Geography of the Middle Illinois Valley
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« Matson: Reminiscences of Bureau County, p. 400.
■^ Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, V. 32, p. 62; Peyton: Statistical View of Illinois, p. 17.
« Ellsworth: Records of the Olden Time, p. 176.
» Idem.
*" Drown: Record and Historical View of Peoria, pp. 89-90; Ballance: History of Peoria, p. 1 7.
»» History of Peoria County, p. 598.
" Idem.
—6 G Digitized by Google 82 THE MIDDLE ILLINOIS VALLEY. [bull. NO. 16 county was built on East Bureau creek, in 1830; the machinery was largely of wood, and the m...ill stones were dressed from glacial bowlders taken from the neighboring bluffs.^ The following year the first saw mill of the county was erected on Big Bureau creek.^ Many other mills were later built on these and other streams, although even in some of the larger ones, there was an adequate water supply for only two-thirds of the year.* Altogether some forty-seven water mills (31 saw mills and 16 flouring mills) were erected on the creeks of Bureau county, thirty of them on Big Bureau creek.* The great number of mills established, in spite of the relatively insignificant water power available, reflects their importance in the early economic life of the region.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
« Matson: Reminiscences of Bureau County, p. 400.
■^ Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, V. 32, p. 62; Peyton: Statistical View of Illinois, p. 17.
« Ellsworth: Records of the Olden Time, p. 176.
» Idem.
*" Drown: Record and Historical View of Peoria, pp. 89-90; Ballance: History of Peoria, p. 1 7.
»» History of Peoria County, p. 598.
" Idem.
—6 G Digitized by Google 82 THE MIDDLE ILLINOIS VALLEY. [bull. NO. 16 county was built on East Bureau creek, in 1830; the machinery was largely of wood, and the m...ill stones were dressed from glacial bowlders taken from the neighboring bluffs.^ The following year the first saw mill of the county was erected on Big Bureau creek.^ Many other mills were later built on these and other streams, although even in some of the larger ones, there was an adequate water supply for only two-thirds of the year.* Altogether some forty-seven water mills (31 saw mills and 16 flouring mills) were erected on the creeks of Bureau county, thirty of them on Big Bureau creek.* The great number of mills established, in spite of the relatively insignificant water power available, reflects their importance in the early economic life of the region.
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