Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau

1930 Board Members

President: M. A. Goodmiller-Stockton

Vice President: Wm. Bonjour-Stockton

Secretary: J. E. Bonnett-East Dubuque

Treasurer: E. F. Hunt-Hanover

Directors

John Krug - Scales Mound

Abe Evans - Woodbine

George B. Kruger - Apple River

D. L. Norris - Galena

A. L. Parker - Stockton

H. R. Brunnemeyer - County Advisor

Miss D. H. Barton - Office Secretary

R. R. Heidenreich - General Agent Auto Insurance

J. E. Bonnett - General Agent Life Insurance

Apple River

            What makes a good town? It must be well governed, have good schools and churches. Its homes must be modern and attractive, streets kept in excellent shape. Good transportation by rail and highway are essential. Progressive, friendly home loving people to make up its population. The business firms must be up-to-date and progressive, carrying excellent stocks of merchandise at fair prices. The town must offer a good market for the products of the surrounding community.

            On these essentials Apple River may rank with any of the towns in Jo Daviess County. From its founding the town has always been an excellent place in which to live and to make a living as well as a popular trading point for the territory it serves.

            Apple River is in the eastern part of the county lying between Scales mound and Warren, eight miles from the former and six miles from the latter. Apple river is on the Illinois Central railroad and in addition has excellent highways.

            Apple River invites you to make the town your trading point.

East Dubuque

            East Dubuque, with a population of 1500, is in Dunleith Township and was founded in 1832 by Eleazer Frentress and incorporated in 1856.

            Present city officials are: Chesley D. Brauhn, mayor; Adam J. Montag, clerk; Frank Lester, police judge; G. Pluym, Harry E. Bishop, Nic Martin, Edgar T. Liddle, councilmen.

            Schools: East Dubuque public school, grade and high school; St. Mary’s parochial grade school.

            Churches: Wesley M. E. and St. Mary’s Catholic.

            Lodges and societies: Milton Matthews Camp 1939, M. W. A.; Independent Camp 1918, R. N. of A.; Martin Lodge 491 A. F. & A. M.; W. O. W.; Ivy Leaf Circle, W. O. W.; Brotherhood of Signalmen of America; Ex-Service Men; Community Band.

            Business firms: two banks, one real estate office, one lumber yard, one hardware store, one jeweler, three confectioners, four groceries, one meat market, two feed stores, one implement store, four oil stations, four garages, two coal dealers, two drug stores, one blacksmith shop, two restaurants, two barber shops, one time shop, one printing company, one iron foundry, two wholesale beverage depots.

            Places of interest: Railroad tunnel; high Bridge across Mississippi River; railroad bridge across Mississippi.

            Highways: U. S. No. 20; Illinois No. 79.

Galena

            Galena, with a population of 4,742, is in East and West Galena Townships and was founded in 1826 by 33 settlers who chose the name by ballot. Galena was laid out by an act of the Federal government, an unusual distinction.

            Present city officers are: Robert I. McKeague, mayor; Walter L. Reed, clerk; Roy Barnett, police judge; Doran Smith, Robert Bratton, Henry Metzger, John Wise, Charles Blum, Elmer Scott, Ben Crosby and Edward Wagner, councilmen.

            Schools: Galena accredited high; several outlying grade schools; two parochial grade schools.

            Churches: First Presbyterian; Methodist Episcopal; St. Mary’s Catholic; St. Michael’s Catholic; South Presbyterian; German Presbyterian [Lutheran?] and Episcopal.

            Lodges and societies: B. P. O. E. [Elks]; Eagles; Knights of Columbus; Knights of Pythias; I. O. O. F. [Odd Fellows]; various Masonic bodies.

            Business firms: two lumber yards, three iron foundries, two machine shops, one steam electric plant, three battery stations, four clothing stores, three drug stores, two dry goods stores, five shoe stores, four hardware stores, two plumbing shops, three tin shops, four hotels, four restaurants, six garages, fifteen grocery stores, one gas plant, three medical doctors, five dentists, two chiropractors, two farm implement dealers, one monument works, two dry cleaners, one laundry, two motion picture shows, two real estate dealers, six barber shops, one wholesale grocery, one oil and grease factory making auto filling machinery, one glove and mitten factory, one wholesale hardware, three bakeries, three banks, etc.

