Stories & Articles

Dement Town	Illinois - The Prairie State
Bridging the Rock	The Early Pioneer
The Preservation of History	The Volunteers of Lee County
The Banditti	The Old Settler's Memorial Log Cabin
The Inlet Swamp	The Story of Mail Delivery
The Founder of Compton	Dixon - A College Town
Fort Dixon	The Story of "Governor" Charters
Bloody Gulch Road and Early County Justice	The Bluebird Hotel in Assembly Park
Early Transportation	The Great Auditorium
Swissville and The Condensed Milk Company	The Town of Woosung
The Firefighters of Dixon	Grand Detour - A Rustic Village
The Dixon Arch	The Newspapers of Dixon
Franklin Grove	Dixon's Street Arches
The Loveland Community House	Charles H. Hughes
The Rock River University - Its Beginning	The Grand Detour Plow Company
The Twin Cities Dance Pavilion	Ice Harvesting
The Beier Bakery	The Town of Nachusa
Pleasure Park and Horse Racing in Dixon	The Growth of the Railroad
John L. Lord	Esther M. Barton - An Institution
The Capitals of Illinois	The Dixon Opera House
Some Things Which Happened First	Edward A. Sickels
The Dixon Dam	A Place Called Harmon
The Lincoln Highway - As It Began	The History of the Flag
The Charm of the Rock River	The Chicago & Northwestern Kate Shelley
Amboy Railroad Yards	The Census
George Steele	Dixon's Main Street - 1854
William Barge - Early Dixon Attorney	The Bicycle
Early Dixon Pilot - "Barney" McClanahan	The Flax Mill - An Early Dixon Industry
Dixon Street Paving in 1895	The Nachusa House
The Frontier	Polo - Land of the Buffalo