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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
History of Victor and Victor Township, DeKalb Co., Illinois-- Part 2
Continued from June 25.
Among the first settlers were: Jeremiah Mulford (first postmaster at Van Buren and named his post office after his favorite president), W.H. Keene, Aruna Beckwith, James Green, Newton Stearns, Peleg Sweet, Jerome Baxter, George N. Stratton, Simon Snydon, C. Beard and W.R. Prescott.
When the railroad was built in 1851, there was a large influx of new settlers. Many Irish and Germans purchased land and a considerable colony of Norwegians also established itself. They are now among the most thriving and prosperous of its townspeople.
There is now no land within the town that is not actually occupied.
--RoadDog
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