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HISTORY OF DU PAGE COUNTY.
627
Within a short time of permanent settlement, saw and grist-mills were erected, and this brought to Du Page County settlers from other sections, with their lumber and grain.
The prairie soil is a deep black or brown humus, W'hich produces magnificent crops; while that of the timber is a light or colored sandy clay, or loam, which is also very produc¬ tive.
Large dei^osits of limestone are found in the county, which modern progress has been quar¬ rying for years, the product being of good qual¬ ity. These quarries are found near Prospect Park, Bloomingdale, near Elmhurst, where the deposit is nearly Avhite, on the west bank of Salt Creek, Kimball's Mill and in the vicinity of Naperville.
Du Page County is an agricultural region, although in the cities and towns considerable manufacturing is carried on. Corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, peas, beans and pota¬ toes are raised in large quantities; while spe¬ cializing is done in fruit and stock raising.
The indigenous trees were evergreens, ma¬ ples, larches, mountain ash and similar varie¬ ties, while sugar maple, elm, ash, butternut and soft maple trees have been set out in large num¬ bers, as w'ell as almost every kind of fruit trees and small fruit-bearing shrubs.
One of the special features of Du Page County is the location in it of some of the most beautiful suburbs in the country. Wealthy men, engaged in business in Chicago, have recognized the desirability of establishing homes away from the stress and bustle of a great city, and have spared neither expense nor pains to de¬ velop the localities they have selected for their seat of operation. As a result Hinsdale, Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst, Naperville, Lombard, Down¬ er's Grove and Clarendon Hills are synonymous with all that is most desirable in residential districts, and these communities stand as a last¬ ing monument to the artistic and practical con¬ ceptions of those who are responsible for their existence.
The different individual items of interest will be taken up at length under different heads, so that the history of this very important section of Illinois, will be brought fully down to date. Tihose contributing these articles are numbered among the representative people here, and their accounts can be relied upon as being not only interesting, but accurate, for they know well of
W'hat they write. Much necessarily has to be omitted from such a history because of lack of space, but all the essentials are ably pre¬ sented, and much that is new is treated of entertainingly and convincingly.
RECOLLECTIONS OF FIFTY YEARS
(By I. P. Blodgett)
The venerable I. P. Blodgett, of Downer's Grove, who is now in his eighty-ninth year, speaking of early conditions, says:
"Father was one of three sent out by the Hampshire colony to select a place of settle¬ ment. He came on in 1830, and the others went along different ways. They were to meet at Peoria, but father was the only one who arrived there. Fle selected Du Page County, but the colony went to Princeton, 111., all except a few who settled in Chicago. The reason that father selected Du Page County was because he saw the advantage of getting near the lake, for there were no railroads in those days.
"In 1831 we came on and settled on a farm thirty miles west of Chicago, part in Will and part in Du Page County. The house was ou the Will County side, because long afterwards, when I was Collector, I remember that I didn't reach the farmhouse.
"I was nine years old during The Black Hawk War, and remember all about our going to the fort at Chicago. When the Government sent more soldiers to protect us, they drove us out, and we went back to Du Page County and built the blockhouse on Fort Hill." (The site is now occupied by the stately residence of Judge John S. Goodwin, of Naperville.)
"A brother of one of the members of the Naper settlement, named Payne, was what we now call an Evangelist. He was something like the New England Lorenzo Dow. He used to make appointments to preach a year ahead. During the Black Hawk War he had an appoint¬ ment to preach somewhere near Ottawa. When he got on his horse to go to keep his appoint¬ ment the soldiers at the fort tried to persuade him not to go, but he was resolved to keep his appointment. The next they heard of him was when his dead body was found. He had been, scalped and his whiskers cut from his face.
