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 moreRidott Township is the largest township of Stephenson County. It is oblong in shape and contains an area of fifty four square miles, just six more than Rock Run, which is second in size. Likewise the township contains more villages than any other in the county. Several of these are no longer postoffices, since the coming of the rural free delivery system, and one of them, Nevada, is practically deserted, with nothing except a group of houses to mark the place where a flourishing village once stood.
The village of Ridott was founded in 1860. Nevada, a short distance west of the village site, and now known to the inhabitants of Ridott as the “old town,” was the fore runner of Ridott. When the Chicago and Galena Union Railroad was completed through the township, a station was established at Nevada and a town surveyed and platted. This remained in existence for three years. at the end of which time J. S. Cochran and brother of Freeport purchased sixty acres of land, upon a part of which the present village of Ridott stands. Through some previous transaction, the details of which were always shrouded in mystery, the Cochran Brothers had concluded a contract with the railroad company, agreeing to grade the side tracks, plat, and lay out the town, providing the railroad station was transferred from Nevada to the new place. On the loth day of July, 1860, the station was moved to “Cochranville” as the place was then christened, and soon after G. W. Loveland, the Nevada postmaster, in obedience to instructions from the department. moved the postoffice to Cochranville, and built the postoffice. the first building erected in the village. The first store was soon after built by the Cochran Brothers, and named the “Farmer’s Store.” About the same time, Oscar H. Osborn built a house near the track which he adapted to residence and saloon purposes. Ridott has never been a “dry town” since that date. In 1861, Samuel Irvin built his shoe shop on Adams street, James Clark his residence. on the same street. W. E. Moorhouse a house on Jefferson street, and these constituted the village until the close of the Civil war. A few buildings were erected in the vicinity, but the period was not distinguished by phenomenal growth or enterprise.
In the fall of 1861, the name of the village was changed to “Ridott” through the agency of a petition prepared by the residents and addressed to the Department at Washington. The name was taken from the township, and that, in turn, is said to have been named after a clerk in the postoffice department at Washington.
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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