Charles Duryea, a pioneering automaker, was born on December 15, 1861, in Canton, Illinois. Alongside his brother Frank, he designed and constructed some of the earliest gasoline-powered automobiles in the United States. In the 1890s, Charles Duryea built several of these innovative vehicles in Peoria and nearby Peoria Heights. Notably, in 1895, a Duryea car…
Canton, Il Sesquicentennial Medallion
2025 Canton, Illinois Bicentennial
Canton, Illinois. Founded 1825, Celebrating 200 Years. Get Ready! The Official Celebration Begins June 20th through June 29th, 2025. Isaac Swan The original proprietor of Canton, was a native of Vermont, but emigrated with his father to Western New York while that region was still a wilderness. At the age of about twenty years he…
D.H. Dewey
(From the Atlas Map of Fulton County, 1871) Daniel Harris Dewey.–The subject of this sketch was born Berlin, Vermont, November 8th, 1801. The eldest of fourteen children of Israel Dewey, who was Post Master for 25 years, of Berlin, Vermont. He was married November 14, 1827, to Miss Evalina Stowe, the daughter of Samuel Stowe….
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Henry Rohrer & Family
(From History Of Fulton County, Illinois 1879) Henry Rohrer, deceased, came to this county in 1847, with his wife Mary (Doner) Rohrer, and a family of 8 children , -Benjamin, Elizabeth, Mary, Christian, Amanda, Esther, Henry D. and Emma. He first landed at Quincy when he came to the State and remained 4 months, during…
Canton 1925: A New Beginning
ILLINOIS IS RE-DISCOVERED AND STORY TOLD By LESTER B. COLBY( Canton, Illinois., Oct. 24, 1925)When I sit down to write the story of Canton I find that I have at hand some very remarkable facts. For twenty-six weeks I have been traveling about Illinois, from Cairo to Rockford and from Quincy to Danville seeking truths…