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Richard. Were all set. Were also very pro another local our events with bob richard. We are also proud today, you may have seen the fancier audio visual equipment, we are proud to present cspans filming this today so when you get home, you cannot only watch this on the center of the wet you to channel, youll be able to watch it on cspan. Anyway, this top has a very interesting genesis to me. Two of the earliest families in the area are the frost and richard family. The ross frost family had ranch outside of town and one summer, the photographer came for the summer and he had all this equipment. He had great plates, he had photography he had all these cameras, and he left them at the end of the summer. So a 28yearold net frost took all this equipment and at this point wasnt just a hunting guide in a trip to hunt he also became a photographer. And jack richard, became an esteemed photographer. So photography kind of runs in these families, and they have this rugged existence. But they ha ....
In early Kewanee, coal was king Star Courier When the purchasing committee for the Wethersfield colonists arrived in 1836 to buy land in Henry County, they found coal in Section 19 of what became Wethersfield Township. After the settlers arrived the next year, they opened what likely was the first coal mining operation in Henry County to power their saw and grist mills. By the time the railroad began surveying for its route in 1851, the colonists were already aware of coal in Section 29 of what would become Kewanee Township. Not long after the village which would become Kewanee was platted and the first train arrived in 1854, coal mining operations began in the township. ....