
• A Home Hunter [Page 36]
• Hardships of Early Days [Page 37]
• A Stagecoach Tavern [Page 38]
• A Confederate Uniform [Page 39]
• Echoes of Pioneer Days [Page 39]
• Immigrating to the United States [Page 41]
• Happy Days Gone By [Page 42]
• Benjamin Lundy [Page 43]
• Grandfather's Early Home [Page 44]
• Grandfather's Life [Page 45]
• Our First Post Office [Page 46]
• Hedges [Page 47]
• The First Meetinghouse in Mission Twp. [Page 48]
• Immigrants from Czechoslovakia [Page 49]
• In Oxen Days [Page 50]
• The Hawleys of Vermillion [Page 51]
• An Old Revolver Speaks [Page 52]
• A Blind Mole Drain [Page 53]
• Improvements in Harvesting [Page 54]
• An Early Church [Page 55]
• George Bazore, a Pioneer [Page 56]
• Tales of Pioneer Days [Page 57]
• A Four-row Hand Planter [Page 57]
• The White Man's Friend [Page 58]
• Brevoort's Early Home [Page 59]
• Apple Butter Time [Page 60]
• Mrs. Catherine Gephard-Fahler [Page 61]
• The Naming of Waltham [Page 62]
• The Underground Railway [Page 63]
• A Century Ago [Page 64]
• Village of Leland [Page 65]
• Chief Shabbona [Page 66]
• Pioneer Life in Illinois [Page 67]
• A Pioneer Cemetery [Page 68]
• A German M. E. Church [Page 69]
• Duncan Dunn [Page 70]
• Grandma's Reminiscences [Page 70]
• The Indian Creek Massacre [Page 71]
• Spelling Matches [Page 72]
• Aiding Runaway Slaves [Page 73]
• Dayton's Beginning [Page 74]
• The Underground Railway [Page 75]
• An Old Pumping Station [Page 76]
• Making Soap [Page 77]
• Streator as Hardscrabble [Page 78]
• A Boy in Blue [Page 79]
• Relics of Interest [Page 79]
• Conquering the Prairie [Page 80]
• Pioneer Days with Grandfather [Page 81]
• Bits of Local History [Page 82]
• The Story of Mr. J. C. Beach [Page 83]
• The Burlingames of Earl [Page 84]
• The Prichetts of Dana [Page 85]
• Experiences with Wolves [Page 86]
• Lostland's Church and Cemetery [Page 87]
• Mr. Myers' Boyhood Experiences [Page 88]
• Early Experiences in La Salle County [Page 89]
• The Old Stone Mill [Page 90]
• The Gold Rush of 1849 [Page 90]
• My Grandfather's Early Farming [Page 91]
• An Early Presbyterian Church [Page 92]
• The Ebersol Farm [Page 93]
• Pioneers of Dana [Page 94]
• Adventures of the Hall Girls [Page 95]
• The Oldest Church in Leland [Page 96]
• Going to Chicago Long Ago [Page 97]
• An Early Coal Mine [Page 98]
• The Codys of Freedom [Page 99]
• A West Point Commandant [Page 100]
• Spinning and Knitting [Page 101]
• Making Maple Sugar [Page 101]
• Experiences of the Hall Girls [Page 102]
• Scenes of Yesterday [Page 103]
• Mr. Robert Rowe, 1802-1879 [Page 104]
• A Story About my Grandfather [Page 105]
• Jefferson Nisbet of Earl [Page 106]
• Almost a City [Page 107]
• The Vanished Town [Page 108]
• Crossing the Plains in '51 [Page 109]
• A Pioneer [Page 110]
• A Pioneer of District 286 [Page 111]
• Life of John Cooper [Page 112]

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