Pritzker Issues Most Serious Threat Yet To Bars, Restaurants That Defy Orders
Pritzker has repeatedly said bars and restaurants are among the most common identifiable locations where the virus is spread.
Read moreDavis is the largest village of Rock Run township, and one of the most important of the county. It is of recent growth, being one of those settlements which the coming of the railroad has “made,” and not a town of natural growth, In 1857, when the Western Union Railroad had sun eyed its route through the county, and was making all preparations for the building of the line, it became very evident that a station on its route through Rock Run township was most necessary for the farmers of that district. Accordingly, Samuel Davis, John A. Davis, Thomas J. Turner and Ludwig Stanton, who owned the land in the vicinity of the present village, donated a total of one hundred and sixty acres, which was surveyed and platted for a village site. This was in 1857, and the work of surveying and platting was not quite completed that year. In 1858 everything was finished and the sale of lots began. That year the railroad was finished through the village, but the train that first sped over the rails was not run until the following year, on the occasion of the state fair, which was held in Freeport in 1859.
The panic of 1857, occurring at a time when the village of Davis was in its earliest infancy, threatened for a time to blot out the venture altogether. Lots were sold very slowly, although the men interested in the enterprise made every effort to offer inducements to new settlers. Streets were laid out and made good with crushed stone, sidewalks were built, lots cleared, trees planted, and building sites were offered for sale at prices ranging from $40 to $125. A few of them were sold, but the work progressed slowly.
In 1858, the first store in the village, known as “Davis’s Store,” was erected by Samuel J. Davis. In the summer of 1859 the Evangelical Church was put up, and other church edifices were soon after erected. The stone schoolhouse was put up in 1858, and the first brick house in the town was finished for occupation in 1866 by Ernest Wendt.
From 1857 to 1863 there was almost no growth. War and panic succeeded in checking the progress of the growing village, and for a time it looked very dark for Davis. It seemed at one period as if the village must certainly be abandoned, but a better time was coming. With the close of the war, business suddenly revived, almost as if it had never suffered a relapse. From 1863 to 1869 a steady growth was visible, and residences, stores, and other buildings were erected in large numbers. By 1873, the settlement felt itself ready to assume the privileges and duties of a corporate community.
Pritzker has repeatedly said bars and restaurants are among the most common identifiable locations where the virus is spread.
Read moreRegion 1 includes Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties.
Read moreA Statewide effort is underway to recall Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, and on Monday, Memorial Day, you can sign the petition in Freeport.
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Read moreIt is time to safely reopen Stephenson County by asking vulnerable people to stay at home until its safe while at the same time allowing everyone else to use informed common sense.
Read more“We feel that a one-size-fits-all set of restrictions isn’t feasible for the entire state of Illinois. Stephenson County is not Cook County, and quite frankly, counties like ours have a different culture that, by nature, normally utilizes social distancing. “
Read moreTo participate, all first responders and healthcare workers have to do is call in their order from the menu below to Logan’s at 815-232-4592.
Read moreCONTACT is the point of referral for anyone needing volunteer services during the Coronavirus Pandemic or in any community disaster.
Read moreThis emergency will exceed the County’s available personnel and financial resources, and therefore funding and resources from the State and/or Federal Government will be necessary to mitigate the disaster.
Read moreAs of right now, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Stephenson County.
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