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Schuyler County, ILGenWeb, Rushville Township

A quick directory of links for Rushville Township, Schuyler County, Illinois Highlights – History, Cemeteries, Census, Maps, Military, Schools, Towns on Schuyler County ILGenWeb.

Schuyler County and the Oregon Trail, Illinois

  SchuylerCounty and the Oregon Trail    Joseph Gragg’s Accountof the Trek The Ten Mile PrairieIndian Outbreak, Oregon OregonTrail Map Trailsof Hope Overland Diaries and Letters,1846-1869New!   Return to theSchuyler County Main Page

Schuyler County, Illinois, Camden Township

  Erwin  Erwin is a small villagenear the banks of Crooked Creek, on the northwest quarter of the northwestquarter of section 26, and was laid out by Columbus C. Meeks, and the platand survey were made by County Surveyor, Leonidas Horney, on the 27th ofMarch 1860.  Columbus C. Meeks built, of hewed log, the first house,in 1856, and kept the first store and first blacksmith shop, was the firstjustice of the peace and first postmaster, when a post-office was establishedin 1856. The first school-house built in the village was a neat frame,erected in 1866, and the first teacher was James … Read more