German Valley Pleasant Prairie Academy – 1909 “History of Stephenson County 1970” Submitted by Roberta Van Briesen The History of Pleasant Prairie Academy (German Valley) Gerrnan Valley (population 490) is located in far north central Illinois in the southeastern portion of Stephenson County. The town is located about seven miles southeast of Freeport. German Valley is situated on the […]
Georgetown High School Building Georgetown HS Building from 1946 Yearbook The History of Georgetown High School Georgetown (population 3,628) is located in far eastern Illinois. Georgetown sits along U.S. Route 150 about 10 miles south of Danville and about 5 miles west of the Indiana/Illinois border. This places Georgetown in the southeastern portionof Vermillion County. […]
Early Genoa H.S. Building Genoa, IL The History of Genoa High School Genoa (population 4,169) is located in northeastern Illinois in the northeastern portion of DeKalb County. The Illinois Routes of 23 and 72 intersect in Genoa. The Soo Line Railroad and the Chicago, Central, & Pacific Railroads intersect in Genoa as well. The Kishwaukee River flows […]
Former Geff High School Building Credit to Laurie Selpien and http://www.genealogytrails.com/ill/wayne/ Geff High School Students – 1934 Credit to Laurie Selpien and http://www.genealogytrails.com/ill/wayne/ The History of Geff High School Geff ( Jeffersonville ) – population 366 – is located in Lamard Township in central Wayne County , about 7 miles northwest of Fairfield. The village is accessed […]
Former Gays High School Gym & Classrooms Courtesy of Dennis Downey – 2009 The History of Gays High School Gays (population 259) is located in lower-eastern Illinois about 12 miles west of Charleston. Illinois Route 16 is the main roadway through Gays and is parallelled by the Conrail Railroad. Gays is platted in the southeastern […]
Gardner High School Building 1908 Submitted by Richard Savage The History of Gardner High School Gardner (population 1,406) is located in northeastern Illinois about 20 miles west and a little north of Kankakee. Gardner sits in the southeastern portion of Grundy County. Interstate Highway 55, Illinois Route 53, and Illinois Route 129 all lead you to and […]
Garden Plain School Building 1915 Submitted by Nicollet Rodenborg Garden Plain School Building 2016 Photo by Cody Cutter “District #44 Built 1907” Garden Plain Bell 2016 Photo by Cody Cutter The History of Garden Plain High School Garden Plain (sometimes historically referred to as “Garden Plain Corners”) is located in Whiteside County in Northwest Illinois. […]
Galesburg St. Joseph Academy High School Building The History of Galesburg St. Joseph Academy Galesburg is an important railroad navagation point along the BN&SF railway and is also the birthplace of Carl Sandburg, a site of a Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and a temporary home for future President Ronald Reagan. Galesburg lies about 40 miles south of the […]
The History of Galesburg Costa School Galesburg is an important railroad navagation point along the BN&SF railway and is also the birthplace of Carl Sandburg, a site of a Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and a temporary home for future President Ronald Reagan. Galesburg lies about 30 miles south of the Quad City Area on Interstate 74 and […]
Galesburg Corpus Christi High School Corpus Christi Church Front Entrance, 2005 The History of the Corpus Christi Lyceum High School Galesburg is an important railroad navagation point along the BN&SF railway and is also the birthplace of Carl Sandburg, a site of a Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and a temporary home for future President Ronald Reagan. Galesburg lies […]