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356- Antioch Civil War
Centennial
1961
Souvenir Book
Contents:
Map on page 8
Published by the Antioch Lions Club
This booklet includes images of the area, advertisements, names and
facts.
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SNIPPETS of SALEM
356 - Antioch Civil War
Centennial
1961
Souvenir Book
Contents:
Map on page 8
Published by the Antioch Lions Club
This booklet includes images of the area, advertisements, names and
facts.
0- 119 pages
NOTES:
-Pages within the pamphlets may be out of sequence because of the scanning
process.
-Numbering on these pages may include the date and sequence within each
pamphlet.
The original materials used in this project were from the FWB Fred Wesley
Brown Collection. Some documents were photocopied before they were scanned
into the PDF document and those will be available in print format. The originals
may exist either in the FWB collection or at the Western Kenosha County
Historical Society- depending on family decisions at a later date. These
materials were contributed because the family wished that the history that they
and their families have experienced can be saved for the future generations.
Some "published" documents were dismantled in order to provide a 1:1 scan of
the original item rather than a scan of a photocopy. The decision to do this was
made because the INFORMATION was more important than the media that was
used to present the information. Naturally, singular ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
were not destroyed.
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SALEM COMMUNITY LIBRARY for more images in this collection or digital
images of items that may relate to this booklet or related to the topic.
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ANTIOCH
CIVIL WAR
CENTENNIAL
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JUNE 23, 24 and 25, 1961
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Published By
THE ANTIOCH LIONS CLUB
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PROLOGUE
T bis is our story of a century ago
When the Union was split by civil war
As a lightning bolt shatters a tree.
When brother fought brother
Witb a tenacity and fury mver before known by men,
To decide whether the world's great hope of Liberty and Equality
W auld survive or become an object of derision and scorn.
Before this war there was one United States,
And after it, another.
Through division came strength;
From blood came a national spirit.
W !:Jo knows what we would be today without this war;
Who knows what ballads would have been sung in New Eng)and,
What romances written in Dixie,
What political giants would have sprung from the prairies.
An unborn future lies buried in the graves
At Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
So many people have cooperated in the planning of this Centennial
and this book that it is impossible to list them all. We wish to thank each
and every one for this participation.
The entire membership of each of the following organizations is responsible for the events in this three day program.
Antioch Lions Club
American Legion Post No. 7 48
Loyal Order of the Moose
Antioch Woman's Club
Palette, Masque and Lyre
Antioch Garden Club
Antioch Women's Republican Club
Antioch Chamber of Commerce
Antioch Fire Department
Boy Scouts of America
Antioch Art Guild
We wish to thank the various commercial establishments for their
sponsorship of programs, business men for their support in helping to
establish a 100 year old atmosphere, and citizens of the area who have
loaned and donated memorabilia, books, letters and old pictures for our
use. Our gratitude is also extended to the boards, administration and faculty
of the grade school and high school for their contributions of school facilities
and available talent.
Our sincere thanks go to a dedicated band of Lions who spent
long hours selling advertising space, planning and publishing this book, and
to the individuals who gathered informal data and pictures for it.
Last but not least, we thank all individuals not connected with the
above organizations who participated in the Centennial because of their
interest in our community and its history.
J. W. Kopriva, M.D., Chairman
Jean M. Gresens, Secretary
Antioch Civil War Centennial Committee
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
SPRINGFIELD
OTTO KERNER
June 23, 1961
GOVERNOR
Message From
Governor Otto Kerner
Since I have so many happy memories of days spent
at Antioch, I know from past experiences that your commemoration
of the Civil War Centennial will be a bright and festive affair.
I hope your celebration will serve as an occasion for
you to recall that pivotal moment in our history when our Nation's
very foundation of unity of purpose and action were threatened
with complete destruction.
As you recall the role Antioch and Lake County played
in the war between the states, I sincerely hope you will pause
in your Centennial observance to reaffirm your faith in the
glorious principles of freedom and equality for which 36 Antioch
soldiers died during that great battle.
Mrs. Kerner and I extend our warmest wishes for a very
successful Civil War Centennial Celebration.
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Antioch, Illinois
Boats- Cottages- Bar- Rooms- Tackle- Bait
Phone Antioch 395-1676
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Another post cord scene, this is something we'll never see again. The
location is at the Soo Line tracks at the end of Depot Street, near the
Antioch Lumber Co.
Many will remember the old water tower and the above
picture was token from a post cord at the time of construction. A for cry from the steel structure that presently serves the community.
Out for a picnic. A little different dress, the addition of on outboard
motor and it might have been taken this summer.
We don't know who he is but we couldn't resist printing it. We placed the time accurately
as we could around 1900. At any rate its a
nice catch in any year and with more than half
century gone by, they're still catchin'em.
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Main street in 1 91 0 obviously was the site of some pretty
exciting gatherings as indicated above. The picture on
the left shows the rapid
growth of main street. Note
the latest thing in snow
plows.
Cap's Barber Shop as it looked in the late 1890's when
it was owned and operated
by Cap's father.
LORENZ'S
Smart Country House
Finest in Food and Cocktails
Highway 173 '!4 Mile West of Rte. 59
Mr. &Mrs. Ray Lorenz, your hosts
Phone 395-4211
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In The Beginning There Were Only Indians
In the year 1833 there were no white men
living within the bounds of what is now Lake County. Only bands of Indians of the Pottawatomie nation roamed the prairies and woodlands from one
camp to another, seeking sustenance from the
fruits of the seasonal hunts.
It is of particular interest to note that Lake
County and the northeast portion of Illinois was the
lost to be ceded by the Indian to the U. S. Government.
From the dim past of earlier centuries, it was
apparent that the area around the Chicago Portage
represented an important point of rendezvous for
the Indian, as it was a strategic crosspoint of their
ancient hunting and travel routes, both land and
water.
Following the events of the Black Hawk War
of 1832, a grand council was held at Chicago in
September, 1833, and a final treaty was signed.
The entire area of the State of Illinois was now in
the hands of the white man.
Representatives of the Government and all the
Indian nations of what remained of the Northwest
Territory were present. Tents, Teepees and wagons,
horses, and campfires crowded the mud flats of
Chicago that day. Description of this Grand Council is to be found in an early issue of the Antioch
News.
By it, the northeast corner of Illinois was at
last to be opened to settlement. This included what
is now Cook, Lake and McHenry counties. One
clause of the treaty read, "It being understood that
the said Indians are to move from all that part of
the land now ceded which is within the State of
Illinois immediately upon ratification of this treaty,
but to be permitted to retain possession of the territory north of the boundary line (Wisconsin Territory) of said state for the term of three years without molestation or interruption and under the protection of the laws of the United States".
This treaty was ratified by the Senate May
22nd, 1834, but was not proclaimed until Feb. 21,
1835.
The white settlers scarcely waited, however.
Before August, 1 836, a hundred homes had been
erected within the borders of what is now Lake
County.
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First Settlers In Lake County
In 1834, the year in which lands of Lake
County were opened to settlement, there were, besides Captain Daniel Wright and his family and
their contemporary neighbors Theron Parsons,
Hiram Kennicott and William Cooley, others who
soon arrived that first season to take up land claims
in various areas and add their names to the roster
of Lake County's earliest settlers.
It is probably true that Captain Wright's was
the only family to spend the entire winter of '34-35
in Lake County, although it has been claimed that
Peleg Sunderlin and his family spent that season
in their log home in the York House neighborhood
northwest of Waukegan. This location was soon to
become well known with the New York House, early
inn and stage coach stop on the busy Green Bay
Road.
The brothers Richard and Ransom Steele put
up a cabin home about two and a half miles south
of present day Libertyville. In this house on June
20, 1834, was born the first white child within the
limits of what is now Lake County, Albert B. Steele,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steele.
Moses Putney, cobbler, and Andrew S. Wells
also arrived near Libertyville, as did Charles H.
Bartlett, who later removed to Diamond Lake, and
became one of the first County Commissioners.
Jacob Miller came out from Chicago in '34
and built a saw mill near the mouth of Mill Creek
adjacent to present day Edic Road. He also erected
the first grist mill in the county and was one of the
earliest Justices of the Peace.
Jesse Wilmot located a home in Deerfield.
Joseph Flint and his son Amos built a cabin "away
over in Cuba Township" near the mouth of the
creek which today bears their name.
Many of the men came ahead alone to make
their land claims and erect a cabin of sorts, then
returned east or to Chicago for the first winter. The
spring of '35 saw them back with their families,
along with many other land hunters, and the close
of that year brought much progress in the settlement of this region.
Some remained but a short time and for restlessness or other reasons, wandered away, but the
majority made this their permanent home.
Especially favored were the tracts of land
which chanced to have a grove of trees nearby. The
advantages of possessing these commodities of
nature, wood and water, were obvious and of prime
important to the settler.
Water courses offered also a way of business,
as with a grist or saw mi 11, or even as means of
transportation to the markets, as decent roads were
not to be had for a few years.
Willard Jones was another of the very early
pioneers. His log cabin was located beside the old
Mukwonago Indian trail almost at the southwest
corner of Warren Township in 1835, with no neighbors for miles around. His home was a landmark
of the early days and was said to have been the
last one north and west of Libertyville until Burlington, Wis. was reached. June 27, 1836 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, the second white
child born in the county.
Solomon Norton, one of the first board of
Commissioners members, located in the township
of Libertyvilte. His oldest child, James, was the third
white child to be born in Lake County.
Seth Washburn settled near Half Day. He became the first postmaster appointed in the county,
and the first County Recorder, serving later as a
County Commissioner. At his house the voters held
their first election for officers of McHenry County.
The Rev. Samuel Hurlbut, a Methodist clergyman, was the first spiritual overseer to arrive, and
broke the monopoly of the justices in marriage fees.
Of those who arrived in '35, some of the following names can to this day be identified with
various historic places, roads, lakes, vi II ages and
townships of the county; E. Verdin and Tobias Wynkoop of Libertyville, Thomas McClure of Gurnee
Crossing, George Drury, Nelson Landon, Henry
Paddock, Churchill Edwards, William Gray, Burleigh Hunt, George Ela, A. Russell, Ira Harden,
Justus Bangs.
From 1835 forward there was a constant influx of homeseekers.
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Bring Americans More Good Food For
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Tel. 395-0726
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Everything to build Anything
Phone 395-0015
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Antioch Before The War
In December of 1836, D. B. Gage, Thomas Q.
Gage and Thomas Warner came up the Milwaukee
trail, an Indian path running from Chicago to Milwaukee. At Indian Creek they headed Northwesterly on the Muquonago trail running to the Indian
village of Muquonago, Wisconsin. At Mill Creek,
now Millburn, they liked the looks of the country,
and decided to explore the area. They headed westward, finally coming to the shores of Loon Lake,
where they erected a cabin as a temporary shelter.
