Yorkvilles population has boomed in recent decades, but its most defining landmarks today would be familiar to its earliest settlers. Earl Adams built the areas first log cabin in 1833, near the prominent hill that is the site of Kendall Countys historic courthouse, which early residents fought to rebuild after a devastating fire in 1887. Similarly, the Fox River and Blackberry Creek supported the communitys early commerce, from the sawmill John Schneider built in the 1830s to the states only man-made white-water course. Yorkville often fostered leaders who believed in making big...