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  The Loretz School on Fitchville River Road is the present home of Louis Frederick. Pictured are Mable Elms, Evelyn Peck Cooley, Pauline Rice Ross, Emma Elms, Ruth Parsons, Kenneth Peck, Charles Elms, Margie Coon, Drace Elms, William Elms, Cornelius Harrigan, and Herbert Conry, teacher (not in order)

 This early high school with cupola was located on the site of the present elementary school

Pictured below is the Ross School at the corner of Butler and South Townline Roads which was dismantled by the Richard Andrews in June 1976. The reverse side of the marble plaque over the door was found to be a tombstone dating from the 1840's Class of 1908. Pictured are Mildred Beecher Schilling (girl on rock), Glenn Beecher, Horace Hurst, Lawton French, Frank Parsons, Lyman Scott, and Claude Peabody.

The first grist mill was built by Burton Canfield in 1824, later owned by S. T. Gibson and Son. It stood south of the Vermilion River bridge near the site of the present dam.

1852 iron bridge and railroad trestle

 
Swinging bridge on Myron Shelton's farm

First concrete bridge

A New Years Greeting to the Advertisers of the Independent Press by an Old Settler

Once more a year has passed its usual way
Once more we hail the happy New Year day
Joy to the young and man of middle days.
Still fresh in hope, Still emulous of praise
And joy to those for whom the hand of time
Has left no relic of departed time.

Harris and Baldwim keep the store
The Post Office inside the door,
The largest stock of goods they keep
Their prices too, are wondrous cheap.

Vanfleet Brothers are doing well,
Plenty of goods they have to sell,
With stoves of patterns very fine,
And tins and drugs, a good full line.

Passow and Arnold, one door west,
Keeps clothing and dry goods, the best,
Besides they keep (this is no joke.)
The best cigars for those who smoke.

George Humphrey's Saw Mill

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