Author: Robert Culshaw
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527759275
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Excerpt from Sesquicentennial History Book, 1824-1974: Commemorating 150 Years of Growth and Development in the Celestial City Pekin Township has the distinction of having the first white settlement in Illinois. For on January 3, 1680, Robert de La Salle with a fleet of canoes con taining 33 explorers landed on the eastern bank of the Illinois River near the present site of Creve Coeur. In the near vicinity. Upon the extremity of a ridge pro tected by deep ravines. A winter refuge was built in what is now the southeast quarter of section one. Pekin Township. Though frequented by travelers after that time, and inhabited by Indians before and after. The area which is now the city of Pekin was not permanently settled until the summer of 1824. It was then that Jonathan Tharp moved from Kingston and built a small log cabin on the high east bank of the river. On or close to what is now the site of Franklin School. He began farming a large area that is presentlv a part of down town Pekin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Sesquicentennial History Book, 1824-1974
Author: Robert Culshaw
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527759275
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Excerpt from Sesquicentennial History Book, 1824-1974: Commemorating 150 Years of Growth and Development in the Celestial City Pekin Township has the distinction of having the first white settlement in Illinois. For on January 3, 1680, Robert de La Salle with a fleet of canoes con taining 33 explorers landed on the eastern bank of the Illinois River near the present site of Creve Coeur. In the near vicinity. Upon the extremity of a ridge pro tected by deep ravines. A winter refuge was built in what is now the southeast quarter of section one. Pekin Township. Though frequented by travelers after that time, and inhabited by Indians before and after. The area which is now the city of Pekin was not permanently settled until the summer of 1824. It was then that Jonathan Tharp moved from Kingston and built a small log cabin on the high east bank of the river. On or close to what is now the site of Franklin School. He began farming a large area that is presentlv a part of down town Pekin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527759275
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Excerpt from Sesquicentennial History Book, 1824-1974: Commemorating 150 Years of Growth and Development in the Celestial City Pekin Township has the distinction of having the first white settlement in Illinois. For on January 3, 1680, Robert de La Salle with a fleet of canoes con taining 33 explorers landed on the eastern bank of the Illinois River near the present site of Creve Coeur. In the near vicinity. Upon the extremity of a ridge pro tected by deep ravines. A winter refuge was built in what is now the southeast quarter of section one. Pekin Township. Though frequented by travelers after that time, and inhabited by Indians before and after. The area which is now the city of Pekin was not permanently settled until the summer of 1824. It was then that Jonathan Tharp moved from Kingston and built a small log cabin on the high east bank of the river. On or close to what is now the site of Franklin School. He began farming a large area that is presentlv a part of down town Pekin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Sesquicentennial History Book, 1824-1974
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Category : Pekin (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Category : Pekin (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Sesquicentennial, 1824-1974
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Category : Buffalo Hart (Ill.)
Languages : en
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Category : Buffalo Hart (Ill.)
Languages : en
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Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1824-1974
Author: White Plains (N.Y.). Grace Church
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Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Pekin Sesquicentennial
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Category : Pekin (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Category : Pekin (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Sesquicentennial Celebration
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Category : Episcopalians
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Episcopalians
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Sesquicentennial Directory, 1824-1974
Author: Jefferson Medical College. Alumni Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 171
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Languages : en
Pages : 171
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A Sesquicentennial History, the First Baptist Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1824-1974
Author: Don E. Weaver
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Languages : en
Pages : 45
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Pages : 45
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A Sesquicentennial History
Author: Don E. Weaver
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 45
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 45
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The Victoria Sesquicentennial "scrapbook", 1824-1974
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Category : Victoria (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Category : Victoria (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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