Category: History

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We will now proceed to detail such facts in respect to the first settlement of Will County as have escaped oblivion, and have been collected from the memories of early settlers and from public records. In so doing, we shall of...

Father Walker and Walkers Grove History of Will County, Illinois Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co. 1878 It was one of these Methodist missionaries who became the first settler within the present bounds of Will County. This was the...