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HISTORY OF DU PAGE COUNTY.
669
log cabin, still belongs to the Methodist Epis¬ copal denomination, and was built in 1869 on ground donated by William Smart.
Mrs. Nancy Roth of Hinsdale, Avho once lived in Cass, tells many amusing stories of her pio¬ neer days. She at one time received a con¬ signment of rolls of butter. When these rolls Avere cut, each was found to contain a good sized potato. "Haec fabula docet" that pure food laAvs Avere as sadly needed in those days, as their enforcement is now.
Water Courses.^—The toAvnshlp is drained by Salt Creek, a large stream, and Flag Creek, a much smaller one, both of Avhich empty into the Des Plaines. Singularly enough, though but a few miles distant from Lake Michigan, the nat¬ ural drainage is towards the Mississippi River, There are times after heavy rains, when the drainage is turned in both directions by the over flowing of the Ioav lands betAveen the Des Plaines and the Chicago Rivers. At such times both become united through a broad lake Avhich exists only during flood season. That this con¬ dition existed an hundred years ago, is proven by a report made by Major Long and recorded by Dr. ThAA'aite concerning the Des Plaines.
This report reads: "The rlA'er throughout has four or flve short rapids or riffles that make their appearance only in times of Ioav Avater. In every other part it has the appearance of being a chain of stagnant pools and small lakes, affording a sufflcient depth of Avater for boats of moderate draught. In the flat prairie is a small lake about five miles in length and from six to thirty yards in Avidth, communicating both Avith the River Des Plaines and the Chi¬ cago River, by means of a kind of canal Avhich has been made partly by the current of Avater and partly by the French and Indians, for the purpose of getting their boats across in that direction in time of high Avater. The distance from the Des Plaines River to the Chicago RlA'er by this Avater course is sometimes more than three miles in tbe dryest season. In the wet season boats pass and repass Avith facility betAveen the tAvo rivers."
Dr. ThAvaite himself says : "Giving due Aveight to all the sources of information I have ex¬ amined, my opinion Is that, from tlie latter part of the seventeenth century through the first third of the nineteenth century, men engaged in the fur-trade AAith the Avestern Indians ac¬
tually, aud quite regularly, passed up and dOAvn tbe Chicago aud Des Plaines Rivers iu canoes and batteaux, MackiuaAV boats and otlier boats propelled by oars or poles, laden Avith merchan¬ dise aud furs; that these traders and travelers found a comparatively easy passage Avay by means of these rivers in the early spring and sometimes in other seasons, and that during times of drought, such as often occur in the summer and fall on most of the Avestern portage routes betAveen tbe great lakes and the Mis¬ sissippi River (such as the Avell kiiOAvn Wis¬ consin-Fox River portage in Wisconsin), the passage AA'as sometimes difficult, but even then these fur-traders seem to have succeeded in forc¬ ing their boats through tbe Chlcago-Des Plaines AvaterAvay." These reports are Interesting as, by them, is proven the fact that either the Great Lakes or tbe Mississippi Avere of easy access from this region.
Suburban Communication.—Ogden Avenue, one of the great arteries of Chicago, Avas early extended to the tow'u of Lyons. Here it diverges, one branch going in a iiorthAvesterly direction, and is still called Ogden Avenue, AA'hile the other continuing Avest and south, is called the Plainfield Road. The Ioaa'US of Lace and GoAA^er are grouped up the Plainfield Road, being lit¬ tle German communities clustered about a church of the Lutheran faith, a district school, Avith prosperous farm lands stretching aAvay in every direction. Upon the Ogden Avenue road grcAV up the tOAvn of FuUersburg.
