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‘The Barbarous Years’: Tough times for early American settlers

Bernard Bailyn has been a fixture at Harvard since 1953 and has won two Pulitzer Prizes for books on early American history. In “The Barbarous Years” he tracks the settlers who came to North ... read more

Look To Area Settlers For Inspiration - Post Journal

While a few pioneers had trickled in earlier, the 1840’s saw an increase in settlers who cleared their plot of land in the woods in what is now Chautauqua County and built a one-room cabin. The living ... read more

Early settlers in Sangamon County struggled with necessary tasks

Even the most necessary tasks were a struggle for the first European residents of Sangamon County. Take baking bread, for instance, as described in the "History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon ... read more