"About 1833 father moved to Downer's Grove Township, across the tracks from where I now
Object Description
| Title | Historical Encyclopedia Of Illinois and history of Du Page County, Volume 2 |
| Title.Alternate | Historical Encyclopedia Of Illinois, Volume 2 |
| Title.Alternate2 | History of DuPage County |
| Contributors | Bateman, Newton ; Selby, Paul |
| Creator | Newton Bateman, editor-in-chief ; Paul Selby, associate editor ; Munsell Publishing Co. |
| Date Original | 1913 |
| Description | Thirty chapters describe the main facts of DuPage County's history from the earliest settlements and political organization up to 1913. Biographical sketches of prominent people, portraits, family histories, township histories, an index of portraits, illustrations, county officials, county organizations and institutions. |
| Subject | Illinois -- History -- Encyclopedias ; DuPage County -- History ; DuPage County -- Biography; Naperville (Ill.) -- History; Naperville (Ill.) -- Biography; Naperville (Ill.) -- Portraits |
| Format | text |
| Contributing Institution | Naperville Public Library |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public domain |
| Directory.Related work | ocm_11314674 |
| Page | 472 pages |
| Type | book |
| Rights Statement | Materials in this collection are made available by the Illinois State Library. Copyrights for materials in this collection remain with their respective owners. Permission to display these materials on the Illinois Digital Archive was granted by the copyright holders to the Naperville Public Library. To request reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: kwickman@naperville-lib.org. Please cite the item title and collection name. |
| Collection Name | Naperville Heritage Collection |
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| Title | Page 34 |
| Format | JP2 |
| Date Digital | 2008-09-10 |
| FullText | HISTORY OF DU PAGE COUNTY. 627 Within a short time of permanent settlement, saw and grist-mills were erected, and this brought to Du Page County settlers from other sections, with their lumber and grain. The prairie soil is a deep black or brown humus, W'hich produces magnificent crops; while that of the timber is a light or colored sandy clay, or loam, which is also very produc¬ tive. Large dei^osits of limestone are found in the county, which modern progress has been quar¬ rying for years, the product being of good qual¬ ity. These quarries are found near Prospect Park, Bloomingdale, near Elmhurst, where the deposit is nearly Avhite, on the west bank of Salt Creek, Kimball's Mill and in the vicinity of Naperville. Du Page County is an agricultural region, although in the cities and towns considerable manufacturing is carried on. Corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, peas, beans and pota¬ toes are raised in large quantities; while spe¬ cializing is done in fruit and stock raising. The indigenous trees were evergreens, ma¬ ples, larches, mountain ash and similar varie¬ ties, while sugar maple, elm, ash, butternut and soft maple trees have been set out in large num¬ bers, as w'ell as almost every kind of fruit trees and small fruit-bearing shrubs. One of the special features of Du Page County is the location in it of some of the most beautiful suburbs in the country. Wealthy men, engaged in business in Chicago, have recognized the desirability of establishing homes away from the stress and bustle of a great city, and have spared neither expense nor pains to de¬ velop the localities they have selected for their seat of operation. As a result Hinsdale, Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst, Naperville, Lombard, Down¬ er's Grove and Clarendon Hills are synonymous with all that is most desirable in residential districts, and these communities stand as a last¬ ing monument to the artistic and practical con¬ ceptions of those who are responsible for their existence. The different individual items of interest will be taken up at length under different heads, so that the history of this very important section of Illinois, will be brought fully down to date. Tihose contributing these articles are numbered among the representative people here, and their accounts can be relied upon as being not only interesting, but accurate, for they know well of W'hat they write. Much necessarily has to be omitted from such a history because of lack of space, but all the essentials are ably pre¬ sented, and much that is new is treated of entertainingly and convincingly. RECOLLECTIONS OF FIFTY YEARS (By I. P. Blodgett) The venerable I. P. Blodgett, of Downer's Grove, who is now in his eighty-ninth year, speaking of early conditions, says: "Father was one of three sent out by the Hampshire colony to select a place of settle¬ ment. He came on in 1830, and the others went along different ways. They were to meet at Peoria, but father was the only one who arrived there. Fle selected Du Page County, but the colony went to Princeton, 111., all except a few who settled in Chicago. The reason that father selected Du Page County was because he saw the advantage of getting near the lake, for there were no railroads in those days. "In 1831 we came on and settled on a farm thirty miles west of Chicago, part in Will and part in Du Page County. The house was ou the Will County side, because long afterwards, when I was Collector, I remember that I didn't reach the farmhouse. "I was nine years old during The Black Hawk War, and remember all about our going to the fort at Chicago. When the Government sent more soldiers to protect us, they drove us out, and we went back to Du Page County and built the blockhouse on Fort Hill." (The site is now occupied by the stately residence of Judge John S. Goodwin, of Naperville.) "A brother of one of the members of the Naper settlement, named Payne, was what we now call an Evangelist. He was something like the New England Lorenzo Dow. He used to make appointments to preach a year ahead. During the Black Hawk War he had an appoint¬ ment to preach somewhere near Ottawa. When he got on his horse to go to keep his appoint¬ ment the soldiers at the fort tried to persuade him not to go, but he was resolved to keep his appointment. The next they heard of him was when his dead body was found. He had been, scalped and his whiskers cut from his face. "About 1833 father moved to Downer's Grove Township, across the tracks from where I now |
| Identifier | 0034.TIF |
| Rights Statement | Materials in this collection are made available by the Illinois State Library. Copyrights for materials in this collection remain with their respective owners. Permission to display these materials on the Illinois Digital Archive was granted by the copyright holders to the Naperville Public Library. To request reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: kwickman@naperville-lib.org. Please cite the item title and collection name. |
| Collection Name | Naperville Heritage Collection |
