Excerpt from The Waterloo City Code: Comprising Historical Data, City Officers and General and Special Ordinances of the City of Waterloo, Illinois Waterloo was named and laid out by George Forquer and Daniel Cook, in the year 1818, on Section 25, Township 2 South, Range 10 West. In 1825 the County Seat was removed from Harrisonville to Waterloo. First Hotel was David Ditch's Tavern in 1825. First murder case tried in Waterloo, December 22nd, 1827. Defendant acquitted. First Court House erected in 1832. Present Court House was completed April 1st, 1853, at a cost of $8000.00. Public School House built 1864, Ernst Rodenheiser Gotlieb Binder, Contractors. First Jail built 1839. Present Jail completed in 1874, at a cost of $10600.00. First Newspaper published in Monroe County, was established at Waterloo, in 1813, and called Independent Democrat. Elam Rust, editor. Waterloo chartered as a Town, February 12th, 1849, which charter was amended February 9th, 1857, and again amended February 18th, 1859. Incorporated as a City under the general law of the State, August 29th, 1888. 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.

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