History of Pike County, Illinois: Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9781589800038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 496 str.

Pelican Publishing

Opis

Volume 2 of this valuable publication provides detailed portraits of Pike County's prominent citizens and gives focus as to how they worked to establish a blueprint for a respectable society. The history of townships continues along with information on the evolution of the press, the organization of this region's county courts and judicial system, and a digest of the common state laws.This detailed picture of this region as it was in 1880 includes information on marriage licenses, agricultural and educational statistics, property value, and data on wages. Maps, charts, tables, and graphs make the data accessible and easily understood.