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Thursday, June 28, 2018
Fourth of July for Naperville’s Founders
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Joseph Naper and the first group of settlers didn’t arrive on the banks of the DuPage River until mid-July. Most likely, Naper’s family a...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Naperville's First Business Partnership
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This week in 1831 was when the first settlers arrived in Naperville, including Joseph Naper, his brother John, their sister Amy and their fa...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Rutabaga: A Settler's Godsend
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Photo by WikiMedia Commons The mid 1800's wave of settlers moved into an Illinois that was still quite primitive. Until the Black Hawk ...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Remembering Some of America's First Soldiers
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When the United States of America was a very young country, there wasn't a lot of gold in the treasury to pay for a standing army. St...
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