The Fuller Family.—When Jacob Fuller started from Ncav York State in search of a home in 1835, he drove liis emigrant Avagon past the present site of Chicago, Avitli its mud and marsh, hoping to find higher ground on Avhlch to built a home. On, on, he drove Avlth the mud and Avater often coming to tbe hubs of his Avlieels and sometimes into the very Avagoii box itself. At last he reached high ground, and settled in Avhat is iioav York ToAvnshlp, oppo¬ site the Natoma Farm. Here he purchased a large tract of land from the Government, his purchase extending south through the present tOAvn of FuUersburg, then called Brush Hill. His large family, six boys and six girls, grew up and settled on this and adjacent farms, un¬ til it is said everyone in the neighborhood Avas a Fuller. Wben Jacob Fuller died in 1867. this
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. |
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| Title | Page 88 |
| Format | JP2 |
| Date Digital | 2008-09-10 |
| FullText | HISTORY OF DU PAGE COUNTY. 669 log cabin, still belongs to the Methodist Epis¬ copal denomination, and was built in 1869 on ground donated by William Smart. Mrs. Nancy Roth of Hinsdale, Avho once lived in Cass, tells many amusing stories of her pio¬ neer days. She at one time received a con¬ signment of rolls of butter. When these rolls Avere cut, each was found to contain a good sized potato. "Haec fabula docet" that pure food laAvs Avere as sadly needed in those days, as their enforcement is now. Water Courses.^—The toAvnshlp is drained by Salt Creek, a large stream, and Flag Creek, a much smaller one, both of Avhich empty into the Des Plaines. Singularly enough, though but a few miles distant from Lake Michigan, the nat¬ ural drainage is towards the Mississippi River, There are times after heavy rains, when the drainage is turned in both directions by the over flowing of the Ioav lands betAveen the Des Plaines and the Chicago Rivers. At such times both become united through a broad lake Avhich exists only during flood season. That this con¬ dition existed an hundred years ago, is proven by a report made by Major Long and recorded by Dr. ThAA'aite concerning the Des Plaines. This report reads: "The rlA'er throughout has four or flve short rapids or riffles that make their appearance only in times of Ioav Avater. In every other part it has the appearance of being a chain of stagnant pools and small lakes, affording a sufflcient depth of Avater for boats of moderate draught. In the flat prairie is a small lake about five miles in length and from six to thirty yards in Avidth, communicating both Avith the River Des Plaines and the Chi¬ cago River, by means of a kind of canal Avhich has been made partly by the current of Avater and partly by the French and Indians, for the purpose of getting their boats across in that direction in time of high Avater. The distance from the Des Plaines River to the Chicago RlA'er by this Avater course is sometimes more than three miles in tbe dryest season. In the wet season boats pass and repass Avith facility betAveen the tAvo rivers." Dr. ThAvaite himself says : "Giving due Aveight to all the sources of information I have ex¬ amined, my opinion Is that, from tlie latter part of the seventeenth century through the first third of the nineteenth century, men engaged in the fur-trade AAith the Avestern Indians ac¬ tually, aud quite regularly, passed up and dOAvn tbe Chicago aud Des Plaines Rivers iu canoes and batteaux, MackiuaAV boats and otlier boats propelled by oars or poles, laden Avith merchan¬ dise aud furs; that these traders and travelers found a comparatively easy passage Avay by means of these rivers in the early spring and sometimes in other seasons, and that during times of drought, such as often occur in the summer and fall on most of the Avestern portage routes betAveen tbe great lakes and the Mis¬ sissippi River (such as the Avell kiiOAvn Wis¬ consin-Fox River portage in Wisconsin), the passage AA'as sometimes difficult, but even then these fur-traders seem to have succeeded in forc¬ ing their boats through tbe Chlcago-Des Plaines AvaterAvay." These reports are Interesting as, by them, is proven the fact that either the Great Lakes or tbe Mississippi Avere of easy access from this region. Suburban Communication.—Ogden Avenue, one of the great arteries of Chicago, Avas early extended to the tow'u of Lyons. Here it diverges, one branch going in a iiorthAvesterly direction, and is still called Ogden Avenue, AA'hile the other continuing Avest and south, is called the Plainfield Road. The Ioaa'US of Lace and GoAA^er are grouped up the Plainfield Road, being lit¬ tle German communities clustered about a church of the Lutheran faith, a district school, Avith prosperous farm lands stretching aAvay in every direction. Upon the Ogden Avenue road grcAV up the tOAvn of FuUersburg. The Fuller Family.—When Jacob Fuller started from Ncav York State in search of a home in 1835, he drove liis emigrant Avagon past the present site of Chicago, Avitli its mud and marsh, hoping to find higher ground on Avhlch to built a home. On, on, he drove Avlth the mud and Avater often coming to tbe hubs of his Avlieels and sometimes into the very Avagoii box itself. At last he reached high ground, and settled in Avhat is iioav York ToAvnshlp, oppo¬ site the Natoma Farm. Here he purchased a large tract of land from the Government, his purchase extending south through the present tOAvn of FuUersburg, then called Brush Hill. His large family, six boys and six girls, grew up and settled on this and adjacent farms, un¬ til it is said everyone in the neighborhood Avas a Fuller. Wben Jacob Fuller died in 1867. this |
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| 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. |
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