Here, Warner staked out a claim on government
land available to the settlers. The Gage brothers
journeyed northward till they rejoined the Muquonago trail in what is now Antioch, and staked out a
claim north of a rushing stream which they named
Sequoit Creek. It was late in December, and snow
began to fall heavily, the temperature began to
drop, and it soon became extremely cold. They
picked up Warner and headed for home, but being
unfamiliar with the route in the heavy snow, their
progress was so slow that they almost froze to death
before coming onto the cabin of Willard Jones, 13
miles south of Loon Lake.
The following April, the Gage boys returned to
Antioch, and built the first house on their claim next
to the Creek, on what is now Mrs. R. D. Williams'
property. The site of the first dwelling is marked by
a tree which was planted when Antioch was 100
years old. In June of 1837, Thomas Warner built
the second house in the township on his original
claim at Loon Lake. Other settlers soon followed,
many coming from as far as New York and Pennsylvania. In 1839, the first saw mill was built, utilizing
Sequoit Creek for a power source. The first store in
town was built by F. F. Munson, and in a room above
this store Antioch had its first schoolroom in 1843.
The teacher had the very interesting name of Wei-
come Jilson. Other business establishments followed, among them, the store of Dan Head, which was
apparently well known throughout the County. In
1846 a post office was opened, and the first postmaster was the earliest physician of the area, Dr.
L. D. Gage.
A large proportion of the earliest settlers were
zealous followers of the Christian Church, known
as Campbell ites, therefore this was a very rei igious ·
community. The first religious meeting was held in
Antioch in 1839. Local humorists who did not belong to this group made joking suggestions that the
town be given a biblical name such as Jericho or
Joppa. The elders of the church took them up on
this and decided to name the place Antioch, after
the place where the Disciples were first called
Christians. In 1841 our neighboring town of Mill·
burn started their Congregational Church, which is
still flourishing and plays an active port in community life 120 years later. In 1846, a temperance
society was started in Antioch, and at the first meeting 154 inhabitants took the pledge. The minutes of
this meeting are still in existence and are in a remarkable state of preservation.
The first political meeting was held in 1850,
when a full slate of township officers was selected.
145 votes were cast. In national politics, the town
was at first Whig in sentiment and then strongly
Republican when that party absorbed the Whigs. In
1856 the townspeople cast 249 votes for "the Pathfinder/' John Fremont, and only 9 for Buchanan,
who became President. Lincoln beat Douglas here,
258 to 15, and then beat McClellan 4 years later
271 to 15. It would seem that the same 15 Democrats still lived in town. With these sentiments so
strongly displayed at the polls, it was not surprising
that Antioch answered Lincoln's call to arms so
enthusiastically.
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Here's a couple of real gems. The above you probably won't
recognize and if you do it might be cause for much weeping. That's
right it's a tax bill, receipt for property taxes on two lots. Can
you imagine, .63c and Mr. Smith probably was complaining with
others of this day about high taxes.
Immediately above is shown a certificate passing Miss Addie
Recter to the second grade. We can't help wondering if it was as
hard to come by as it would be today.
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Antioch In The Civil War
On April 15th, 1861, Abraham Lincoln called
upon the loyal state of the Union to furnish 75,000
militiamen to suppress the rebellion which had burst
into flame with the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
Illinois governor, Richard Yates, in the absence of
an effective militia, immediately called for volunteers. On the following day the word reached the
rural communities in our county. War meetings
were held that day in Antioch and Millburn, and a
group of young men from these neighboring towns
walked to Waukegan to enlist. There, they were
formed into Company K of the 12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and were sent to Chicago,
and then to Cairo where they served their three
months term of service. This was one of the earliest
groups in State service, and they spent the time
guarding what was then the most strategic spot in
Illinois and what subsequently became the gigantic
supply base and staging area for the entire Western campaign. Other volunteers from the county
were turned back to their homes, because more
men enlisted than the State could equip, feed, and
house. As a consequence, many men went across
the border to reenlist in Wisconsin units. In May,
1861, the 15th Ill. regiment was formed; men from
every township in this area were accepted for Co.
I of this regiment which became the first in Illinois
to be sworn in for three years service in the United
States Army.
As the War progressed and increased in intensity, more and more enlistees from Antioch
poured into the Illinois regiments until most of the
able-bodied men in this township of 1494 people
were in the Army. As this was almost entirely an
agricultural community, the farm work was done
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by women and children and the elderly. Old army
records reveal that Antioch men were members of
very many of the Illinois regiments, however the
large majority of them were in the 37th, 45th and
96th Infantry, and the 17th Cavalry. A list of the
men and their units will be found elsewhere in these
pages.
One of the darkest days in Antioch history was
September 20, 1863 when during the bitter battle
of Chickamauga where Illinois troops bore the
brunt of the Confererate onslaughts, five Antioch
men were killed in action. Equally disastrous was
August 16, 1864 during the Petersburg-Richmond
campaign, when in an assault on the Southern
stronghold, Fort Gregg, five Antioch youths in
Company F, 39th Ill. Regt. fell on the field of battle.
Four of these were ki lied immediately and the fifth
died of his wounds 2 months later. The survivors of
this regiment, the Yates Phalanx, named after Illinois governor, were present at Appomatox Courthouse, Virginia, when General Lee surrendered to
Ulysses S. Grant. The 39th was one of two Illinois
regiments which served with the eastern Army of
the Potomac, the vast majority of our troops engaged in the Western campaigns. Most Antioch
boys fought through the bloody battles of Fort
Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and
Lookout Mountain, and then marched with General
Sherman from Atlanta to the Sea.
Antioch has every right to be proud of her role
in the magnificent war effort that Illinois put forth.
Her enlistment rate was second to none, but a truer
indication of the town's effort during this National
crisis, is the fact that 36 of her boys never came
home again.
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Antioch Service Roster (1861 - 1865)
8th Illinois Infantry Regiment
Company B
John Jennings
Cpl. Archibald T. McCrady
George Neale
Ezekial Savage
James D. Soule
Solon Fairman
James P. Gamwood
Thomas Oturner
Frederick Stephens
12th Illinois Regiment
Company K
Charles Hannon
Arnold Stevens
Charles Kerle
James A. Smith
George Hamblin
Joseph Hunter
John McGuire
Frank Smith
William E. Mooney
Robert Hunter
John A. Mooney
Milo J. Smith
39th Illinois Regiment
Headquarters
47th Illinois Regiment
2nd Lt. William R. Wilson
Company F
Captain Gallio H. Fairman
2nd Lt. Warren Williams
Levi Ames
Edwin Clark
John Hannon
James Marsh
Daniel McCormack
Charles Pullen
Henry Soule
James Whaples
Charles Mclellan (Millburn)
Sgt. Harvillah Cooley
Artemus W. Tudd
Sgt. Walter Ames
Calvin Hadlow
Joseph Haycock
John Mase
Sgt. Collins McCloud
William H. Ring Jr.
William Schuler
Peter Cassidy (Millburn)
Sgt. Levi Simons
Marshall Paddock
John W. Blunt
James M. Gage
Company I
Columbus Haycock
Cpl. Samuel H. Judd
George Washington Popdleton
John Murphy
Alonzo B. Shepherd
Company C
Company F
Cpl. Charles L. Burdick
Thomas W. Kennedy
Wallace H. Webb
John H. Burdick
Adelbert Van Patten
Henry Fidler
Thomas H. Kennedy
Denzel Webb
Daniel Sherwood
45th Illinois Regiment
37th Illinois Regiment
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Company A
Parley Inman
51st Illinois Regiment
Company G
2nd Lt. Albert C. Simons
64th Illinois Regiment
Company K
Thomas Allen
65th Illinois Regiment
Company F
Charles Simpson
96th Illinois Regiment
Headquarters
Wallace B. Gage
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Sgt. James McCreadie
Ira Cribb (Mi II burn)
Squire Inman
David J. Minto
Charles Sammons
Cpl. James Kearney
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Willard Ames
Sgt. Martin Efinger
Reuben C. Jones
Oscar Rector
Joseph Savage
Cpl. Andrew T. White
Cpl. W. Bailey
John Fidler
William Morley
John Shatswell
Chase E. Webb
Company D
Capt. Walter Hastings
Cpl. John Sluman
Cpl. Henry J. Ring
John Bessey
Charles L. Devine
Andrew Farrier (Millburn)
Gustavus A. Greer
Miles Jones
Alfred Morton (Millburn)
Cpl. Frank Peppard
Thomas Pullen
James Rich
Alexander R. Thain
Jacob Van Patten
Arnold Willett
Sgt. John H. Colier
Cpl. Worthy S. Taylor
Martin M. Blunt
Walter Crapo (Millburn)
Andrew J. Dimick
James T. Guppy
Riley Hicks
Henry G. Levagood
James McCann (Millburn)
Albert Paddock
Isaac Quigley (Millburn)
George E. Smith
George E. Thayer
Henry Williams
William Warren
Sgt. Dornelius E. Hartnett
Cpl. Henry A. Webb
Nason C. Beecher
John M. Clark
Watson Davis
Wallace B. Gage
Harrison Jones
Peter B. Melindy
William Norton
George Paddock
Joseph A. Roth (Millburn)
John Swindells
Richard L. Thain (Millburn)
Richard Wilton
Charles E. Webb (Millburn)
Company G
William H. Whaples
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A. H. Jewett
1 53rd Illinois Regiment
Headquarters
Chaplain James B. Jackson
Company H
Capt. Samuel H. Judd
Cpl. Cornelius Coon
William H. Devine
Egbert W. Little
Marion D. Olcott
Walter Stickler
Almon D. Webb
Sgt. Roman Hosley
Albert Morehouse
Peter Fisher
Albert B. Merrell
Henry Pulver
Lewis Savage
Cpl. James R. Jones
Schuyler Bundy Jr.
William Low
Daniel Nelson
Arthur H. Quigley
William W. Savage
Company F
1 56th Illinois Regiment
Addison Felter
John J. Garrett
Battery I
First U.S. Artillery
Sam Higginbotham
Company G
9th Illinois Cavalry
Conroy Fidler
17th Illinois Cavalry
Company E
Cpl. George Clark
Joseph H. Williams
Company H
Charles M. Haynes
Company I
Capt. Nathaniel Vase (Hickory)
Cpl. James E. Collier
Sgt. William H. Sammons
Reuben C. Jones
William Westlake
Oscar C. Stevens
William H. Crane
Judson B. Rodgers
Company L
Joseph H. Williams
Many other Antioch men joined Wisconsin regiments, and a few
joined Missouri and Iowa Regiments when the quotas were filled in our state.
