. History of Dwight, from 1853 to 1894. 1854,was dedicated by Mr, Morgasi, and theplat admitted to record. The followingare his dedicating words: To be knownas the town of Dwight, and the streetsand alleys described on the town platare hereby donated to the public. Itwas named for Henry Dwight, of NewYork, who was a capitalist, and furnish-ed the money to build the road fromJoliet to Bioomington, known now asthe Chicago, Alton & St. Louis is said to have lost a fortune in theconstruction of this road, and as a com-pliment to him, and in honor of hisnoble deeds, his name was given t
. History of Dwight, from 1853 to 1894. 1854,was dedicated by Mr, Morgasi, and theplat admitted to record. The followingare his dedicating words: To be knownas the town of Dwight, and the streetsand alleys described on the town platare hereby donated to the public. Itwas named for Henry Dwight, of NewYork, who was a capitalist, and furnish-ed the money to build the road fromJoliet to Bioomington, known now asthe Chicago, Alton & St. Louis is said to have lost a fortune in theconstruction of this road, and as a com-pliment to him, and in honor of hisnoble deeds, his name was given to thenew village, which, in spite of efforts tochange it, it has ever since borne. Inthis year (1858) considerable excitementwas caused by an effort on ihe part ofsome citizens to change tlio name ofour town. There was a Jeading politi-cian here named Tom Little, knownmore familiarly as Jersey. He andsome others (who formed a cliquewhich he led) tried to have the namechanged to Beckman, the name of acounty in New York State. R. 1 Geo, Z. Flagler James Smith.
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