The essence of Geneva lies in the city's distinctive hometown quality and relaxed atmosphere. Visitors sense a slower pace and tender ambience that flourished even before Geneva was platted on May 3, 1837. Geneva, Illinois presents a remarkable portrait of the community's earliest beginnings and present-day charms. Geneva offers the vintage flavor of an historic city as well as the contemporary feel of a modern community. In this collection you will find early portraits of education, when lessons were taught in the dining room of a local hotel, along with scenes that celebrate the lush riverbanks upon which residents and guests have enjoyed picnics for more than a hundred years. From the flowers picked at Wheeler Park to the moving pictures of the Optigraph, from the wooden ice cabinets of 1884 to the sidewalk cafes of today, Geneva has flourished.
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This is author Jo Fredell Higgins' second book with Arcadia Publishing. Her first, Naperville, Illinois, was published in 2001. Jo is an internationally-published and award-winning writer. She is a community leader who serves on four boards of directors. Enjoy her dramatic and beautiful look at Geneva as you rendezvous with history.
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Geneva, Illinois, is situated in an area discovered by the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in 1673. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kane County, Courtesy of Nancy Bell, Courtesy of Richard Miller, Courtesy of Thomas Peck, Courtesy of Merritt, Third Street, Fox River, Good Templar Park, Courtesy of Geneva History Center, Eleanor Fisher, State Street, The Little Traveler, Courtesy of American Legion Post, Courtesy of Esther Wessels, Courtesy of Lorraine Erdmenger, World War, Geneva Republican, New York, Eli Peck, Geneva High School, Courtesy of Dick Wessels, Courtesy of Margaret Hutton, Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Geneva Township, James Herrington New!
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Geneva, Illinois, is situated in an area discovered by the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in 1673. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kane County, Courtesy of Nancy Bell, Courtesy of Richard Miller, Courtesy of Thomas Peck, Courtesy of Merritt, Third Street, Fox River, Good Templar Park, Courtesy of Geneva History Center, Eleanor Fisher, State Street, The Little Traveler, Courtesy of American Legion Post, Courtesy of Esther Wessels, Courtesy of Lorraine Erdmenger, World War, Geneva Republican, New York, Eli Peck, Geneva High School, Courtesy of Dick Wessels, Courtesy of Margaret Hutton, Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Geneva Township, James Herrington New!
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- Theodore Roosevelt: A Life by Nathan Miller on page 124
- Presidents and Their Decisions - Ronald Reagan (paperback edition) by James D. Torr on page 124
- Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier by Joanna Stratton in Back Matter
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