Unfortunately, their names are not listed in the Adjutant Generals records
for Illinois from which the above list was compiled.
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Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation
or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are
met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a
portion of that field as a final resting place for those who gave their
lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper
that we should do this.
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate- we cannot consecratewe cannot hallow- this ground. Brave men, living and dead, who
struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add
or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say
her, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living,
rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be
here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from
these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full measure of devotion- that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain- that this
nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- and that
government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, The Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863
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Antioch's Honor Roll
Killed In Action Or Died Of Wounds
AT SHILOH:
12th Ill. Infantry
12th Ill. Infantry
George Hamblin
Arnold Stevens
April 6, 1862
April 6, 1862
AT PRAIRIE GROVE, ARKANSAS
December 7, 1862
37th Ill. Infantry
Calvin Hadlow
AT CHICKAMAUGA:
51st
96th
96th
96th
96th
2nd Lt. Albert Simons
John Fidler
Squire W. Inman
James Rich
William H. Whaples
Ill.
Ill.
Ill.
Ill.
Ill.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
19,
20,
20,
20,
20,
1863
1863
1863
1863
1863
AT RICHMOND- PETERSBURG SECTOR
Henry Fidler
Thomas H. Kennedy
Thomas W. Kennedy
Daniel Sherwood
Adelbert Van Patten
39th
39th
39th
39th
39th
Ill.
Ill.
Ill.
Ill.
Ill.
August 16, 1864
August 16, 1864
August 16, 1 864
October 28, 1864
August 16, 1 864
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
DURING MORGAN'S RAID:
Worthy S. Taylor
July 14, 1863
96th Ill. Infantry
AT ANTIETAM:
Austin Sadler
2nd United States Regt.
AT KENESAW MOUNTAIN:
Otto Richter
Horace Barnes
June 27, 1864
June 27, 1864
51st Ill. Infantry
Regt. not ascertained
AT ATLANTA:
Charles Hannon
July 24th, 1864
12th Ill. Infantry
AT BLAKELY ALABAMA:
James P. Gamwood
8th Ill. Infantry
April 9, 1865
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED:
Conroy Fidler
John Garrett
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9th Ill. Cavalry
156th Ill. Infantry
May 22, 1865
date unknown
Died Of Disease
Will S. Quinn
1st Wis. Cavalry
date unknown
Durkee Cole
12th Ill. Infantry
May 13, 1861
Ezekial Savage
37th Ill. Infantry
Feb. 18, 1864
Mason C. Beecher
96th Ill. Infantry
Sept. 27, 1863
Arnold Willett
96th Ill. Infantry
Oct. 28, 1863
Chauncey M. Collier
17th Ill. Cavalry
May 6, 1865
Edwin Clark
37th Ill. Infantry
date unknown
Henry Soule
37th Ill. Infantry
Sept., 1864
Andrew Farrier
96th Ill. Infantry
Dec. 2, 1863
Richard Wilton
96th Ill. Infantry
Dec. 19, 1862
John Clark
7th Wis. Battery
May, 1865
Wm. H. Ring Jr.
37th Ill. Infantry
April 9, 1862
John G. Rector
33rd Wis. Infantry
date unknown
Miles Jones
96th Ill. Infantry
April 7, 1863
Henry C. Pulver
96th Ill. Infantry
date unknown
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The Youngest Yankee
Although this Civil War Centennial book is
mainly concerned with Antioch's role in that war,
let us pay tribute to our large neighbor to the east,
Waukegan, by telling the tale of a very unusual
boy. Lyston D. Howe enlisted in the Union Army as
a drummer boy at the age of ten years and nine
months. He was the son of Mayor William H. Howe,
a veteran of the Mexican War. Mayor Howe moved
to Waukegan in 1852 after his wife had died to be
near his sister, Mrs. Samuel Shaw, who helped care
for Lyston and his brother1 Orion 1 who was two
years older.
When Sumter was fired upon, Major Howe enlisted in Company I of the 15th Illinois volunteers/
one of the earliest Illinois units. Lyston and Orion
joined the same company as drummer boys so they
would not be separated from their father. The company was mainly made up of Lake County men 1
among them James Hannson of Antioch. The regiment, with its five foot two inch drummer boy1 served in the fall of 1861 in the campaign in southwestern Missouri. There, Lyston got the measles
and he was discharged as a minor on October 21
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1861. But Ws hard to keep a good man, or boy,
down. Soon Lyston showed up at Paducah, Kentucky where he promptly enlisted in the 55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He participated in all the
battles of the Army of the Tennessee with his
regiment. At Vicksburg, his brother, Orion, then
fourteen, won the nation S highest honor, the medal
of honor, by running across the battlefields under
continuous fire to get ammunition for his fellow
soldiers. Though wounded, he got up and carried
out his mission successfully.
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Lyston continued with Sherman's army from
Atlanta to the Sea, drumming, and helping out in
the Signal Corps. At one point in Georgia he became separated from his unit and was captured by
a Confederate officer. The officer turned his back
once and Lyston leaped upon his horse and sped
away, eventually finding his way back to the Union
army. He was discharged as a veteran in 1865 at
the ripe old age of fourteen. He lived until 1937,
spending most of his life after the Civil War in
Streator, Illinois.
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Lake Street about 1905 consisted of
lots of trees and few business establishments. It may not have been much for
business then, but it was great far
impromptu horse races.
Looking southeast from the old water
tower at Main Street in the early 1900s.
Note the barns and hay located behind
the stares an the west side of the street.
Another shot of Antioch looking east
from the water tower. In the foreground
is the old Simon's Hotel located where
the Fire Department and Rescue Squad
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The Adventures
Of Joseph
Joseph Savage, a farmer of Antioch, enlisted
in Company C of the 96th Illinois volunteer regiment on August 1, 1863. The regiment skirmished
frequently with the Confederates through Kentucky and Tennessee but had their first real test
at Chickamauga. There, on the first night of this
bloody battle, Company C was detailed to picket
duty on Mission Ridge. During the night, the Union
forces were compelled to retreat, and the rebels
moved in behind the pickets. In the morning, Savage and his Lake County comrades saw that they
were surrounded. They tried to be quiet to avoid
being discovered, and captured several Confederate
soldiers who wandered into the area. However, they
were soon discovered by the main southern troops
and were attacked in force. After a spirited fight in
which they inflicted many casualties, they had to
surrender. Union arms were demanded, but Savage
broke his over a log rather than let it fall into
enemy hands. He also disposed of one of his officer's guns.
Savage and his fellow prisoners were sent to a
tobacco warehouse in Richmond and later to Castle
Thunder, where they drew rations from Libby prison. In April, 1864, Joseph Savage was sent to the
new Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
When he arrived there, his clothing consisted of one
poi r of drawers, one shoe, one sock, part of a
blouse, and a piece of shirt which he fashioned into
a cap to protect himself from the sun. He also had
an old knife which he carried through the war.
There were 30,000 men crammed into Andersonville while he was there, and they died like flies.
Savage procurred a pair of pants from one of the
bodies. The diet consisted of cornmeal and watery
bean soup, and Savage lost weight rapidly. While
Savage
their, his only activity was carving objects with his
old knife out of any wood he could find. A pipe
which he carved out of cherrywood is currently on
display in Antioch during this centennial.
From Andersonville, he was transferred to
Florence, South Carolina where he slept outside in
rain and snow. Finally, in early 1865, he was paroled but he was so weak he could hardly walk and it
was nine miles to the Union lines. During the night,
he got lost in the canebrakes of the area. In the
morning, others in the group missed him and tried
to find him, but he was too weak to call to them.
An old negro went down the road close to where
Savage lay. The soldier rattled the canebrakes and
attracted the colored man's attention. The friends
were summoned and carried Savage to the Union
lines and a hospital, where he lay in a delirium for
11 days.
In a short time, his friends were sent North by
ship. Savage pleaded to go along but the doctors
wouldn't let him go in his poor condition. This was
a stroke of luck because the ship carrying his
comrades was lost with all passengers in a severe
storm at sea. Finally, in the summer of 1865, he
painfully made his way home. Everybody in Antioch
thought he was dead because no word of him had
reached here. After a slow trip from Waukegan, he
knocked on the door of his log cabin; his wife opened the door and fell fainting to the floor when she
saw him.
After a long period of convalescence, he and
his wife resumed farming and raised a family.
Joseph Savage had spent 17% months in Confederate prisons. Of the 27 men in his company that
were imprisoned, only seven came out of the prison
camps alive.
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An Age Of Eloquence
In 1861, science was in its infancy, American
history was of short duration, and sociology, physiology, and the other humanities were almost unheard o( so the schools concentrated on readin',
writin', 'rithmetic and spelling. Consequently, people with any public education at all spelled very
well and wrote quite fluently. Books were fairly
scarce, there were no radios, movies, or television,
so conversation and oratory at meetings and gatherings were the main sources of entertainment and
enlightenment. People would sit for hours and listen to speeches. Many of these were wordy, inconsequential, and empty, but on the other hand, some
of the greatest passages in American history were
spoken or written at this time. "With malice toward
none; with charity for all," and the rest of the
beautiful prose in Lincoln's second inaugural address will live forever in English and American
literature. A copy of his Gettysburg address hangs
at Oxford University, voted by faculty and students
as their favorite piece of prose in the English language. Stephen A Douglas, Walt Whitman, and
many others wrote immortal words during this period.
But the ability to express one's self in words
was not limited to the great statesmen. An Antioch
area soldier wrote home to his mother from Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1864. He didn't say the weather
was plain hot; he said "I think there must be quite
a contrast between the weather here and what you
are having at home. It has been uncomfortably
worm; last Friday the thermometer stood at eightyfive degrees of heat." The letters of the day are
usually written in fine penmanship and are quite
formal. The writer would usually sign his full name
even though the letter was to a very close relative
or friend.
Recently, some letters were discovered from
a Mrs. A E. Jennings of Bridgeport New York to
her brother, Henry Rector who had moved to Antioch and settled here. Early in 1865 she commented on the War: "You seem very confident about the
War, and I must say things look favorable. Our
armies have done nobly, but I fear Lee will have to
be fought desperately yet, but I hope he may be
beaten and taken, for I think some of the leaders of
this rebellion ought to die on the gallows, but I fear
they will not. The Copperheads do not like to acknowledge that anything yet has been done, but
they were a crestfallen lot last Fall after the election. Last Friday the draft took place in our district once more, and many think there will be another in 3 months. Every month brings the War so
much nearer to a close, for as all other wars have
come to an end, so I suppose must this one. I hope
the time is near when our sons will no more have to
face the cannons mouth; when we can once more
sit down under our own vine and fig trees with none
to make us afraid. When I think of the lives lost,
the fatherless children, of the starving prisoners,
and all the horrors connected with this war, it does
seem enough, and that this correction must soon
pass over."
