Newspapers

Old Times in Schuyler – “Schuyler Had Militia Company”

This article were originally prepared, written and published by Howard F. Dyson in The Rushville Times during the year 1918. Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. Military organizations were maintained in Illinois from 1830 to 1840. Lists of Colonels, Captains. This article also recalls the First Fourth of July Celebration in Rushville in 1836. The 60th anniversary or this event is remembered in detail.

Old Times in Schuyler – “Chauncey Hobart Tells of Those Early Days”

This article were originally prepared, written and published by Howard F. Dyson in The Rushville Times during the year 1918. Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. Chauncey Hobart tells of early days in Schuyler County, Illinois. He wrote a book titled Recollections of My Life in 1885. Published at Red Wing, Minn.

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

Old Times in Schuyler – “Pork Packing in 1859”

This article were originally prepared, written and published by Howard F. Dyson in The Rushville Times during the year 1918. Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. Pork packing was big industry in Rushville before the civil war. This article describes the how the hogs were shipped, summaries of the hog market.

Schuyler County, Illinois Newspapers

A page about the history of the Schuyler County, Illinois newspapers. Sources: The Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882; History of Schuyler County, Howard F. Dyson, 1908; The Rushville Times, October 7, 1948