Welcome! We have a variety of books primarily pertaining to mining camps and abandoned towns throughout the West. Learn about mining rushes, transportation (roads, railroads, stagecoaches, early autos), and other factors that caused towns to spring up in specific locations. Find out what life was really like for the residents of these towns as they boomed and then slowly faded into ghost towns. Local newspapers covered gunfights, fires, mining disasters, blizzards, and mining frauds as well as the social activities that created a sense of community.

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Lee County, IL (19 items)

Lee County, IL (19 items)

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LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

19 items

Established: February 27, 1839

County seat: Dixon

1900 population: 29,894

Amboy c.1940 duplex on post card; 1964 machine cancel and faint 4-bar on 3x5 card

Ashton 1964 machine cancel on 3x5 card

Compton 1907 4-bar on post card [creased]; 1965 4-bar on 3x5 card

Dixon 1870s cds on cover; 1914 straight-line machine cancel on post card

Post cards: Court House [2 view, one c.1910, one c.1920]; Loveland Community Center [linen]; “Lincoln the Soldier” statue [2 views, one B&W, one linen]; Blackhawk statue [linen]; Lowell Park [linen]; Castle Rock [linen]

Franklin Grove 1965 duplex on 3x5 card

Harmon 1947 duplex on cover; 1965 roller on 3x5 card

Pawpaw 1904 duplex on cover

Sublette Post card: Woodhaven Lakes, aerial view [chrome]

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