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2017 February Newsletter

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The Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society's next meeting will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at  Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM  in CGH Medical Center's Ryberg Auditorium, 100 East LeFevre, Sterling, IL.

 

The program will be presented by Heinz Suppan who teaches German and history at Marquette Academy in Ottawa, as well as at Joliet Junior College. The 1832 Indian Creek Massacre occurred soon after the beginning of the Black Hawk War when settlers dammed up Indian Creek, about 13 miles north of Ottawa, IL, depriving the Potawatomi tribe of their fish supply. The tribe responded by killing 15 and abducting two young girls. Come hear the rest of the story!

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The program is free, everyone is encouraged to attend and refreshments will be served!

2017 January Newsletter

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The  Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society's 

next meeting will be held on 

Sunday, January 8, 2017, at 2:00 PM in

CGH Medical Center's Ryberg Auditorium,

100 East LeFevre, Sterling, IL. 

 

The program will be presented by Leslie Goddard. Leslie is an actress and historian who has been portraying famous women in history for more than ten years. 

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In addition to both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in theater, she has a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and currently works full-time as a historical interpreter and public speaker. 

Leslie is going to take us back to 1937. Amelia Earhart is attempting to set a new record by becoming the first person to fly around the world at its equator. 

Amelia Earhart’s courageous exploits and spirited personality made her an international celebrity in the early twentieth century. In this lively living-history program, meet Amelia and learn about her experiences as the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane (1928) and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932). She'll describe how she learned to fly, what inspired her adventurous spirit, and why she set off in 1937 for an around-the-world flight.

 

The program is free, everyone is encouraged to attend and refreshments will be served!

 

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AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support The Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society  every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to the SRFHS. 
     
To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You may also want to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile.

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Thank you for choosing the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society as your AmazonSmile charitable organization.

 

 

Lincoln-Manahan Christmas Open House

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Pictures from the Lincoln-Manahan Christmas Open House

 

1872 Whiteside County IL, Plat Maps

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The 1872 Whiteside County Atlas and Index (View Here) has been one of the historical museum's best sellers simply because it contains a Name/Landmark Cross Reference to property and sites, however, individual township maps themselves are quite useful and we reproduce them here to assist in your research.

 

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1872 Whiteside County Atlas

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Here is an item sure to be of interest to those who research citizens in Whiteside County, Illinois. The 152 page publication contains reproductions of 1872 plat maps of 40+ Townships, pictorial views and includes a Name and Landmark Index, cross-referenced to the individual maps. It is available either perfect bound or spiral bound.

 

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Hopewell Civilization in the Sauk Valley Area

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A new, very educational and informative book written by Wolf and Linnea Koch tells of the early Indian culture in both the Ohio river valley and our own Sauk Valley area, with particular emphasis on the Sinnissippi Mounds in Sterling, Illinois. The authors take you back two thousand years and describe how our area was at the crossroads of manufacturing an commerce, long before the advent of the Plains Indians with their tepees and bows and arrows.

 

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