History of Victor and Victor Township, Illinois-- Part 3

And, I bet you had never heard of Victor or Victor Township, Illinois.  I know I hadn't.  And, it's not that far from Northern Illinois University.

Ross Grove and Shabonna Grove furnish some of its people with timber, but most of them do not own no woodland.  They purchase coal from Kewanee for fuel and lumber from Michigan for fencing and building.  (What, no barb wire from DeKalb for fencing?)  The Little Creek Indian waters the township.

There is no village in the town.  (Not sure what this means.  Might mean no village in the township?)  Leland, a thriving  railroad village in La Salle County, about  one mile and a half from the south end of the town is the principal  center for trade of its people, and for its conveniences and accommodations which villages furnish.

The first school house  in the place was built in 1850, by Mr. Newton Stearns, on Section 8.  The school section was sold in 1855.

The population grew  from 355 in 1855, to 399 in 1860 to 835 in 1865.

The town or township sent 103 soldiers to the War of the Rebellion and taxed itself $10,858 to wage the war.  Four of its men died.

--RoadVic