A few months later this very perceptive lady
wrote," They are as bitter (she speaks of the Copperheads) as the most southern 'Secesh' can be.
They can not hear one word without calling hard
names, as that is all the argument that party is
capable of getting up. It seems so strange that men
of common sense can be so stubborn. I sometimes
think they would rather see everything in ruin than
not have their party in full power. Some go far
enough to say they would rather live under a Kingly
government than the Republicans, when they have
never given one cent, or had any of their family in
danger for one hour. They are hardly worthy of the
liberty they have and do enjoy. I think there is as
much danger from traitors at home as the rebels
at the South. To me our nation's affairs look dark,
yet I believe they will eventually come out bright;
but what sacrifices we shall have to make before
that time comes is more than I can tell. When I
think of the vastness of our territories, it seems
hardly possible that such an extent of land, if peopled, could all be under one government, certainly
not unless we are a free people, and liberty is enjoyed by Black as well as White. Their numbers tell
plainly that there must come a time when they will
assert their rights. Too long has the land groaned
under the curse of Slavery, and now the time has
come for their freedom and the whole country is
convulsed. It seems like the upheaving of a continent by volcanic fires. God grant that it may end in
peace with liberty for all."
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Recollections Of Lydia Horton
We regret that Mrs. Lydia E. Horton passed away Tuesday, Moy 30, ond did not get to see her recollection in print.
Mrs. Murry (Lydia) Horton of North Avenue
has probably lived in Antioch longer than anyone
else. She was born in a one room log cabin on a
farm one mile west of her present home, adjoining
the present Trevor Road. Her maiden name was
Lydia Proctor, and she was the third of six children.
She remembers that the farm had an old log hut
on it in which Indians had previously lived. Fifteen
acres of the farm were under cultivation and the
rest was thickly timbered. An old dirt wagon road
ran to the town of Antioch, which then consisted of
a few stores and homes.
Grandma Horton, as she is known to most
townspeople, says her main remembrance of her
childhood was the hard work that they all had to do.
The land was cleared by a team of oxen and a hand
plow and she remembers that they killed many
rattlesnakes while doing this. She says many days
she worked at the grindstone sharpening scythes and
other implements till she was ready to drop. She
also remembers splitting rails for fences. The family raised their own corn, wheat, rye, garden vegetables, chickens, horses, sheep and pigs. Her mother
made her own yeast and kept a batch going from
year to year. To make soap, they saved all their
grease and the ashes of all the wood they burned.
The children would leech the ashes by pouring water
slowly over them to wash the lye out for the soap.
They made clothing from their wool which they
spun and carded at home.
Mrs. Horton went to a one room schoolhouse
that stood across the road from where the present
Antioch Grade School is located. The children sat
on plank seats and they had plank benches that extended across the room. She recalls an old pot-belly
iron stove with a stovepipe that went across the entire ceiling.
When Lydia and her brothers and sisters were
children, they played hide-and-go-seek and hide the
thimble as children do today. "Auntie over" was a
game where a child would stand at each side of the
house; one would throw a ball over the house and
the other would try to catch it. "Bloody Tom" was
another favorite. The children would lie on the
floor in the darkened cabin and the oldest brother
would come in and stomp on the floor with a cane.
The younger would ask, "Who's there?" he wou~d
reply, "Bloody Tom and I've come for a sheep."
The children would shout "Welt take it and be
gone with you", whereupon he would grope through
the dark until he found one of them and pull her by
her feet across the cabin floor amidst much shrieking and squealing. She also remembers having a
swing made out of a log chain, and a whirligig,
which consisted of a rod in the ground with a plank
across it and a board seat at each end. This would
be spun around like our present merry-go-rounds.
When they got older, they participated in Friday night spelldowns at the schoolhouse when most
of the parents and townspeople would attend. Dances were infrequent but popular, and people wot:ld
walk miles to go to them. Visiting back and forth
was the main entertainment. Lydia's father used
to make popcorn and hang it up in the house in a
pillowcase. When company came the pillowcase was
brought down and all would eat popcorn, apples ond
drink cider. Grandma Horton says the pleasures of
life were much simpler then, but no less enjoyable
than they are today.
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ANTIOCH METHODIST CHURCH
The history of the Methodist Church in Antioch, Illinois covers a period of over eighty years,
and began with A J. Bell, an evangelist who conducted meetings in an Baptist Church, unoccupied.
A Methodist Church of about forty members was
organized in November, 1879, with W. J. Atchinson appointed the pastor.
The Sunday School, a popular and important
program of the present church life, was organized
in 1879 by A J. Bell with Henry Rector as superintendent. In 1883 Mrs. Edwin Brown organized the
first juvenile society of the church which was called
"The Band of Hope." In 1880 the ladies of the
Church met at the home of Mrs. D. A Williams
and organized the Ladies Aid Society.
The Church property was purchased in 1886
from the Baptist Society for a consideration of $400,
the money to be used in repairing the old church.
The present church building was constructed and
dedicated in 1901, with prominent features being
the beautiful stained glass windows.
The first parsonage of 1905 was rebuilt in
1926 and finally sold in 1955, with the present
parsonage located on Parkway Ave.
in the memory of his congregation it seems Father
Joyce was always wiring it up again.
Father J. E. Lynch took charge in 1909, and
in 191 0 the missions of Rosecrans and Antioch being divided, St. Mary's at Fox Lake became a mission of Antioch.
St. Peter's Parish, Antioch, has always been
known as the summer resort of the Archdiocese,
and during the vacation months is attended by
thousands of additional adopted parishioners. For
many years Mass was said during the summer
months at various locations, Channel Lake Pavilion,
Lake Villa, etc. and for a while a large tent served
as a main auditorium for Sunday masses in Antioch.
Father John Lynch who was pastor for twenty
years was succeeded at his death by Father Daniel
Frawley under whose leadership the present beautiful church and rectory were built, dedicated in
August, 1930. All the land on which the parish
plant is situated was donated by Bernard F. Naber,
from his farmland.
The handsome parochial school was built in
1949, in charge of the Sisters of Charity of the
B.V.M. of Dubuque, Iowa, during Father Morgan
F. Flaherty's leadership.
At present the Church is organized with a
thriving Sunday School, the Women's Society of
Christian Service, four afternoon women's circles,
two evening women's circles, Methodist Men's Club,
Methodist Youth Fellowship, The Official Board,
and the Adult Choir.
In 1956 the cornerstone was laid for the building of a lovely convent for the sisters, under Father
Alfred Henderson's leadership, and the dream of
many for the completion of the parish plant of St.
Peter's has successfully materialized.
One of the most significant projects undertaken by the congregation during its eighty some
year history was the construction of the handsome
Educational Unit which is known as Wesley Hall.
This addition, started in 1950, was completely
finished and decorated during the pastorate of Rev.
Howard C. Benson, 1953-1958. The Reverend Wallace Anderson is now pastor, and under his guidance
the congregation is continuing a vigorous and expanding history of Methodism in Antioch.
THE CHURCH OF ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
HISTORY OF ST. PETER'S PARISH
St. Peter's Parish, Antioch, was founded in
1900 by Father M. Bruton, becoming a mission of
Rosecrans parish at that time. In 1904 Father
Bruton was succeeded by Rev. J. P. Joyce and the
parish residence was transferred from Rosecrans
to Antioch. Here a small white frame church building was erected on Victoria St. with an expenditure,
so the records show, of $520.00 for lumber. Also
on record or at least in the recollection of many
parishioners who attended the little church, is
Father Joyce's observance that there was more
stove pipe in that little building than any other
church in Antioch, and not too much heat. The pipe
stretched from front to back, the entire length of
the building, as was customary in those days, and
The Church building of St. Ignatius of Antioch
is of significant historical interest in itself, as, having been erected in 1863 as a denominational meeting place, it is one of the earliest structures within
the town. The timbers of the building were hand
hewn by men whose descendants are members of
the present congregation.
Before the establishment of St. Ignatius Mission Church in 1915, there had been no parish in
this area for many years. From 1871 to 1900, St.
Mary's Church in Spring Grove, and another mission church at Wilmot, Wis. were in existence at
about the same time. Descendants of the members
of these Missions are now members of St. Ignatius
Parish.
This mission church, when organized in 1915,
was named the Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch
after the third bishop of Antioch in Asia Minor
who wrote letters or epistles about 110 A D. enroute to his martyrdom in Rome. These letters are
sti II preserved.
The old bell hanging in the church belfry
pealed forth almost a hundred years ago to announce the glad tidings that the bitter Civil War
was at last over. Its clear tones Mill summon the
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congregation to services today, and are augmented
by a choir of beautiful chimes, a memorial to the
late Mrs. Ernest Brook.
The first Confirmation Class at St. Ignatius
was presented in June, 1916 by the Rev. EdwardS.
White, founder and first Priest of the mission. These
Confirmants were; Ida Osmond, Carolyn Horan,
Lester Osmond, Susan R. Webb, Eva M. Kaye, Mary
L. Smart, Mrs. J. B. Fields, Pauline Smith, Emma
Simons, Thomas Somerville, Jane E. Sibley, Mrs. F.
0. Hawkins, William Osmond, Christian R. Kelly,
Robert S. Kelly and Charles E. Kelly. The first infant baptized in St. Ignatius Church was William E.
Brook, now a vestryman.
The Women's Guild was organized in 1915,
as was the now rapidly expanding Church Sunday
School.
In 1924 the parish house was given by the
Church of the Holy Spirit, Lake Forest, and moved
here. At about the same time the Rectory was purchased and the church was extensively remodeled.
The parish is notable for the stability of its
congregation; most of the parishioners were born
in Antioch Township or nearby, and most have
parents and garndparents who were born here.
The Parish Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch
was officially made a Parish Church by the Diocese
of Chicago on May 8th, 1951.
MILLBURN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
The story of the Millburn Congregational
Church began in 1840, only a few years after the
first Scottish immigrant settlers came from the
eastern states seeking to homestead the government lands of northern Illinois, newly opened in
1837.
The creek which flows but a short distance
east of the church quickly became in those early
days the main artery of the community and the
little village was named for the hurrying stream
and the sawmill on its bank ... Millburn.
The Rev. Flavel Bascome ,missionary of the
Congregational Home Missionary Society, Chicago
office, found an eager readiness for a church in
the new village, and guided the church through its
beginnings with fourteen people mllied around
him to become the first members. In the early days
religious services were held in the log cabin style
village school house, with meetings conducted
mainly by the deacons of the church.
