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1932 Stories

Stories of Pioneer Days in LaSalle County, Illinois, published in 1932, is a collection of stories written by students in LaSalle county.

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An Old Pioneer [Page 7]
Tony's Story [Page 8]
Vermillionville [Page 9]
History of Dana [Page 10]
A Visit to the Riggs Farm [Page 11]
An Early Home in Dimmick [Page 12]
The Caroline Woods Family [Page 14]
An Old Grist Mill [Page 15]
Early Times [Page 16]
Buffalo Rock [Page 17]
Industries of a Pioneer Village [Page 18]
Life in a Pioneer Home [Page 19]
Story of Allen [Page 20]
Early Experiences in Spinning [Page 22]
The Mendota-Ottawa Mail Route [Page 22]
First Settlers in Eden [Page 23]
My Great-grandmother [Page 25]
Pioneers of Dayton [Page 26]
Mills in Our Neighborhood [Page 27]
The Farm Ridge Church [Page 28]
Life Story of Mrs. Edwards [Page 29]
Mrs. Gebhard's Pioneer Home [Page 30]
An Early Settler in Bruce Township [Page 31]
A Trip to Ottawa Long Ago [Page 32]
Early Settlers in Osage [Page 33]
The Old Homer Trails [Page 35]
A Home Hunter [Page 36]
Hardships of Early Days [Page 37]
A Stagecoach Tavern [Page 38]
A Confederate Uniform [Page 39]
Echoes of Pioneer Days [Page 39]
Immigrating to the United States [Page 41]
Happy Days Gone By [Page 42]
Benjamin Lundy [Page 43]
Grandfather's Early Home [Page 44]
Grandfather's Life [Page 45]
Our First Post Office [Page 46]
Hedges [Page 47]
The First Meetinghouse in Mission Twp. [Page 48]
Immigrants from Czechoslovakia [Page 49]
In Oxen Days [Page 50]
The Hawleys of Vermillion [Page 51]
An Old Revolver Speaks [Page 52]
A Blind Mole Drain [Page 53]
Improvements in Harvesting [Page 54]
An Early Church [Page 55]
George Bazore, a Pioneer [Page 56]
Tales of Pioneer Days [Page 57]
A Four-row Hand Planter [Page 57]
The White Man's Friend [Page 58]
Brevoort's Early Home [Page 59]
Apple Butter Time [Page 60]
Mrs. Catherine Gephard-Fahler [Page 61]
The Naming of Waltham [Page 62]
The Underground Railway [Page 63]
A Century Ago [Page 64]
Village of Leland [Page 65]
Chief Shabbona [Page 66]
Pioneer Life in Illinois [Page 67]
A Pioneer Cemetery [Page 68]
A German M. E. Church [Page 69]
Duncan Dunn [Page 70]
Grandma's Reminiscences [Page 70]
The Indian Creek Massacre [Page 71]
Spelling Matches [Page 72]
Aiding Runaway Slaves [Page 73]
Dayton's Beginning [Page 74]
The Underground Railway [Page 75]
An Old Pumping Station [Page 76]
Making Soap [Page 77]
Streator as Hardscrabble [Page 78]
A Boy in Blue [Page 79]
Relics of Interest [Page 79]
Conquering the Prairie [Page 80]
Pioneer Days with Grandfather [Page 81]
Bits of Local History [Page 82]
The Story of Mr. J. C. Beach [Page 83]
The Burlingames of Earl [Page 84]
The Prichetts of Dana [Page 85]
Experiences with Wolves [Page 86]
Lostland's Church and Cemetery [Page 87]
Mr. Myers' Boyhood Experiences [Page 88]
Early Experiences in La Salle County [Page 89]
The Old Stone Mill [Page 90]
The Gold Rush of 1849 [Page 90]
My Grandfather's Early Farming [Page 91]
An Early Presbyterian Church [Page 92]
The Ebersol Farm [Page 93]
Pioneers of Dana [Page 94]
Adventures of the Hall Girls [Page 95]
The Oldest Church in Leland [Page 96]
Going to Chicago Long Ago [Page 97]
An Early Coal Mine [Page 98]
The Codys of Freedom [Page 99]
A West Point Commandant [Page 100]
Spinning and Knitting [Page 101]
Making Maple Sugar [Page 101]
Experiences of the Hall Girls [Page 102]
Scenes of Yesterday [Page 103]
Mr. Robert Rowe, 1802-1879 [Page 104]
A Story About my Grandfather [Page 105]
Jefferson Nisbet of Earl [Page 106]
Almost a City [Page 107]
The Vanished Town [Page 108]
Crossing the Plains in '51 [Page 109]
A Pioneer [Page 110]
A Pioneer of District 286 [Page 111]
Life of John Cooper [Page 112]

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