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Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA

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Wikipedia 2017:

Spring Valley is a city situated on the Illinois River in Bureau County, Illinois. The population was 5,398 at the 2000 census, and 5,558 in 2010. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History:

Spring Valley lies in the valley of Spring Creek. The hills on either side of this valley were, and are to some extent today, laced with springs that still feed Spring Creek.

There were numerous springs in the town itself. One in the vicinity of the once Hunter-Doherty Lumber yard was so large and fast-flowing that the Indians had an encampment there. Remains of this encampment were visible in the early days of the town. There was a large spring that flowed from the side of the hill between East St. Paul Street and East Devlin Street, down a gully into Spring Creek. Springs still feed the pond of water at the foot of Number One slag dump on East St. Paul Street. This area is now the "Coal Mine Park" owned by Spring Valley PRIDE. The first drinking water supply was piped from large springs on North Sixth Street.

So, with the springs and valleys, it was easy to conceive the name Spring Valley. There is a record that the Indians called this territory, "The Valley of the Springs."

The fact that Spring Valley is located at the point in the river valley where the high bluffs, which contains the famous stream, are closer together than anywhere else in the grain belt and that there is a minimum flood plain has made this point most attractive for the location of grain elevators. It has become the fulcrum of the grain handling industry of the upper section of the Illinois River.

Spring Valley was founded in 1884 in the heart of the coal fields of Northern Illinois for the express purpose of mining of coal. The building of Spring Valley was the enterprise of Henry J. Miller, one of the first settlers of this area, and his son-in-law, Charles J. Devlin. They conceived the idea of establishing a coal metropolis, in the Valley and on the slopes of the bluffs bordering Spring Creek, in the southeastern corner of Bureau County. They acquired the mineral rights of 5,000 acres (20 km2) and purchased 500 acres (2.0 km2) on which to build the town. They secured the financial aid and cooperation of coal and railroad capitalists, E.N. Saunders of St. Paul, Minnesota, a director of the Chicago and North Western railroad, Mr. Taylor of What Cheer, Iowa, and William L. Scott of Erie, Pennsylvania. Scott was a United States Senator from Pennsylvania during the administration of President Grover Cleveland. Most of these men are remembered in the name of the streets of the town.

Two companies were formed, the Spring Valley Coal Company and the Spring Valley Townsite Co. Backed by the almost unlimited resources of the coal barons, these two companies spent over $2?1?2 million in less than four years in the building of the town.

The boring of the mine commenced in 1884 and the town surveyed and platted. Spring Valley did not grow from a crossroads country store or framehouse, it was planned with the hope it would grow to be a large city. Space was set aside for churches, schools and public buildings and broad streets were laid out. St. Paul Street became one of the widest streets in the state and in 1984 made even wider. In the residential section of the city property line, lies 25 feet (7.6 m) from curb and ample room for expansion.

Spring Valley was a boom town, its growth was so rapid that it was called the "Magic City." In less than four years, by 1888, the Chicago North Western railroad had laid a line from DeKalb, Illinois, four mines had been sunk and the town had 3,000 people.

Geburt

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Geburt		Personen-Kennung
1	Fenoglio, Alfred W.	16 Jul 1912	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I160991
2	Gillan, Laverne J.	20 Mai 1951	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I161028
3	Pinter, Delbert John	23 Feb 1936	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I161090
4	Pinter, Herman G. Sr.	6 Nov 1905	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I160932
5	Pinter, Wilbur J.	24 Apr 1923	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I161081

Tod

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Tod		Personen-Kennung
1	Bartoluzzi, Lena	9 Dez 2004	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I160954
2	Croissant, Katharina Anna	28 Mai 1944	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I160919
3	Pinter, Earl L.	22 Nov 1989	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I161062
4	Pinter, Elmer H.	16 Apr 1990	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I160996
5	Pinter, Gilbert L.	2 Feb 1998	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I160953
6	Pinter, Jacob Phillip	20 Jul 1950	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I160994
7	Pinter, Leroy W.	9 Apr 2000	Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I160998

Beerdigung

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Beerdigung		Personen-Kennung
1	Gillan, Elaine R.		Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA	I161017