Then in 1844 the Rev. William Bradford
Dodge came from Massachusetts to minister to the
tiny embryo church. June 1, 1847 was a gala day
for Millburn when a real church was dedicated and
Father Dodge was formally installed as resident
minister, to serve for eighteen years. He was a reformer, with "Temperance" and "Abolition" his
causes. Prior to and during the Civil War years
wispers spoke of Millburn as a station on the underground railroad operating northward toward Canada
and emancipation. Tradition has it that no one
talked very much about this railroad which left no
tracks.
OLD HOUSE OF WORSHIP, 1860
The Church Sunday School began during these
early years and the first women's organization came
into being in 1847, as the Sewing Circle, from which
evolved the efficient Ladies' Aid Society, today
such an essential adjunct of the Church.
Father Dodge relinquished his leadership in
1867 in a memorable dedication ceremony of a
brand new church building. A succession of able
and consecrated ministers contributed to the spiritual significance of the Millburn Church in the decades which followed; years which saw the Millburn community pass from a pioneer village to the
ordered life of a settled society. The Church membership enlarged considerably, with many of its
members today of the fifth generation of original
families.
In 1935 fire reduced the historic structure of
1867 to a mass of charred ruins, but in 1937 a new
and handsome church edifice was dedicated on the
same site, ushering in a new, stronger and broader
era of Millburn Church history.
The present pastor, L. H. Messersmith has
been here for 19 years, longer than any of the
other ministers in the history of this church.
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
On April 15th, 1951 Antioch witnessed the
birth of a new church. Starting as a mission of the
Wilmot Lutheran Church, Pastor R. Otto journeyed
to Antioch between his regular services at Wilmot
to direct the Sunday meetings then being held at
the Antioch American Legion Building. A new
church building was raised on route 21 in 1954
and dedicated in 1955.
Although a relatively short one, the history
of the Faith Evangelical Church of Antioch is a
dynamic one. Since its first meeting of approximately 75 members, the church has grown to a communicative membership of 250. In 1960 the Church
came under the direction of Pastor M. E. Otterstatter.
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Antioch's Schools
It was not long after the first settler families
arrived in the neighborhood of Antioch, then known
as the Gage Settlement, that the first school was
begun. Welcome Jillson was the instructor and
held classes in the attic room above Munson's store.
His first pupil was young Thomas Gage.
she affirms. That schoolteacher came to school
every morning to face single-handed all of forty
kids and anyways fifty dogs. And he could handle
them all very we11!
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The early day subscription schools were the
mode of pioneer education through the forties,
fifties. Samuel Warner, one of the first families to
settle in Antioch, recalled the schoolhouses were
built of logs, and he conned his lessons from a
"desk" which consisted of a hand-hewn slab seat
that was supported by wooden pegs. School was
kept for about three-four months of the year, the
remainder spent in assisting with the many and
varied chores about the farm home.
For some decades the condition of roads thruout the area were of atrocious condition, and partly due to this fact, many a country crossroads
boasted the lonely silhouette of a little one-room
school house. The old Johnson school once stood
at the intersection of Deep Lake Road and North
Ave. and the old Bean Hill School at the corner of
Deep Lake Road and Rte. 173. These many little
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Shrines of learning" continued as a familiar part
of the American scene until the Twenties, when
the trend to consolidate the school districts became
genera·! throughout the land.
By the Sixties much of the early rough pioneer
life was making a transition to the ordered life of
a settled society. By the Seventies Antioch school
had developed into a handsome one room white
frame school house, located on the same site occupied by the present one.
Lydia Horton, whose story is elsewhere in these
pages recalls attending school in this building and
remarks of the durable fibre of which the early
schoolmasters were made. "They had to be stern/ 1
In 1892 an imposing yellow-brick structure
was erected at the corner of Main and Depot Sts.
in Antioch to replace the little wooden school house
which was eventually removed. The new building
housed all eight grades but there was no formal
high school education completed unti I 1915 when
a red brick structure was built on land adjacent to
Main St. and Rte. 173 south of town. Additions to
both of these educational units have been made
through the ensuing years to reflect the thriving
growth of Antioch community.
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ANTIOCH CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL
June 23-24-25
Schedule of Events
Friday, June 23rd
ART EXHIBIT AT 1 P.M.
At Antioch High School
The art pieces in this shaw are all dane by local artists. The usual ribbons will be
awarded for oil, water color and miscellaneous divisions. A trophy for the best work
dealing with any phase of the Civil War will be awarded. A trophy for the best af show,
regardless of subject, will also be awarded. This event is sponsored by the Antioch
Women's Republican Club and the prizes will be donated by them. The judge for the
event will be Mr. Warren Zander, leading member of the Fine Arts Workshop of
Waukegan. Mr. Zander will judge the works on Saturday; the exhibit will be open
from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
GARDEN SHOW AT 1 P.M.
At Antioch High School
Another fine exhibition will take place at the Antioch High Schaal at
1 p.m. in the form of a Garden and Flower Show. Under the title, "Let
Freedom Ring", "A Symphnoy of Flowers", the Antioch Garden Club
presents its fourth annual show. There will be five divisions of competition. Some of the sections deal with Civil War and Centennial
themes.
The Garden Club has arranged for six judges from a national flower
and garden organization to judge all of the entries. There will be exhibitions of Flower Arrangements, Table Settings, and many others.
Judging will be done by Messrs. R. K. Butts, John C. Lessing, Paul
Messick, J. E. Nellis, Ralph Sandeen, R. W. Christiansen.
We're sure that any "Green Thumbers" in the audience can't afford
to miss this one.
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CENTENNIAL PARADE AT 7 P.M.
Starting at the Swimming Pool
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One of the main events of the Centennial will get underway at 7 o'clock on Friday
evening. This will be the Centennial parade which will start at the swimming pool
and proceed through town to the high school where the opening ceremonies commemorating the Centennial will begin. The parade is being sponsored by the American
Legion Post 7 48 of Antioch and the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge 525 of Antioch.
The chairman for this particular event is Mr. John Horan. Some of the highlights
of the parade, of course, will be the bands and marching groups. Some of those appearing will be the U.S. 5th Army Band, Antioch Grade School Band, Bristol band,
The Custer Brigade, Zion High School band, and the Legion Lancers from Mundelein. There will also be other categories and floats which are certain to provide endless entertainment for all.
OPENING CEREMONIES AT 8 P.M.
At Antioch High School
At the conclusion of the parade, which terminates at the Antioch High
School, an opening ceremony under the direction of Bill Brook will be
held. With the aid of a U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard, a brief but impressive ceremony will officially open Antioch's three day Civil War
Commemoration. The Reverend L. W. Messersmith, Pastor of the Millburn Congregational Church, the oldest church in the area, will give the
invocation.
HISTORICAL PAGEANT AT 8:30P.M.
At Antioch High School
Immediately after the opening ceremonies on the high school grounds, we
hope you will be able to retire to the auditorium of the high school to enjoy
the historical pageant, "Antioch to Appomatox". This is being produced by
Palette, Masque & Lyre, the fine arts group in Antioch. An orchestra of twenty,
under the able baton of Mr. George Olisar, a choir of forty directed by Mr.
Kenneth Smouse and a script to be read by a narrator will lend themselves
to a series of tabloids depicting scenes of the times during the Civil War.
The script has been prepared by Dr. J. W. Kopriva and the entire production
has been directed by Mr. John Jessup and Mrs. Joseph Hunley. This should
prove to be one of the highlights of the entire Centennial weekend. Curtain
time Friday night will be immediately after the opening ceremonies and
Saturday night's curtain time will be 8: 15 p.m.
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June 24th
Saturday, June 24, marks the first full day of our commemoration activities. As you walk down Main street, one cannot
help but feel the festive centennial mood created by the merchants' window displays, costumes, and street decorations.
This is all the work of our local Chamber of Commerce who have spent many long hours creating this centennial atmosphere.
Repeat of Garden Show at 10 a.m.
ESSAY CONTEST AT 10:30 A.M.
At State Bank of Antioch
At 10:30 on Saturday, the State Bank of Antioch will be the scene of
the presentation of awards to the finalists in the essay contest. This
contest was open to any student from the fifth through the twelfth
grades. The subject matter was to be on anything pertaining to the
Civil War. There will be a $25.00 Savings Bond awarded to each winner in every class and ten silver dollars awarded to the second place
winners from each class. The judges for this event are Mr. Kenneth
Smouse, Mrs. William Hart, and Miss Betty Lu Williams.
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Repeat of Art Exhibit at 1 p.m.
COSTUME CONTEST AT 1 P.M.
In Front of Moose Hall
The contestants of the costume contest are asked to gather in front
of the Moose Hall for the purpose of selecting the winners. Costumes
must be made by the contestant and be representative of the Civil
War era.
The Antioch Moose Lodge, sponsors of the event ask that all contestants be present promptly at 1 P.M.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT 1 P.M.
At Fire Department
The Antioch Woman's Club will sponsor a coke and ice-cream social
on the village green from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday. This should
be a delightful place to pause ond refresh yourself during the day's
festivities. Members of the Woman's Club will be the hostesses for
this affair and will be garbed in costumes reminiscent of the Civil
War period. Chairman for this event is Mrs. Helen Nelson.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN AT 2 P.M.
At Antioch Grade School
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At 2 o'clock in the Antioch Grade School gym, the movie "Uncle Tom's Cabin" will be
shown through the courtesy of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company. The importance of
this particular work and its connection to the Civil War is, of course, known to all. Admission to this film is free; arrangements to show the film were made through Mr.
Donald Hood, manager of the local telephone office.
HISTORICAL PAGEANT AT 8:30P.M.
At Antioch High School
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FIRE DEPARTMENT DANCE AT 9 P.M.
At Fire Station
This very busy day will be climaxed by the 48th annual Firemen's Dance. Always a
big event on Antioch's summer activity calendar, this year's dance promises to be
even bigger and better.
Dancing will start at 9 P.M. and continue til everyone goes home. The music will be
provided by King Jaros and his very fine Orchestra.
The Antioch Volunteer Fire Department has promised many interesting features
which will make this evening one that will always be remembered.
Sunday~
June 25th
CHURCH SERVICES
There is no more fitting way for the people of Antioch to commemorate the Civil War
than for them to attend the church of their choice and to give thanks for being a
port of this community and its history. Perhaps the least talked about but most important part of this commemoration will be experienced during these services.
Let's all set this time aside to show that this is a serious occasion.
OLD FASHIONED BAR-B-Q AT 11:30 A.M.
