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Title
Sugar Grove History: Kane Country Chronicle Article, 2017
Subject
Kane County
Sugar Grove, IL
Sugar Grove, IL
Description
Shaw Media ran a story highlighting the history of Sugar Grove. Journalist Bryan Salvage wrote,
"In spring 1834, Asa McDole, brothers James and Isaac Isbell, plus nephew Parmeno Isbell, James Carmen and a man named Bishop camped together while traveling west from Ohio and New York and discovered their destination was the same, reveals 'Sugar Grove 150 Years Sesquicentennial,' by Ruth Frantz and Frank Damon."
"On May 10, they paddled along the Fox River from Oswego, took Blackberry Creek north and initially resided in an abandoned Indian sugar camp that became the Bliss Woods area of Sugar Grove. Other major Sugar Grove highlights include constructing the Chicago and Iowa Railroad through the village in the 1860s and opening the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School in 1876, said Rick Johnson, president of the Sugar Grove Historical Society."
"Incorporated in 1957 when its population totaled 125, Sugar Grove remained a small farming village until the early 1960s, when residential development boomed. Its current population is 9,000- plus. The 50th annual Sugar Grove Corn Boil set for July 28 through 31 remains its largest event."
Source: https://www.shawlocal.com/2017/04/18/village-histories-a-look-at-sugar-grove-elburn-and-maple-park-yesterday-and-today/afcb7yx/
"In spring 1834, Asa McDole, brothers James and Isaac Isbell, plus nephew Parmeno Isbell, James Carmen and a man named Bishop camped together while traveling west from Ohio and New York and discovered their destination was the same, reveals 'Sugar Grove 150 Years Sesquicentennial,' by Ruth Frantz and Frank Damon."
"On May 10, they paddled along the Fox River from Oswego, took Blackberry Creek north and initially resided in an abandoned Indian sugar camp that became the Bliss Woods area of Sugar Grove. Other major Sugar Grove highlights include constructing the Chicago and Iowa Railroad through the village in the 1860s and opening the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School in 1876, said Rick Johnson, president of the Sugar Grove Historical Society."
"Incorporated in 1957 when its population totaled 125, Sugar Grove remained a small farming village until the early 1960s, when residential development boomed. Its current population is 9,000- plus. The 50th annual Sugar Grove Corn Boil set for July 28 through 31 remains its largest event."
Source: https://www.shawlocal.com/2017/04/18/village-histories-a-look-at-sugar-grove-elburn-and-maple-park-yesterday-and-today/afcb7yx/
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Date
2017
Creator
Kaitlin
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Sugar Grove Historical Society
Format
Newspaper Article
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Source
Sugar Grove Historical Society
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Type
Newspaper Article, 2017
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