What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Ogle County, Illinois and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1878.

History

of

Ogle County,

Illinois

CONTAINING

A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY- ITS CITIES, TOWNS, ETC.

A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF ITS CITIZENS, WAR RECORD OF ITS VOLUNTEERS IN THE LATE  REBELLION, GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS,

PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN

History of the Northwest, History of Illinois,

Map of Ogle County, Constitution op the United States,

Miscellaneous Matters, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

Chicago:

Chicago:

H.F. Kent & Co., Times Building

1878

858 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

CONTENTS

HISTORICAL

History Northwest Territory

Geographical Position

Early Explorations

Discovery of the Ohio

English Explorations and Settlements

American Settlements

Division of the Northwest Territory

Tecumseh and the War of 1812

Black Hawk and the Black Hawk War

Other Indian Troubles

Present Condition of the Northwest

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Michigan

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Nebraska

History of Illinois

Coal

Compact of 1787

Chicago

Early Discoveries

Early Settlements

Education

French Occupation

Genius of La Salle

Material Resources

Massacre at Ft. Dearborn

Physical Features

Progress of Development

Religion and Morals

War Record,

History of Ogle/County

Physical Geography

Introductory

Winnebago War

Black Hawk War

Local History

Township Organization

Circuit Records

Prairie Pirates

Bridge

War History

Railroads

Northern Boundary

Press

Mound Builders

Fossils and Petrifactions

County Officers

Vote Property Statement

Educational

Rock River Seminary

Old Settlers

Swamp Lands

River Improvement

County Poor

History of Towns:

Oregon

Rochelle

Mt. Morris

Polo

Forreston

Byron

Ghana

Creston

Davis Junction

Grand de Tour

Daysville

Other Towns

BIOGRAPHICAL TOWNSHIP DIRECTORY.

Oregon

Flagg

Buflalo

Maryland

Forreston

Dement

Leaf River

Rockvale

Mt. Morris

Byron

Brookville

Eagle Point

Grand de Tour

Lincoln

Lafayette

Lynnville

Monroe

Marion

Nashua

Pine Rock

Pine Creek

Scott

Taylor

White Rock