Full Text of HR0404 95th General Assembly
HR0404 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In 1818, the area of the present Village of | 3 |
| Baileyville was inhabited by various Indian tribes; 3 years | 4 |
| before the Blackhawk War in 1832, Thomas Crane built a log | 5 |
| cabin about one half mile north of the current village, and a | 6 |
| small settlement developed there called Cranes Grove, which | 7 |
| included a stage coach stop, provided a change of horses and | 8 |
| care for travelers headed for Galena and its lead mines; and
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| WHEREAS, By 1853 the Illinois Central Railroad had | 10 |
| completed a railroad line which ran about one half mile east of | 11 |
| Cranes Grove Tavern and the settlement eventually shifted to | 12 |
| the railroad to what is now the location of the Village of | 13 |
| Baileyville;
by 1852 three brothers from Vermont had arrived in | 14 |
| the area, Orville, Ransom, and Samuel Bailey, and decided to | 15 |
| purchase land in the northwest area of Forreston Township on | 16 |
| the northern most border of Ogle County; and
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| WHEREAS, The brothers began to manufacture farm machinery | 18 |
| and are credited with the building of the first self-binder | 19 |
| called "The Morse Self Binder"; by 1855 the Illinois Central | 20 |
| Railroad had completed the north/south line through | 21 |
| Baileyville; M. H. Philbrick was appointed the first station | 22 |
| agent, and soon built a store, a part of which became the | 23 |
| Baileyville post office with Orville Bailey serving as the |
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| first postmaster; in 1858 the Village was formally plotted and | 2 |
| laid out; and
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| WHEREAS, The name of Cranes Grove was changed to | 4 |
| Baileyville due to the active presence of the Bailey Brothers; | 5 |
| by 1858 the village consisted of a hotel, two blacksmith shops, | 6 |
| two physicians, a lumber yard, two creameries, a tailor, a | 7 |
| harness maker, two taverns, a stockyard. a butcher, a grain | 8 |
| mill, two churches, and a two-story school house and had a | 9 |
| population of about 200; and
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| WHEREAS, Baileyville's two churches, the Baileyville | 11 |
| Baptist Church and the Baileyville Reformed Church, have played | 12 |
| and important part of the village's history; the Baptist Church | 13 |
| was organized in 1856 at Diddens Schoolhouse; services were | 14 |
| held there until 1874 when their first church building was | 15 |
| erected in Baileyville; the Baileyville Reformed Church was | 16 |
| organized on October 29, 1884; the newly organized church was | 17 |
| able to purchase the already existing Methodist Church when the | 18 |
| Methodist congregation decided to leave Baileyville; and
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| WHEREAS, East-west train lines were run through Freeport to | 20 |
| the Village's north and through Forreston to the south, and the | 21 |
| Village did not grow and was never incorporated; as of March | 22 |
| 2007, about 200 people live in Baileyville; there is still a | 23 |
| post office, some historic homes, and several businesses; it |
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| remains a good place to live, and a good place to raise a | 2 |
| family; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| congratulate the people of Baileyville on the sesquicentennial | 6 |
| of their community and wish them continued success; and be it | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the people of Baileyville as a symbol of our | 10 |
| respect.
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