Origin of the Names of Stations On the Line of the Illinois Central Railroad Co
Origin of the Names of Stations On the Line of the Illinois Central Railroad Co
William K Ackerman
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The early settlers were principally from the States of Kentucky and Tennessee. The first settler was George Palmer, who located on Sec. 29, in the year 1827. The first store was carried on and owned by a man named Tibbies, who emigrated from one of the Eastern States. The town of DuBois was laid out in 1853 by L. I. Bridges, J. W. Tilley, and D. And E. H. Topping. About two-thirds of the population are Germans and Polanders ; the first colony of the latter settled here in 1873, on lands purchas...ed of the railroad company. On Sec. 27, on the east side of the " Little Muddy River, " on the second bottom, about ten feet above high 36 water mark, are the remains of an Indian burying ground, supposed to have been used as a place of sepulture by the Kaskaskia tribe. A coal shaft was sunk at DuBois by Vose & Beard, in 1865, and a six-foot vein of coal was found at the depth of 300 feet. TAMAROA. Named by Nelson Holt, agent at Tamaroa since 1855, and employed on the road as Civil engineer during its construction.
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