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Life Along the Mississippi River in the 1800's
New Boston and Eliza Townships, Mercer County, Illinois (Yahoo Page created 10/9/1999 - had ~ 22,000 visitors) Rootsweb Counter not currently working |
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| New Boston Town Population: 1830 - 26 1840 - 80 1850 - 229 1860 - 161 1870 - 782 1880 - 644 1900 - 703 |
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| New Boston, 1912 courtesy Milly Champeau |
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| See Lincoln Survey of the Town of New Boston for the location of Main St CLICK |
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| New Boston and Eliza Township History: Part 1 - 1818 - 1833 Bounty Lands & the BlackHawk War. First settlers. Part 2 - 1834 - 1845 Inflow of settlers and history of the early days. Part 3 - 1845 - 1860 Organization of Agriculture and Society, Growth of Towns, Schools, Gold Rush, Moving toward the Civil War Part 4 - 1860 - 1865 Civil War, Soldiers, Folks at home, Copperheads, Homestead Act, Where to find more information on the Civil War Part 5 - 1865-1880 - Changes after the Civil War, Temperance, Veterans, Immigrants: Where & why people come and go (Railroads, Land in the West), Advances in farming, Changes in religion Part 6 - 1880-1900 - Transition to the twentieth century. Mercer County Maps |
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