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Wasco, Illinois : a history
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- Creator
- by Adam D. Gibbons
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Geneva, Illinois : Old Adage Press, 2018
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- 468 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781732701601, 1732701601
- OCLC
- on1061276189
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-457) and index.
- Wasco's origins -- A brief decade-by-decade history of Wasco -- Initial settlement (1880s) -- The 1890s -- The 1900s -- The 1910s -- The 1920s -- The 1930s -- The 1940s -- The 1950s -- The 1960s -- The 1970s -- The 1980s -- The 1990s -- The 2000s -- The 2010s -- Community institutions -- The Wasco Depot -- Wasco Baptist Church -- Wasco School -- The Whitney Cemetery -- Some Wasco firsts -- Important Wasco families -- The Austin family -- The Edward Swanson family -- The Bergland family -- The Gustaf Swanson family -- The John Swanson family -- The Higgins family -- The Hawkins family -- The Peterson family -- The Charles Anderson family -- The Bell family -- The Rice family -- The Whitney family -- The Leonard White family -- The Millen family -- The Bert Brown family -- The Waterhouse family -- The Carpenter family -- The Fischer family -- The Isaac Johnson family -- The George Brown family -- The Stevens family -- The Mather family -- The Erickson family -- The Denker family -- The Bowgren family -- The Ekstrom family -- The Jay family -- The Langrill family -- The Vanderhoof family -- The Lathrop family -- The Hagaman family -- The Anderson/Barber family -- The Chrystal family -- The Harold Anderson family -- The Ross family -- The Theodore Johnson family -- The two Olson families -- Some Wasco houses -- Northwest quarter -- Southwest quarter -- Northeast quarter -- Southeast quarter -- Significant institutions & places of business -- The Bergland/Hummel Lumberyard -- The original Bergland Store -- The Bergland/Hummel Store -- Erickson's Blacksmith Shop -- The Wasco Blacksmith Shop -- Johnson's Store/Larson's Garage/Mather's Gas Station -- The Wanzer Dairy/King's Mill -- Travis Tavern/Bohr's Tavern/Denny's Den -- The Wasco Inn -- The Wasco Garage -- The Farm Restaurant -- White Brothers Trucking -- Wasco Nursery -- Fox River & Countryside Fire & Rescue -- Trellis Farm & Garden -- Trailside Automotive Repair -- Country Gas/Suburban Propane -- Local sports -- Boys baseball -- Girls softball -- Important social organizations -- The Wasco History Club -- Modern Woodmen of America -- The Women's Christian Temperance Union -- The Christian Endeavor Society -- Wasco Ladies Aid -- The Pollyanna Club -- The Wasco Glad Game Club -- Wasco Mothers' Club -- The Wasco Home Bureau -- The Wasco/Campton 4-H Club -- The Wasco Community Club -- The Fortnightly Card Club -- The Shrinking Matrons -- The U-Go-I-Go Club -- The Pure Milk Association (Wasco Local) -- The Wasco American Legion)