Soap Creek Valley · Place

Illinois

Everything the Soap Creek narrators said about Illinois: 6 transcript mentions across 3 records, grouped by who was speaking.

state No coordinate

Index references (printed indexes): 14
Transcript mentions: 6

These two numbers count different things and rarely match. The first is how often the back-of-book indexes the books themselves print point at this place; an indexer chose those. The second is how often the name occurs in the transcript text, counted by machine. More on the difference.

This place has not been given a coordinate. It appears here because the narrators named it; where it stood is not established.

Provenance

Built from: The printed transcripts and back-of-book indexes of the fifteen monographs
Accessioned: From Bob Zybach’s upload, 23 August 2026

Who speaks of it

Charles Hindes and Norman Hindes in #14 Charles and Norman Hindes p. 1, p. 5
Edward Sekermestrovich in #4 Edward Sekermestrovich p. 4, p. 31
Marvin Rowley in #15 Marvin Rowley p. 1, p. 2

In their words

Quoted character for character from the printed page, with the page it is on.

[CHUCK] They originated from a farm near Rockford, Illinois.

Charles Hindes and Norman Hindes, #14 Charles and Norman Hindes , p. 1

But, after marrying grandfather Hindes, they farmed near Rockford, Illinois.

Charles Hindes and Norman Hindes, #14 Charles and Norman Hindes , p. 1

Dated statements about this place

1846 — In early life he removed to Illinois, and started from Morgan County, in that state, to Oregon in March, 1846. Zybach (editorial) · source · 1845–1859
1846 — In response to your request I will give some sketches of my journey across the plains from Illinois to Oregon in 1846. Zybach (editorial) · source · 1845–1859
1846-03 — In early life he moved to Illinois and started from Morgan county in that state to Oregon in March of 1846. Velma Carter Rawie · source · 1845–1859
1850 — The family came to Illinois about 1850, and on west the next generations. Marvin Rowley · source · 1845–1859

How to cite this item

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As printed: The Zybach Collection, Soap Creek Valley series: Illinois (place record).
This page: Soap Creek Valley: Illinois. America's School Trust Library, The Zybach Collection. https://schooltrusts.org/collections/zybach/soap-creek/places/illinois/
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