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Category: Old Times In Schuyler

Old Times in Schuyler – “Rifle Was Needed Equipment”

This article were originally prepared, written and published by Howard F. Dyson in The Rushville Times during the year 1918. Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. This article reports how important a rifle was and reveals some of the source of revenue for early pioneers such as fur, peltry, bee hunting, rafting logs, staves and hoop-poles. It also mentions traveling by steamboat.

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Old Times in Schuyler – “Rushville Platted in 1826”

This article were originally prepared, written and published by Howard F. Dyson in The Rushville Times during the year 1918. Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. Historical development of county and city.
.Accounts of the first public sale of town lots and cost, first cabin erected, first post office, First industry and early merchants, millers, storekeeper

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