It is situated in the S. E. ¼ of the S. W. ¼ of section 2, and was surveyed and platted August 5th, 1870, by J. Stumm, Deputy County Surveyor, for Samuel Fowler.  The name of the post-office is Baders.  A neat frame church of the Christian denomination, graces the village, and a commodious and well built school-house shows that the people are not unmindful of the important matter of education.

Present Business

General Merchandise.--S. D. and W. Bader & Co.
Hardware.--Eli Hartly.
Saw Mill.--Bader & Co.
Postmaster.--S. J. Gibbs.

Excerpted from The Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882
Transcribed by Carol Longwell Miller for Schuyler County ILGenWeb

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