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SEMI.MONTHTY PICTORIA JAI,IUARY [-NI}ySI,[TT[B 11, 1967 voLuME I0 (ents Pcr Copy 11, uo. IO FAIR AHD MiPANTTAI NEWS Or THE COMfiUNTTIES BUT.LDdI OF GAGE HOU-SB Honorable George Ga.ge, wno -.-i--s bcr.: rir Litchfield, ,{c,rkimcr Cor.nt-rr . ! _rt _ :r.; , ot-r Augu,t 30, 1313, carne to L.:ri:e Co,;-nN-;r Il.1inois, in Jul,v, 1835, arld I ocateu a ciai,i at Gage,ts Lake, ivhich as na.-ee ift,er il.re fainil.: . He l?as rurrr:.e.r jul;,r 4r J--,J,_,, lo .,ii.sS liartha Healci. riitrle a resl_clcri,r, oi' Ial;e CcuntJ,, ne /J S tr &; eu i_-. surve;;ing and surve.t,req 'Lht Village of ,;au.iie.anr theii cal led Lit+,le Fort. ,rfier resicier:ce tirert: for twelve ..,rears, he r.roveo to a larl south o-f :{cHerrrI; ro',{ knorvlr a.s the li,j.l 11ar rJhiting farrrr. Later he noVeo to ::Caenrlr al-ici resicied iit t re ilonre now occuoled. by lhe Carl i:i'eber fa:ril".. I'le v.rrts one ol the Dri-re novers ir the wori< of securinq for the vi] lai,e the Chicago r: ir,orth.vestern iiailroad in 11158. He built a iar:ge hote1 on the i'ortheast eorner of :,ain and iront Streets, cal_1ed the r-,age i{ouse; tater so-Id to il. Parker. and then e;.,]-led the rarkei iiot:se. He o,,.rned the ]-a.nd r,lhe ,e l.;est riciienr:- ls noy; loc.red, ano i: lhose dr-.,; it was called Gagetolun. i.le war, Staic *e p: esenlative fron 185O fo Lij5}t :.nui ljr,ate Senator .from 1u5lL to I85J. ite 1r tri a char_ bcr_retrbc.r: of i,lclienri.- Loclge A. F. ,,: A. ,.. lu. ,.ff. aricl. rtrs. Gage rnrere the drea!-rirancl pirrents of rr|Lr8. rrobert rr. ,r.,i'roiipson ane I,rauci Granger of ilicHenryl lirinois Photos in this article courtes;r il,obert _ r J- Thoiitcson, rep::od.ucecl by ilucly Eryrrrt. DrtDe,- >ofelY PETER 3807 W. Elm Street M. JUSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME 385.0063 McHenry, lllinois OXYGEN EOUIPPED Ambulance 385-0063 HANDY RESUSCITATOR I