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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN1M_shimer-college_Mt-Carroll-IL.html
Mount Carroll Seminary was founded as a coeducational institution in 1853 by Frances Ann Wood (later Mrs. Shimer). After the Civil War, enrollment was limited to women. Rechartered in 1896 as the Frances Shimer Academy of the University of Chicago…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMVQ_lewistown-trail_Mt-Carroll-IL.html
Lewistown Trail ran from Springfield to Galena via Lewistown. From 1827 to 1837 it was one of the main routes to the Galena lead mines. In general the trail ran in a northerly direction, crossing the Rock River at Prophetstown. It then zigzagged o…
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