At Antioch Swimming Pool
After the morning church services, the swimming pool will be the scene of an old
fashioned chicken barbeque sponsored by the Antioch Lions Club. The gentlemen will
serve from II :30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. From 12 noon until 3 p.m .. , home delivery
will be available to those who would desire such by calling Antioch 359. The menu
will consist of barbequed chicken, coleslaw, potato chips, rolls and butter and a
beverage. There will be swimming for all and the Antioch Grade School band and
some area square dancing groups will provide music and entertainment for the afternoon. Final judging of the beard growing contest will also be held at this time. This
is an opportunity for all of us to close the weekend festivities on a note of fine food,
good music and amiable companionship a wonderful opportunity for the family
to enjoy themselves.
CLOSING CEREMONY AT 5:30 P.M.
At The Swimming Pool
Following the Lions Club Barbeque, a closing ceremony will be held at the Antioch Aqua
Center. We sincerely hope that you have enjoyed being with us and participating in the commemoration of Antioch's role in the Civil War.
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L. E. Murrie
959 Main St.
Antioch, Ill.
COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME
532 Lake Street
Antioch
395-2303
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JACQUES BEAUTY SHOP
173 & 59
Antioch, Ill.
395-1198
WILSON'S LAUNDROMAT
Phone 395-0808
Rte. 173 & 59
Antioch, Ill.
CHASE'S PHILLIPS 66 SERVICE
Bulk Fuel Oil & Gas 24 Hour
Wrecker Service Phone 1600
WILTON ELECTRIC SHOP
Antioch 395-0111
924 Main St.
Frigidaire-Maytag-Speed Queen
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WILLIAMS V & S HARDWARE
910 Main St. since 1871
Roger & Jean Williams
THE KLASS MEN'S STORE
Antioch 395-0873
921 Main St.
Stan Toton
TOWN FOR MEN & BOYS
907 Main St. Antioch 395-1185
Featuring a complete line of men & boys wear
WEBB'S BOAT SERVICE
Rte. 173 at Channel Lake
Inside Storage & Service
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STANLEY'S
Oakland Resort
Channel Lake, Antioch, Ill.
BILL'S SERVICE STATION
Texoco Products
Ant. 395-0720
Rte. 21 & Gross Lake Rd.
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It Used To Be The Law
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In the course of compiling the material for this
book we naturally came across a great deal of interesting books, pictures and stories. Possibly one
of the most interesting and humorous was a publication of all the old city ordinances passed by the
Village Board. There was no dote of Publication but
the oldest ordinance it contained was dated May 9,
1893.
This particular one deaH with the regulation
of Gaming. It prohibited anyone from operating
either for pleasure or profit any card tables or
games. Any suitable person, however, could apply
for a permit which would allow him to keep and
operate pool and billiard tables, pigeon-hole tables,
(anyone know what these are?) bowling alleys,
checkers, dice and dominos. It would seem that
even in 1893 gambling received its share of the
public's attention.
In 1896 it became necessary to pass an ordinance prohibiting the slaughter of Cattle, Sheep,
Hogs or other animals within the limits of the village. Nor could any house, barn, shed, outhouse or
other tenement be used for this purpose, except for
family use. I wonder how many people today could
butcher, skin, clean and cut up their own cow? Not
many, we'll wager.
Then there was one that prohibited Horse
Racing, Chicken or Dog Fighting, Bicycle Racing,
Playing Ball or any other Boisterous Sport on Sunday within the corporate limits of the Village. Violators were fined from $3 to $5 dollars for each
offense. If this ordinance is still in effect the Village could solve some of our tax problems. Boisterous Sport covers a lot of territory.
One that might still apply with the addition
of the word automobile was passed July 7, 1896.
It made it unlawful for anyone to ride or run bicycles, tandems (haven't seen one of these for quite
a spell) Buggies or Wagons on the sidewalks of Antioch. It further prohibited the leading or driving
of horses or cattle on said sidewalks .
On May 29, 1928 the following was passed.
"An ordinance providing for the issuance of water
bonds to the amount of $23,500 dollars and providing for the payment therof" ... The purpose:
to improve the water works system of Antioch.
On the 17th of January, 1961 a similar ordinance was passed by our Village board. The purpose: to improve our water and sewer system. The
cost: $325,000.00. Oh, well! you can't get a penny
cup of coffee now, either.
CAP'S BARBER SHOP
Since 1896
912 Main St.
Cap & Dick Radtke
BARNSTABLE'S DEPARTMENT STORE
"Clothing for the Family"
945 Main St.
Antioch, Ill.
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KOPPER-PICCONE MOTOR CO., INC.
Antioch 395-4100
960 Main St.
Comet
Mercury
E. ELMER BROOK
Real Estate
Insurance
Antioch 395-0460
915 Main
CHALET MARINE
Complete Marine Repair Service
Grass Lake Rd. & 59
Phone 1616
ANTIOCH AUTO SERVICE
Lube-· Wash-MinorTune-up-S&H Stamps
Ph. 395-2300
Standard Prod.
Rte. 173 & 59
JOHN'S RIVER INN
On Rte. 173 at the Fox River
Boats - Sandwiches - Bar
ANTIOCH ELECTRIC SERVICE
543 Lake Street
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Here is proof postive that Antioch boys were not the only ones promoted during the Civil War.
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In the summer of 1914 some of the girls wore their dresses shorter than others on the Main
Street of Antioch even as now.
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A Noon-Day Halt on a Long Day's March
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The soldiers have turned aside from the road into a field, and
heavy shoes in Georgia in hot weather. And in Albany to-day
are quite at ease. Discipline is suspended, and the officers mingle
is some queer footgear that some of the men wore during the war:
with the men. Smoking, reading letters from home, devouring
the soles are thick wooden boards and they are fastened to ragged
the rare newspapers, playing cards, or blissfully doing nothing these men are enjoying every minute of a brief rest.
tops with cord. On the Confederate side, before the end of the
war, whole companies went barefoot.
It was not only death and terrible wounds the armies had to face:
The long marches, often through swamp or thick sand, left the
they had to bear the daily little ills that try the souls of men. But
soldiers' feet sore and swollen, and their shoes were none too
the soldiers were cheerful and dauntless, and, as here in the picture,
good. Even General Sherman wrote home that he suffered from his
were often joyous as children over little pleasures.
CAREY ElECTRIC & PLUMBING SHOP
Contractor- Wiring- Plumbing- Heating
889 Main
Antioch 395-0075
DRUE CHEVROLET, INC.
Olds- Corvette- Corvair- F-85
Sales & Service
19~(-91
Compliments of
THOMPSON'S
SHUNNESSON'S
Channel Lake Boat House
2 Miles West on 173
TRIANGLE BAIT & TACKLE
Rte. 21 & Grass Lake Rd.
Loon Lake
Mrs. A K. Dickson, Prop.
GRASS LAKE LUMBER. CO.
Grass Lake Rd.
Phone Antioch 395-0800
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B.K.S. CONSTRUCTION
Residential
Frank Benes
Commercial
Dick Stroner
LAKEVIEW RESORT
on Channel Lake
Cocktail Lounge & Restaurant
The Telephone Comes
To Antioch
On July 26, 1898 -nearly 63 years agothe telephone came to Antioch.
The first phone was installed in the home of
L. M. Haynes.
In those early days there were two telephone
companies here. The Village of Antioch in 1898
passed a franchise ordinance. It authorized the
Chicago Telephone Company to furnish phone
service for the village. There was also on independent telephone company and C. E. Herman was the
first manager.
By May, 1899, the small- but growing- independent company served 12 customers while the
competing exchange served 15.
In April, 1902, the Chicago Telephone Company bought the Antioch exchange from Mr. Herman. The switchboard was moved to the home of
W. T. Hill, on Main Street, near the intersection of
Archer.
By December, 1902, there were 34 phones in
Antioch and the population was estimated at a little
over 600 people.
Antioch, always a popular summer resort continued to grow. To core for this growth a special
telephone switchboard was installed in April, 1905,
and Margaret O'Connor was hired to assist Miss
Binmore, Antioch's first operator.
In 1906, Antioch's permanent population was
1,200 and there were 72 phones serving its citizens.
The Grace building on Main Street became "headquarters" for phone operations in September, 1907,
and Mrs. Leonore Hughes, a former operator in
Plano, Illinois, was appointed commission manager.
During the next 30 years (1907-1937) the
telephone played an increasingly important role in
the life of Antioch residents. To meet the demand
for swift communications, cables and poles and
many additional phones were installed.
In Apri I, 1940 - over 21 years ago - Mr.
George B. Bartlett was mayor. And in that year there
were about 700 phones in Antioch.
When World War II started an emergency
engine was installed to maintain power to run telephone equipment. By 1944, Antioch hod 1,000 telephones and more operators were hired to handle
the calls.
Because of more growth, the Antioch business
office was moved in May, 1946, from 966 Victoria
Street to the first floor of the old Wi Iton residence
at 970 Victoria.
By August, 1946, thirty-eight operators were
required to handle the number of phone calls placed
through the nine position switchboard. By then,
local calls jumped to 2,100 a day and long distance
calls to 2,400.
In July, 1948, Illinois Bell bought land for a
new dial office on Lake Street. Later on, in September, Bell leased the ground floor space at 906 Main
Street for a new and enlarged Antioch business office.
In 1955 Illinois Bell purchased another site
located at 966 Victoria. Previously this had been
leased for Antioch's central office. By December 17,
1955, the one story building addition at 966 Victoria was completed. At the end of 1955, over 2,800
telephones were in use.
Illinois Bell, believing in the future of Antioch,
purchased land on the northeast corner of Hillside
and Lake Streets. This was for the company's new
dial building, recently completed and dedicated by
civic officials.
In May, 1960, ground was officially broken
for the new dial office. (The office will be completed
this summer and Antioch will then have one of the
finest communications arrangements in the nation.)
When all Antioch phones are converted to
dial, phone users here will be able to dial each other.
They will also be able to dial over 68 million other
telephones across the nation because all phones
here will be equipped for direct distance dialing.
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Compliments of
KING'S REXALL DRUG
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ANTIOCH LIQUOR STORE
896 Main St.
Antioch 395-9845
The only real liquor store in lakes region
KEN'S OUTLET STORE
THE 19th HOLE
Ladies- Men's- Children's nome brand
Notionally advertised shoes at discount prices
Restaurant & Lounge
Lake Villa, Ill.
