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Table of Contents
Foreword
Historical Location
When the Indians Were Here
Indian Defeats and Treaties
In What Counties
Land Survey Townships
Settlement around Barrington Center
Coming into Cuba Township
Early Settlers in Ela
Along Ela Road
The East to West Trek
Townships Are Organized
Early Township Officers
Cuba Township
How Different Was Life Then
Government Land
Deer Grove Starts Something
Barrington Village Is Planned
Topography
The Move Is On
And Another Way of Moving
Early Appearances
Part 2*
Early Business at Barrington Station
An Old Dodger
Village Organization
Street Names and Changes
Sidewalks
Poor Descriptions and Lost Titles
Railroads
"Old Rails"
Wrecks on the Railroad
Early Railroad Stations
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Other Transportation
Part 3*
Barrington Public Schools
The Old Frame School House
Brick School Built
A Separate High School
Geographical Growth
What Happened to the Country School?
Advisory Council
Grove Avenue School
Roslyn Place School
Fire Protection
Lincoln Statue
Victor D. Rieke
Franklin Cramer Thomas
Countryside School District No. 1
The Churches
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
St. Paul Church
Evangelical Church
Salem Evangelical Church
St. Anne Catholic Church
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Christian Science Church
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Seventh Day Adventists
Presbyterian Church
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Bethel Gospel Church
Evangelical Free Church
Barrington Center South Church
Barrington Center North Church
Lutheran Church of the Atonement
Council of Religious Education
Part 4*
The Civil War
The Memorial Marker
War Record
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
At Unveiling of Monument
World Wars
American Legion
The American Legion Auxiliary
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
The Reserve Militia
The Post Office
The Barrington Office
Rural Delivery Service
Village Delivery
Growing Pains
Still Growing
Banks
The First Federal Savings and Loan
Public Library
The Telephone
Public Utilities
Water
Fire Department
Electricity
Gas
Sewer
Mr. Blanke
Pavement; or, Out of the Mud
Part 5*
Police
Commissioner of Street, Water, and Sewer
Medical
Health and Sanitation
Parks
A Recapitulation of Civic Affairs
Test Survey for Unassessed Property
Newspaper
Societies, Clubs and Lodges
The Barrington Mutual Guarantee-Insurance Association
Part 6*
The Band
Population
Storms
Old Houses
Business Names Listed on 1906 Memorial Day Program
Evergreen Cemetery
Chicago Highlands
Barrington Hills
Do You Remember Way Back When?
* The manuscript was divided into six parts for ease of online viewing. The printed version is not divided this way.