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Excerpt from The History of Winnebago County, Ill: It's Past and Present, Containing a History of the County, It's Cities, Towns, Etc;, A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men The lapse of time in the intervening years since the date of these events, the changes that have followed, have not been without their history: a history full Of important events, and fraught with interest to the sons and daughters of those who followed in the footsteps of stephen mack, germanicus kent and thatcher blake from the Old homes in the New England States to the haunts of the Winnebagoes, and whose energy, enterprise and industry have made the fertile valleys, prairies and grove-covered hillsides of half a century ago to abound with modern acquirements, intelligence, wealth and prosperity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.