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Title: History of Woodford County
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Moore, R. L. (Roy Lewis)
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Publisher: Eureka, Ill. : Woodford County Republican
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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city to a vote of thepeople. The result indicated 232 in favor of such in-corporation and 152 opposed to it. The following werethe first city officers: Mayor, B. J. Radford; clerk, Roy L.Moore; treasurer, Lyon Karr; aldermen, F. M. Iloyt, R. T.Payne, G. W. Lewis, C. II. Radford. W. W. Pratz and FrankEnglis. In 1909 the first paving was done, College street beingpaved from the railroad to the cemetery. The work will becarried on as rapidly as possible until the principal streetsare paved. The religious interests of the people are eared for byfour churches. In 1832 the Christian church was organizedwith thirteen members at the home of Elder John Oatman.It was re-organized in 1836, and in 1847 they built theirchurch which stood about where the soldiers monumentstands in the city cemetery. In 1863 a new church was erect-ed on the site of the present structure. This served the pur-pose of a church until 1902, when the beautiful building nowin use was erected at the cost of almost $20,000.
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L. 0. GISH, County Treasurer. TOWNS OF THE COUNTY. 217 In 1858 the M. E. church was organized by Zedock Hall,and in 1862 the church was erected. Tins served the purposeadmirably until 1886 when the present building was erected.The Presbyterian church was organized in 1868, with Rev.Hart as its pastor, and in 1875 the present church was built. The second church to organize in the vicinity of Wal-nut Grove was the Christian at Mt. Zion. Services are stillheld there and the organization is now more than half acentury old. Since the removal of the county seat to Eureka, it hasenjoyed a slow but steady improvement. Better houses havebeen built, the town has put in more and better walks, andthere has been a general tendency upward. Cruger. The town of Cruger was platted May 15, 1856, by BenoniP. Pratt. It was named in honor of W. II. Cruger, who wasvice-president and chief engineer of the railroad now knownas the T. P. & W. The road was completed as far as Crugerin 1854, and the next ye

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