            Places of Interest: Grant’s Home (state maintained as a Grant museum), Nast’s painting.

            Galena is on Illinois highways no. 5 and No. 80 and U. S. No. 20.

            Galena must be seen to be appreciated. As “The Switzerland of America,” it has been widely advertised. Galena is but two and one-half miles from the Mississippi River, where good fishing and camping are to be found. Galena has a dandy nine hole golf course.

Elizabeth

            Elizabeth is in Elizabeth Township.

            Present city officials: H. M. McKillips, mayor; C. O. Daniel, clerk; W. C. T. Under, police judge; H. O. Long, H. L. Wilcox, George Moffett, William Kevern, E. J. Burns, S. W. Breed, councilmen.

            School: grade and high.

            Churches: Methodist Episcopal, First Presbyterian, St. Paul’s Lutheran and St. Mary’s Catholic.

            Lodges and societies: Masonic and Eastern Star; K. of Pythias and Pythian Sisters; I. O. O. F. [Odd Fellows] and Rebekahs; American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary; Mystic Workers of the World; F. O. E.; Modern Woodmen of America; P. T. A. and others.

            Elizabeth has practically every sort of business house to be found in the average town of 1,000 population. The business district is so compact that transacting business in the city is a pleasure and the merchants are of the progressive type who keep the stores well stocked with up-to-date merchandise. There are two good creameries in the city, two active hatcheries, two large strong banks and other business houses in proportion. Thousands of dollars worth of livestock and dairy produce are shipped from Elizabeth monthly to city markets. The county agricultural interests center at Elizabeth as it is near the geographical center of the county and is the home of the Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau.

            On account of the rolling nature of the land around Elizabeth it affords some of the most scenic spots in the state.

            Elizabeth is on U. S. highway no. 20 and Illinois No. 5 and is on the prospective route of No. 80. It is on the Chicago Great Western railroad and also has numerous motor busses and express trucks leaving and arriving every day.

            The city has cement sidewalks in every part of the city, has amply street lighting facilities, a number of blocks of paving, and exceptionally fine sewerage system, a city water system which extends to every street.

            Elizabeth is one of the oldest towns in northwestern Illinois, its history dating back more than 100 years. Settlement was first made in this locality because of the rich deposits of lead ore but later mining became a side issue and the people found that greater wealth awaited them in the excellent grade of blue grass for grazing and the rich soils of the bottoms lands for farming purposes. It was in this locality that some of the battles of the Blackhawk war were fought and the city received its name from a woman who heroically loaded the muskets of the early settlers as they fought off the Indians from the fort which stood only a short distance east of the present business section.

Hanover

            Hanover is in Hanover Township. It was founded in 1827 and 1828 by Daniel Fowler, Chas. Ames and James Craig and was incorporated in 1877.

            Present city officials: John L. Mason, mayor; Wm. Chapman, clerk; Wm. E. Noten, police judge; C. Fisher, Geo. Unangst, Carl Thor, Carl Morrison, Homer Gray, Alden Kirkey, councilmen.

            Schools: District and community high; new and modern.

            Churches: Methodist Episcopal, First Presbyterian, United Presbyterian and Roman Catholic.

            Lodges and societies: Masonic, Eastern Star, Modern Woodmen, Royal Neighbors.

            Business firms: Three groceries and dry goods, drug store, bakery, hotel, restaurant, two shoe stores, two shoe repair shops, two blacksmiths, two garages, three filling stations, meat market, bank, jewelry store, lumber yard, furniture and undertaking, one millinery, two barber shops, pool hall, one physician, one dentist.

            State highway No. 80 passes through Hanover.