El. 6-7426
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Our Chain 0' Lakes
Fun in the great outdoors and the Northern
Illinois Chain of Lakes region have been synonomous since the very early days of the settlement of
Lake County. At that time, two of the more familiar
recreational activities offered by the Lake Region
were pursued actually because they were providers
for daily living. These, of course, were fishing and
hunting. Before the white man first arrived, our
wonderful land of woods and waters attracted a
number of the Indian tribes for the purpose of obtaining food supplies and the procurement of the
hides and furs necessary for clothing. The streams
and lakes were abundant with fish and the marshes,
during the season migrations, held hordes of waterfowl. The wooded areas and plains were populated
with deer, bear, elk and numerous species of small
animals and upland birds. Old permanent Indian
campsites are common in many locations and an
examination of these areas produce evidence of the
success of the hunting parties.
The first settlers moving into the region also
took advantage of the vast supplies of game and fish
and many 0 pioneer lived entirely "off the count "
until he could harvest his first crop and rod~e
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s or IS am1 y s use ·
As the need to hunt and fish as a means of
supporting a family diminished because of agricultural development, our people continued these age
old pursuits on a limited scale as a means of recreation. It was not too long before city dwellers
discovered the Chain of Lakes region to the north
and west of Chicago. Its lakes and scenic beauty
provided a great attraction to the people from the
highly populated areas and also, to some extent,
from the remainder of the State of Illinois, where
natural water areas were at a minimum.
Soon a steadily increasing stream of people began to arrive basically for the enjoyment of our
boating, swimming and rod and gun sports. In the
main, these individuals visited farm families that
farmed acreage in the vicinity of one of the lakes.
Usually a very small fee was established by the
farmer for what was then called "board and room"
and it was possible, of course, to enjoy farm living
as well as the outdoor sports offered by the region.
Quite often a city family would visit on such a farm
for several weeks and many long and lasting friendships were founded on these associations.
As time passed, some of the local residents
who had been providing accommodations on a part
time basis became so interested in the undertaking
that they decided to go into what was fast becoming
an actual business, on a full scale operation. In this
manner was born the Chain Of Lakes resort vocetion which has for so long played such an important
part in our communal life. f h
Then fol.l~wed the ~ra o t e grea~ resort hetels. A.s the VISitors reqwred more exactmg accommodat~<:ns, our resort peop!e .sought to please and
many fme large frame buddmgs were erected on
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t he 1a kes wh'1c h cou ld prov1'd e housmg
for whole
families as well as individuals. Some of these had
quite beautiful and fanciful names. The Queen of
The West on Petite Lake was one of these and also
the Sylvan Beach Hotel on Channel Lake. Most of
the resorts, however, were named after the families
who had founded them, and some are still in operation owned by descendants of the original owners.
In these times transportation by auto was quite new
and most of the city dwellers relied on the various
railroads of the region to bring them to the coun-
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try. This meant that some means was to be found
whereby the travelers might be carried from the
railroad stations to the various resorts. This was
accomplished by large/ quite elaborate horse drawn
vehicles called 11 busses 11 • The Sao Line brought
whole trainloads of pleasure seekers into the Antioch area 1 at times running several sections of one
train. It was a gay and interesting picture that was
presented as the crowds left the station on a Saturday evening and loaded into the busses bound for
the various resorts and a week or weekend of entertainment in the lake region. Most of the resort
owners provided boating facilities for the fisherman and for those just interested in being on the
water. Swimming on the many sand beaches was
excellent and some resorts based a great part of
their particular attraction on this sport. Quite a few
of the establishments also provided large/ slow
launches by which sizeable parties could make a
tour of the whole Chain Of Lakes1 and especially
were these boats used to visit the renowned Lotus
Beds of Grass Lake. A day on one of these boats with
a picnic lunch and a leisurely visit through the
scenic waterway was one to be remembered. Usually
the pilot was well versed in the lore of the area and
the trip was the more entertaining for his stories.
Grass Lake also provided wonderful Autumn
sport for the wild-fowler. In the main 1 the resort
people on the lake were particularly interested in
the hunter and provided the best in facilities for this
particular sport. Blinds and decoys were maintained
and each host was an expert in this field 1 enjoying
the sport thoroughly as much as his guest.
The other lakes of the Chain - Marie/ Channel/ Petite, Catherine/ Bluff and Fox were more
noted for the fishing in their larger areas of open
water. All of the game and pan fish native to the
area were found and are still in abundance. Grass
Lake originally took its name from the fact that
it was almost completely filled with emergent vegetation1 mainly wild rice/ the lotus and the water
lily and it was this factor that proved so attractive
to the waterfowl. Passage through this particular
lake at the time was possible only through quite
narrow channels/ and it was not impossible for a
novice to become lost in the maze of towering vegetation.
It was not too long before many of our vacationers decided that they would like to have their
own location in our land of recreation and soon we
were in a period of the establishment of summer
homes. These were/ in the main 1 constructed on the
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water 1S edge by people who felt that it would be
pleasant to have a place of some permanence in the
country. Some of these cottages for summer living
were constructed by families who had actually
camped for some years before on the sites selected/
and many of these buildings are occupied by third
and fourth generations of these groups at the present time. Much of the economy of the Antioch
area became predicated on this great influx of
seasonal visitors. Our business establishments began to become quite active at about the time that
the schools closed for the summer in the city and
this period lasted to Labor Day when the schools
were called back into session. At this time 1 our
11 natives 11 could devote themselves to more leisurely
pursuits and enjoy the advantages offered by the
area themselves.
Our recreational picture has changed greatly
in the last few years. Winter sports are playing an
increasingly important part. Skiing of an excellent
nature is provided on several fine areas. Winter
fishing is of great interest to many. In fact/ there
are a number of anglers that are strictly cold weather people finding no attraction in the sport dwing the regular season. Skating/ ice-boating and
tobogganing also have their share of enthusiasts
and our resort people are doing much to assist in
the development of facilities for winter usage.
Probably our most recent and fastest growing
recreational development has been created by the
great number of people interested in power boating.
This great interest/ of course/ is indicated on a national basis and our lakes and the Fox River 1 with
their many miles of unrestricted waterways, are
most attractive to the power boat fan. Many well
equipped and modern marinas are provided in the
region and the very best of accommodations are at
hand for the boater. More and more people are finding out daily the fun to be had afloat and particularly that to be found in the Chain Of Lakes region.
As our cottagers and visitors found the loke
region more and more to their liking/ they began to
establish permanent homes and many families now
living and working in the area first came to us as
seasonal people.
And so our recreational picture changes. It
has run the gamut from the Indian hunter finding
pleasure in cruising the lakes in his bark canoe to
the power boater with his outboards. The fun is
still there for the individual and our wonderful lake
region still provides it for more and more people in
greater and still more varied ways.
REGULAR DEMOCRATIC CLUB
of Antioch Township
Mrs. Rose Plechaty, Township Chairman
STEWART OLSON IMPL. CO. INC.
International Harvester
Mowers- Homelite Saws- Heavy Hardware
19~! ~; vrJ
SHOES BY GEORGE
Naturalizers- Florsheims- Child Life
Ph. 395-0292
Rte. 59 & 173
ANTIOCH SHEET METAL INC.
Rte. 59 & 173
Phone 508
Antioch, Ill.
BOB'S OUTBOARD SALES & SERVICE
Mercury Outboard Sales & Service
Rte. 173 Antioch
Ph. 1173
KABLER-YOUNGQUIST OLDSMOBILE
4925 Broadway
UP. 8-5000
See Hank Fralick at John's River Inn
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Compliments of
CUNNINGHAM CARTAGE
NORSHORE RESORT
Lake Catherine
George & Georgia Jaros
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Antioch first Amateur Brass Band, the year 1888. We are re-
Grade School Band won recently. Recognize any relatives kids?
minded by this picture of the state-wide honors that the Antioch
The only thing this photo lacks is a cracker barrel and a whit-
picnic, a bicycle ride around town, or just sitting on the front
tlin knife. A time when a Sunday afternoons activity meant a
porch chatting of the "old days".
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A scene of 100 years ago taken
of Petite Lake when homes and
summer cottages, boats and
vacationers were few and far
between.
A view of
the fastest
horse and
was a full
cago.
Channel Lake when
means of travel was
buggy, and Antioch
days trip from Chi-
Can you remember those good
old days before television? Summer days when you visited with
the neighbors and sat around
for group pictures.
No 75 H.P. motors on these
boats, but we did have a self
propelled steam boat. One of
the many piers starting to develop in the Antioch area, this
one on Bluff Lake.
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CARROLL'S RESORT
Picnics & Marina
Bluff Lake
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LAKES COMPANY
Linoleum- Tile- Carpeting
Rtes. 173 & 59
Antioch 607
ANTIOCH FIRESTONE STORE
Tires
Batteries
839 Main St.
Antioch, Ill.
HOLMES RESORT
Heart of the Lake Region
Indian Point, Antioch, Ill.
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PADDOCK & FORSTER
LOR-A-LYN
Junior Miss & Junior Mrs.
Antioch, Illinois
922 Main St.
General Contractors
Phones 395-4063 or 395-1983
CANDIDS IY UE
Have Camera- Will Travel
879 Main Street
395-2939
GRASS LAKE FOOD MART
George & Frances Cervenka
Grass Lake Road
G. LAZZARO'S RESORT
Fishing - Boating- Swimming- Cottages
Petite Lake
Antioch, Illinois
PINE LODGE
Fishing - Boating- Cottages & Rooms
A. Shostak & Son
on Petite Lake
TAYLOR SHOE STORE
891 Main St., Antioch
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Everything in Footwear-
THIE TOT SHOP
Antioch's only complete children's store
920 Main Street
Antioch, Illinois
HOWARD GASTON PRINTERS, INC.
Satisfied customers in 50 states
395-1203
481 Orchard St.
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ART'S PAl NT STORE
404-406 Lake Street
"Twin Doors to Color"
GIBBS & JENSSEN
Sportswear & Sporting Goods
381 Lake St.
395-0922
THE RECORD NOOK
"Everything in Recorded Music"
Hallmark Cards
Books
NOLAN'S GRASS LAKE LODGE
Tavern- Restaurant- Picnic Grove
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Joe & Mary Nolan
KINAST NURSERY
Evergreens
Shadetrees
2 mi W. Rte. 45 on 173
Shrubs
Ph.2222
ANTIOCH THEATRE
Serving the Community since 1925
378 Lake Street
E. H. GLENN & SONS
Well Drilling & Repairing
Antioch, Ill.
Ant. 395-0464
EL- MAR'S
Form Produce & Garden Center
Rtes 45 & 173
Antioch/ Ill.
QUADRIEL INC.
