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Freitag children, rural Stanford February 1959

Jane and Doug Freitag horse around with a canine friend at their family farm outside of Stanfor...

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Herman Glaser, December 1952 Stanford’s Toy Maker

During the 1952 holiday season Stanford resident and retired farmer Herman Glaser displayed sev...

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When Every Small Town Had a High School … Stanford High, 1936

Long before successive waves of school consolidation beginning apace in the late 1940s, every s...

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Outlaw, Damon G.

Damon Garst Outlaw was born April 26, 1912 in Stanford, Illinois to Roy Orville and Alpha Blanc...

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Stanford High School Alumni

Stanford High School, Stanford, IL, Allin Township, dates to 1890. In 1920, area voters establi...

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Stanford Schools

The Stanford school district was organized in 1869. Stanford High School dates to 1890. In 1920...

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