            Hanover boasts of perhaps the largest and best equipped woolen mill west of Indiana. The Hanover Woolen Mfg. Co., was founded or organized in 1864, increased its capital stock in 1865, increased by new building in 1881 and erected the present building in 1919.

Scales Mound

            Scales Mound, with a population of 400, is in the township of the same name. It was founded in 1853 by Josiah Conlee and B. B. Provost and was incorporated July 14, 1877.

            Present city officials: J. C. Winters, mayor; E. C. Rummell, Clerk; John E. Cousin, police judge; William Johnson, William J. Lowery, George Magee, Henry Perry, L. W. Rummell and Chas. W. Wright, councilmen.

            Scales Mound has a recognized four-year high school; Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian and Catholic churches; Modern Woodmen of America and Royal Neighbors lodges.

            Business firms: One bank, one dentist, lumber yard, three general stores, one meat market, creamery, two restaurants, farm implement dealer, two coal and feed stores, two garages, hardware store, blacksmith, two bulk oil stations, two barber shops, one pool room, one hotel.

            Scales Mound is about one mile from the highest point in Illinois. The town is on the main line of the Illinois Central railroad between Chicago and Omaha. The village gets its name from Samuel Scales who was the owner of the land on which the mound is situated. In early days the district just west of the village was known for its production of lead ore.

Stockton

            Stockton was founded in 1887 by M. F. Carpenter and incorporated in 1890. The town has a population of 1500 and is located in Stockton Township.

            Present city officials: S. L. Vickers, mayor; C. E. brown, clerk; B. W. Stephenson, police judge; P. M. Rindesbacher, C. C. Parker, J. C. Baber, Martin Schap, B. R. Tiffany and Chas. Vanderheyden, councilmen.

            Stockton has two schools, six churches, and twelve lodges and societies.

            Stockton is well represented with business firms, having two hardware stores, two blacksmith shops, one moving picture theater, one opera house, two billiard parlors, two drug stores, eight soda fountains, four restaurants, two hotels, six dry goods stores, six grocery stores, two electric shops, one millinery store, one bank, five garages, six oil stations, one furniture store, one mortuary, two veterinarians, three doctors, three chiropractors, two lawyers, two dentists, one poultry and egg station, two butter and egg stations.

            Places of interest: Tower Hill and City Park.

            Highways: Routes 5, 40 and 78.

Compiled by Geo. H. Brown, Township Clerk.

Warren

            The early history of Warren is really an outgrowth of old historic Millville, because it was to this village, five miles south, that most settlers were attracted. It was the hub of the mining district for that section and a village of a few hundred inhabitants. In the early days there were several stores, a hotel, the ever present saloon and a grist mill, to which the inhabitants for miles around brought their wheat to be ground into snowy white flour.

            Frink and Walker’s stage line from Chicago to Galena ran through the town, and mail for all that section was obtained at the village post office. This was all changed, when in 1853, the Illinois Central railroad went through five miles to the north. There is nothing left now but a bronze tablet which was placed on the cliff by the D. A. R. to tell the story of the thrilling memories of the miners, stagecoach and inhabitants.

            In the spring of 1843, Alexander Burnett, in a prairie schooner, accompanied by his wife and small son Warren, emigrated from his native town of Warren, Ohio, bound for Millville, Illinois. While waiting for his team to drink from the small stream that runs through our town, decided he could not find a better place to locate, so settled on 240 acres and built for himself a double log cabin near the center of Main and Water Streets, where the Oddfellow Building now stands, there he established his family. Mr. Burnett was the only settler till the fall of 1845 when Mr. Freeman A. Tisdel of Michigan, came and purchased one-half of Mr. Burnett’s claim, about 120 acres. The small creek was the division of the land and was later known as Division Creek. Mr. Burnett held the east half and built a two story frame building at the intersection of the old Sucker Trail, now Tisdel avenue, and Burnett avenue, opened a hotel and called it the Burnett House. After many years of prosperity and different owners this building was destroyed by fire May 3, 1885. In 1911 the Carnegie Library of 8,000 volumes was erected on the historic site of this building. Mr. Burnett named the town in honor of his eldest son, Warren.

