. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . rter of , T. 4. S., 3 W., which my father soon afterward bought andoccu])ied. This was on the main traveled route from Philli|)8Ferry to Qiiincy and Atlas, the county seats of Adams and Pike,the two routes partini: on t«»j) of the mound in what is now calledQuincy Avenue. The first settlement on the road,


. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . rter of , T. 4. S., 3 W., which my father soon afterward bought andoccu])ied. This was on the main traveled route from Philli|)8Ferry to Qiiincy and Atlas, the county seats of Adams and Pike,the two routes partini: on t«»j) of the mound in what is now calledQuincy Avenue. The first settlement on the road, which was thenknown as the Atlas trail, after passing the site where Gri^f^svillewas afterward built, was seven miles out on Pay creek, wliere JoelMoore had settle*! some two or three years before. He emiart of Adams county. I believe Atlas was the only laid-out town in Pike county at. Mi


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