Sugar Grove Township in Kane County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
First Settler
Stephen G. Paull
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 12, 2023
1. First Settler Marker
Erected by Conservation Dept., Woman’s Club of Aurora, Illinois.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1838.
Location. 41° 45.633′ N, 88° 26.636′ W. Marker is in Sugar Grove, Illinois, in Kane County. It is in Sugar Grove Township. It is on South Main Street just south of Snow Street, on the right when traveling south. The marker is mounted on a waste-high boulder, directly in front of the Sugar Grove Township Community Building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 141 South Main Street, Sugar Grove IL 60554, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Chicago. It is also in the American Midwest. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: P. Y. Bliss House (approx. ¼ mile away); Harvey Sterkel Field (approx. 3.3 miles away); Tom Healy Field (approx. 3.4 miles away); Quarry Reclamation and Site History (approx. 3½ miles away); Watch Us Grow (approx. 3.6 miles away); Samuel Bedrosian, PhD (approx. 4.6 miles away); Remember Oklahoma City (approx. 5 miles away); Glacial Boulder from Mendota College (approx. 5 miles away).
Also see . . . Stephen Gooding Paull (Wikipedia). Excerpt:
(Sugar Grove Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois)(Submitted on October 31, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Born in Bristol, Ontario [NY]. (mov)ed to Medina Co at the age of five years. From there to Sugar Grove, Kane Co, Illinois 1838 where he spent the remainder of his life as one of the most successful Farmers of his time.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 12, 2023
2. First Settler Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 174 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 31, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
