The reader has perhaps observed on the maps of this State two lines running parallel to each other and diagonally across the townships, and called the Indian Boundary. The land included between these lines – a strip twenty miles wide – was surveyed in 1821-22 (the Indian title having been extinguished to this in 1818) … Read more
The county is largely prairie, although it exhibits a great variety of soil and surface. There are several townships in which there is not a stick of timber (except as introduced by cultivation), yet considerable bodies of timber are found along the streams, and in isolated groves which were early called “islands.” In the early … Read more
In the township of Monee, lying between Greengarden and Crete, there were a few who settled quite early. In 1834, John S. Dilley; in 1835, John M. Chase, N.C. Tibbitts, S.W. Cooper, Nicholas Young and Ruel Carney; and in 1836, S.W. Gaines, Aaron Bond, Otis Philips, Hollis Newton, and a Mr. Hall. This township has … Read more
Will County, as it is now constituted, consists of twenty-three and about one-half townships of land, and is bounded on the north by Du Page and Cook Counties; on the east by Cook County and the State of Indiana; on the south by Kankakee County, and on the west by Grundy and Kendall Counties. It … Read more
Results of Examination of Will County Seventh and Eighth Grade Pupils Held March 20 (Approx. 1906) Found in belongings of Jennie A. Jacobson b. Jul 4, 1893 Original in possession of Nancy Bender Miller
Along Old Sauk Trail Churches Cities/Towns History of Will County, Illinois, 1878 Monee Township Newspapers Past & Present of Will County, 1907 Photographs Reed Township Schools The History of Joliet Series, by John Whiteside, The Herald News
In 1933, during the centennial celebration held by Chicago Heights, the early pioneers were honored by a marker placed in the forest preserve by the Chicago Heights Centennial commission and Sauk Trail chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The bronze marker was mounted on a boulder on the south side of Sauk trail … Read more
William Long’s Blacksmith Shop This is a picture of the blacksmith shop of William Millard Long who died in 1953 Channahon. He operated the blacksmith shop until after 1920 when he turned it over to his oldest son, Robert. William served as Channahon town clerk for a time. Submitted by Jill Doyle, Jul 2003 … Read more
Mrs. Kinzie, in her “Waubun,” gives an account of a ball on Hickory Creek, in 1831. She does not tell us at whose house it was held, but we have ascertained that it was at Mr. Friend’s. [1]In “Forty Years Ago,” we hazarded the conjuncture that it was probably at Kerchival’s. We are glad of … Read more
Old and New Cities & Townships Compiled by Ted Cash 1850 Clinton; 1875 divided into Reed and Custer Late 19th & Early 20th Century Cities, Towns & Villages Additional Information Township Alden’s Island Is now a part of Wilmington, IL; named for James F. and H. O. Alden who came to the area from Maine ca. 1847. … Read more