Lyndon, Illinois' 150th, 1835-1985

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Excerpt from Lyndon, Illinois' 150th, 1835-1985: 14th Annual Festival, June 13, 14, 15, 16, 1985, Something to Crow AboutThough settled in 1835, the original village of Lyndon was not laid out and platted until 1837. The original plat consisted (hi 18 blocks, with one additional block reserved for a public square. Originally - 1837 - 1839 - the streets north of the river were numbered, and those streets running crosswise were named - South, Hamilton, Dudley, Green, Liberty. In the center of these streets was the old public square, on which the old town hall and schoolhouse was built. This is now the Lyndon School campus.The town was platted in 1836. Later the Sperry addition was added in 1848, the Railroad Addition in 1869, the Mill addition in 1872, Fitch's addition in 1874, and the Wilkins addition at a later date.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.