            The village grew steadily and prospered. It was the principal trading post around here--many farmers brought their butter and eggs for miles because of the excellent market. The village was incorporated in 1857 and the first village board was: T. A. Tisdel, Alexander Burnett, T. E. Champion (for whom the Warren post of G. A. R. is named), Amos Shin and John D. Platt. Warren is proud to have remaining some old land marks of early days, namely, the Stone Hotel erected by T. A. Tisdel in 1851. This, like all the other early stone buildings in Warren, was built of native limestone. The hotel was headquarters for the Frink and Walker stage line. The east wing was a bar, the third floor of the main building being used as a hall; the Lutheran Church built in 1858 and is used by the Lutheran congregation; the Meridian Mill, so called because built on the 90^th meridian, was erected in 1860, is now occupied by V. S. Balbac as a coal, grain and feed house; Oddfellow Building built in 1856; Flatiron Building, built in 1852; the Brink Building built in 1856; the Jones Building built in 1869; the first bank, now occupied by Dr. I. W. Perry as an office; M. E. Church as a barn.

Some of the early pioneers and notables were: Representatives A. M. Jones, Halstead Townsend, J. D. Platt, George Pepoon, and James Bayne; Wm. Langston Lathrop, artist, born in 1859. Mr. Lathrop was awarded the W. T. Evans prize for a water color picture entitled “Misty Day.” He now lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania.; Judge Paul Myron Wentworth Linebarger, born in Warren in 1870. He was U. S. Judge in the Philippines, author, lecturer and U. S. Consul in China.

The first school was built in 1848 called the Payne school. In 1852 the Warren Female Seminary was opened in the Tisdel Hotel. In 1854 a brick school was erected opposite the M. E. Church. In 1864 a brick school building was completed on the grounds of the present school. In 1870 a brick school building was built on the east side of town. In 1872, an addition 50x50 was added to the building erected in 1864. In 1916 this school was entirely removed and a modern one costing $60,000 was built. In 1891 an academy was opened in the Barton House, this closed in 1905.

Warren has a number of lodges: the Masons, Woodmen, Oddfellows, Mystic Workers, G. A. R. and American Legion. There are five churches: Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Catholic

The city water works system was laid in 1895. A stone tower 102 feet high was built but replaced by a steel tower in 1928. The water from the well passes a very high test, assuring the citizens of excellent water.

The Warren Agricultural Society was organized in 1860 and has held 67 consecutive fairs. It bears the reputation of having one of the best county fairs in the state. Every fifth year in connection with the fair, they have a Warren Homecoming. Mr. Jay M. Whitham, a former Warrenite, has been and is an enthusiastic supporter of the Homecoming project.

There are five parks within the town: Burnett, with a suitable marker in memory of Capt. Alexander Burnett; German Lutheran; Bayne, presented to the town by Charles Bayne; Library; City; and the Triangle on Main Street.

Warren has a weekly paper, “The Warren Sentinel-Leader,” founded in 1857 by Freeman A. Tisdel, and now edited by Ray M. Scotchbrook.

In 1857 cholera ravished the town and a burying place was needed, immediately Mr. Burnett donated a space worthy of the village. Elmwood was purchased in 1886 and laid out in avenues and drives. The late Mr. Daniel Keeler bequeathed the money for a receiving vault, which was built in 1915. Memorial gates were presented by the Homecoming Association in 1928.

The first bank was established in 1865 and various buildings were erected. In 1913 the present modern structure was erected by the State Bank.

Warren is located on Route no. 78 in the best farming country between Dubuque and Chicago. The lands surrounding it for many miles are of the first quality and the agricultural community is large and prosperous. The upper soil is a rich loam, generally from ten to twenty-five inches in depth, the subsoil is yellow limestone clay, equal to the best eastern limestone lands. The soil is easily worked, having neither stones nor stumps. The crops of wheat, corn, buckwheat, barley and oats are large.

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