Precision Machining
Antioch 3232
SNO WHITE GRILL
Sandwiches
Ice Cream
884 Main St.
Antioch, Illinois
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Antioch
PEDERSEN'S BAKERY
Antioch's First and Foremost Bakery
925 Main St.
Antioch, illinois
A FRIEND
WILSON UPHOLSTERING
Rte. 173
Phone 11 06-J
CAUFORNIA INN
On Rte. 173 1 mile west of 59
Fran & Vince Nauseda
TIMBER lANE PICNIC PARK
Rte. 45 near Rte. 173
(formerly Roxs Park)
RHYTHM KINGS
Music Furnished for all Occasions
395-2067
Antioch
OLD HICKORY INN
Hwys. 45 & l 73
Antioch, Ill.
Helene & Joe Stenek
ECONOMY TV & APPLIANCES
Sales & Service
439 lake St.
395-1454
BEACH GROVE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOC.
Lake Marie
Organized Since 1884
LA PlANT MASONRY
Three Generations in Antioch
South Main St.
395-0417
MARTIN'S HI-WAY fURNITURE
Complete line of home furnishings
935 Main St.
395-1129
"Gas for less
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Good Service, too"
ANTIOCH SER.VICENTER
Routes 21 & l 73
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lUPA'S BlUFF lAKE RESORT
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Tavern & Food --
Bernice & Joe Lupa
375 & 862
Air Conditioned
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Entertainment
4 ACES
Rte. 173 2 mi. west of Antioch, Ph. 1150
LOON LAKE INN
Rte. 21 & Millburn Road
Art & Gerry Nowakowski
CY'S RESTAURANT
904 Main Street
"Biggest Choice of Good Food"
LASCO'S GREEN HOUSE
Antioch's Oldest Reliable Florist
965 Main St.
395-041 8
INVESTORS DIVERSIFIED SERVICES
W. L. Strahan, Zone Manager
398 First Street
Phone 395-1111
AL'S SERVICE
Minor Repairs
Motor Tune-up
Antioch, Ill.
Main & North Ave.
TOWNE VARIETY STORE
The Store of Friendly Service
919 Main St.
Antioch
CHAS. M. SMITH RESORT
Boats- Bait- Motors- Tackle
Grass Lake Rd.
Ant. 2727
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GAMBLE STORE
952 Main St.
Antioch, illinois
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OTIS RESORT
3 Miles West Rte. 59 Grass Lake Rd.
George Lystlund
SCOTT MARINE CENTER
On Rte. 173 1 Mile West of 59
Antioch 2279
WES' AUTO BODY & PAINT SHOP
"You Wreck Em
We Fix Em"
395-0076
320 Depot St.
ANTIOCH AUCTION BARN
Where Buyers & Sellers Meet
North Ave.
Antioch 1941
ART McGREAL FARM
Livestock Dealer ·
North Ave.
Antioch 626
HERMAN'S FARM
Certified Seeds
Purebred Guernseys
Antioch 300
North Ave.
KENNY & BOB DENMAN
Dairy Farming
DeKalb Seeds
Rte. 45
Millburn
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North Ave.
SEMLOH FARM
John Holmes, Owner
Antioch
GEORGE J. MAZZUCA
State Farm Insurance Co.
Rte. 59 & Grass Lake Rd.
395-1089
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BESS & FRED'S RESORT
N. W. Corner Lake Marie
Boats- Rooms- Cottages- Lauching
PACEY MARINE SERVICE
Rte. 21 R.R. 2, Box 450
Antioch
395-0400
DICK'S TREE SERVICE
Pruning - Planting - Removing
Antioch, Illinois
DUPRE MOTEL
Rte. 21, Antioch, Ill.
Phone 395-9844
C. B. OLSON
Salerno Cookies & Crackers
Phone 395-1043
SORENSON BAIT SHOP
59 & 173
Antioch, Illinois
RUDY'S RESORT
Lake Marie
Rte. 3, Box 191, Antioch, Ill.
NIELSEN'S "66" SERVICE
C. J. Smith
Rte. 59 & Grass Lake Rd.
KELLY'S TAVERN
59 & 173
Antioch, Illinois
HUNTER'S GARAGE
Highway 173
Antioch
Phone 352
FAIRMONT MILK COMPANY
Robert A. Oddsen, dist.
Phone 395-1484- home delivery
CLARA'S CUT & CURl
Rte. 21 & Beach Grove Rd.
Phone 395-3377
CANDY lANE
Andes Candies - Carmeled Corn
408 Lake St.
395-0953
ANTIOCH AIRPORT
Beach Grove Road
Charles Ferris
Ant. 2528
FELTER'S DOG & SUDS
World's Creamiest Root Beer
Rte. 173 1 Mi. west Antioch
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WESTERN TIRE & AUTO STORE
STEVE'S GARDEN SHOP
RAY'S GROCERY
41 0 Lake Street
Bulk Seeds-Fertilizers
917 Main St., Antioch, Ill.
395-0993
Antioch
1041 Main St.
Antioch 395-0856
THE JEWEL BOX
COSGROVE SHOES
CYWERDA'S
906 Main Street
New Shoes-Shoe Repair
Lake County Roofing
Antioch, Illinois
Shoes Dyed any Color
RURAL SANITARY SERVICE
ERICKSON SEWING CENTER
STATE LINE MOTEL
Complete Sewer Service
Pfaff Sewing Machines
1 Mi. No. Antioch on 83
Elmer Rudolph
ph. 1183
382 Lake St.
395-1112
Cy's D. X.
A.T.A.
Grass Lake Road
Antioch
CARSON'S BAIT & SPORT SHOP
2Y2. Mi. W. Rte. 59 on 173
Walter & Marie Zmuda
ED & LOTTIE'S
Grocery & Tavern
ARNOLD'S BARBER SHOP
Indian Point, Antioch
Antioch, Illinois
ANTIOCH MOTOR SALES
HANK'S WAYSIDE INN
Used cars with many unused miles'
Channel Lake
ANTIOCH OUTLET CENTER
Rte. 173 & 21
Rtes. 59 & 173
Ph. 395-0992
909 Main Street
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M;d & Pat s;e s
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GUNDELACH'S CANVAS
JOE & HELEM'S LITTLE ACRES
Ed Clemens
Repair Shop
Loon Lake
PETITE LAKE RESORT
Phone 395-0966
Everything for the Fisherman
TREASURE ISLAND RESORT
KUMST GROCERY
KEMPF'S RESORT
East Shore Grass Lake
Loon Lake
Boats-Cottages
Antioch, Illinois
Phone 395-0760
FRED W. JACH
Compliments of
Metal Products
TARFU CLUB
Antioch, Illinois
Rte. 21 at Loon Lake Rd.
LOON LAKE PLUMBING
LOON LAKE SERVICE
ERICH E. KIR.SCHKE
& Heating Inc.
General Auto Repairing
General Contractor
Phone 395-0077
Grass Lake Rd. - Antioch, Ill.
Rte. 173, Antioch
Rte. 21 & 83
395-1470
Antioch, Ill.
LEE'S RESORT
West Loon Lake
Antioch, Illinois
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on Petite Lake
Antioch, Ill.
SCHAEFER'S RESORT
Fishing Boats
Marine Gas & Oil
Cottages
Petite Lake
H. A. HANDYMAN
Power Vac Furnace Cleaning Serv.
Ph. Ant. 632
Rte's 59 & 173
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THE HOUSE Of QUALITY
Rte. 59 & Grass Lake Rd.
Quality Meats-Open Sunday
TED'S STATE LINE SERVICE
-Gas For Less Ant. 395-0778
Rte. 83
THE ANGEl'S
Just Heavenly Food
Rte. 83, 2 mi. no. Antioch
MASEK'S SERVICE STATION
No. Main St. & North Ave.
Antioch 395-0341
LAKE REGION BOTTLE GAS
First in Quality- Fairest in Price
Satisfied Customers
TElEPHONE ANSWERING SERV.
510 Lake St., Antioch, Ill.
Jim & Viv Maplethorpe
GORSKI BROS. WELL DRILLING
Pumps-Sales & Service
39 5-0175
Grass Lake Rd.
CARO-STEL BEAUTY SALON
North of Antioch on 21 & 83
Phone 191
LAKE SHANGRI-LA WOODLANDS .
Annual Carnival
July 15th & 16th
ERICH'S
Auto Repair
North Ave. Box 298, RR 4
Compliments of
COLONY HOUSE
Trevor, Wisconsin
LUBKEMAN BROS.
Landscaping & Trucking
North Ave.-Ant. 395-1319
CLUB 83
Highway 83,-Trevor, Wis.
Phone UNderhi II 2-91 51
SVEN A. ANDERSON
General Contractor
THOMAS RU NYARD & SONS
Well Drilling-Repairing
Antioch 1525 or 2225
ANTIOCH LAUNDERETTE
GROVELAND FARM
MERRY-GO-ROUND BAKERY
Best Complete Laundry Serv.
Rtes. 173 & 83
Ant. 891
Peder Toft
Open Sundays 6 ti I 1
402 Lake St.
395-0792
DOOLITTLE DAIRY FARM
Eva & Russell Doolittle
Rte. 173
Antioch
Rte. 59
Antioch
LAKE MARIE CAMP
Beach Grove Rd.
Paul M. Ferris
DONALD'S DRIVE-IN
2891
Hot Dogs & Fries 29c
Rte. 59 & 173
SCOTT'S DAIRY FARM
PASADENA GARDENS
TWIN OAK FARMS
Fred Scott, Owner
Deep Lake Rood, Antioch
Nite Club Rte. 83
Antioch, Illinois
Barney Nelson, Owner
Antioch
Rte. 45
WELL'S DAIRY FARM
WILLIAM CHASE
RAY'S SHELL STATION
Curtis & Richard Wells
Savage Rd.
Antioch
Septic Systems Installed, Repaired
Phone Ant. 1575 or 1600
24 Hr. Towing
LAKESIDE FARM
BERNED'S RESORT
SUNNY HILL FARM
Wolter K. Hills
Rte. 21
Antioch
59 & Beach Grove Rd.
Lake Marie
Antioch 696
J. L. & J. A. Thain
Rte .45
Millburn
19/;!-1!&
Antioch
395-0055
DENNY'S SHADY NOOK RESORT
West Shore of Lake Marie
Antioch, Illinois
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LAWRENCE YOPP
Plastering Contractor
Grass Lake Rd. Ph. Ant. 1515
CHRISTENSEN FARM
Otto Christensen, Owner
North Ave.
Antioch
ELFERING DAIRY FARM
Louis Elfering and Sons
Rt. 173
Antioch
LOCUST LAWN FARM, SINCE 1844
Homer White, Owner
White Rd.
Antioch
CROWLEY'S DAIRY FARM
Clarence Crowley, Owner
Antioch
Deep Lake Rd.
VOSE DAIRY FARM
Avery Vose, Owner
Edwards Rd.
Antioch
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Antioch, Illinois
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Antioch, Illinois
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