Kate's Brief History
Tidbits of history, briefly.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021
From the 1874 DuPage Atlas – Joseph S. Ferry
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Joseph Sanford Ferry arrived in DuPage County in 1838 as a nine-year-old when his parents, Sylvanus and Rhoda, moved from New York via Terra...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
From the 1874 DuPage Atlas – The Stolps
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Highlighted in this atlas are three farms owned by families named “Stolp.” The name may be familiar to people who have been to the Paramount...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Naperville and Mr. Lincoln
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On Monday, President’s Day, the Naper Settlement tweeted about the “urban legend” of Abraham Lincoln speaking from the roof of the Pre-...
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