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The crossroads it sat near would eventually bear the same name, Cashtown. In 1815, owner Peter Marck acquired a tavern license and originally had four rooms available. During the Gettysburg Campaign, the inn became the headquarters for many Confederate officers and staff, including Generals A. P. Hill, John D. Imboden, and Henry Heth. The ...
Capron is a village in Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,395 at the 2020 census, up from 1,376 at the 2010 census.
Clifton is located in northern Iroquois County at (40.934592, -87.933535 Interstate 57 passes along the eastern side of the village, with access from Exit 297. I-57 leads north 14 miles (23 km) to Kankakee and south 61 miles (98 km) to Champaign.
Wasco is a former unincorporated community that became part of the village of Campton Hills, Illinois, when it was formed in 2007. Wasco is in Kane County, 40 miles (64 km) west of Chicago. It has a post office (ZIP Code 60183), [2] a few restaurants, and an elementary school. [3]
The village is drained to the west by tributaries of Shaw Creek and to the east by a tributary of Sandy Creek, part of the Illinois River watershed. 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Varna and within the village's postal zone is the 1,400-acre (570 ha) gated community of Lake Wildwood, which was developed in the 1970s around a man-made 220-acre (89 ...
The report gauges how well states and cities are attracting and maintaining residents, with Illinois coming in 45th place. Illinois' place on the list grew three spots from No. 48 in the 2023 repo
A JS column said the Skewer Inn owner was making more money than he ever had. That all changed the weekend of Oct. 14, 1983. A reported 37 people became ill after eating at the restaurant.
The little stone church closed and remained vacant for almost 50 years. In 1909, as Grand Detour's beauty attracted a growing community of artists, Leonard Andrus's son William repaired the church. Services were held weekly by the priest of nearby Dixon, Illinois. The historic church was restored by a nonprofit community group in 1999, and it ...