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Here’s Gridley High School Coach Clarence “Merk” Kyger readying his varsity squad for the 1953 ...

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Dr. Thomas Moate, who practiced medicine in Gridley for 50 years, picked up knitting at the age...

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Margy Finck of Gridley demonstrates how her six-month-old son Frankie was able to balance in he...

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The distinctive caps worn by graduate nurses at the three Bloomington-Normal hospitals were com...

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The railroad arrived in 1853, bringing with it an influx of immigrants willing to provide labor...

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Farm improvements, such as fences, barns, sheds, and grain storage were expensive additions. Bu...

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As corn yields increased, grain elevators began to be built along the railroad. These receiving...

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Whether by their own resources, bank loans, or later government programs, a farmer’s success a...

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During the 19th century, the height of a corn crib was generally limited to the height a farmer...

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Ezra Thomas Farrell (1884-1962) and Sylvia G. Walston Farrell (1882-1964) farmed in Hudson, unt...

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This collection includes photos, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, land deeds and abstracts of t...

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Dale Huber (1917-1985) was born April 15, 1917, in Gridley, Illinois. He married Opal Drake on ...

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This is a collection of Lois Welsh’s (now Klein) books from a one room school in Gridley Townsh...

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Goldie Edith Peyton Wilson was a resident of Gridley, where she farmed with her husband Lyle on...

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