Whipple Letter To Parents – Jan. 30, 1838
Below is a portion of a letter from William Harrison Whipple, aged 21, to his parents back in Massachusetts, Jacob and Susan Whipple, written in 1838. It is one of
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Below is a portion of a letter from William Harrison Whipple, aged 21, to his parents back in Massachusetts, Jacob and Susan Whipple, written in 1838. It is one of
What a gift! The city of Sterling was the beneficiary although in reality all area citizens were the ones to ultimately reap the many rewards in the years since the
Eleven years after the establishment of Whiteside County, Illinois, Mennonites began coming to this county. In 1852 Benjamin Stauffer and his wife were the first to arrive with a following,
Prior to the 1830’s, this area was the territory of the Sauk and Fox Indians. It was not until after the Black Hawk War of 1832 that settlement began in