History of Kendall County, Illinois, From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book History of Kendall County, Illinois, From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time (Classic Reprint) written by E. W. Hicks and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Kendall County, Illinois, From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time Long Ages ago Kendall county was the southeastern corner of barren rock, which reached up to, and beyond the northern end of the State. Chicago on one side was under water, and Morris and Streator on the other, with the southern part of the State, were part of a vast swamp where evergreens and rushes grew and were made into coal. That was the mediaeval time in the world's physical history. Before that, when the sea covered all the country, there were in the water shoals of curious little fellows which geologists have called Tentaculites Oswegoensi, viz.: the Oswego sort of tentaculites, or shell worms. This sort have been found nowhere but in the Oswego rocks, near the mouth of Waubonsie creek. Then after fourteen or fifteen geological epochs came the Terrace Epoch, or the ages during which the land was raised and rivers cut new channels below the old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."