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Freeport: Civil War Soldiers Monument and Stephenson County Courthouse
Freeport: Civil War Soldiers Monument and Stephenson County Courthouse The Civil War Soldiers Monument (left) and the Stephenson County Courthouse, Freeport, Ill.

Freeport

Illinois, United States
Also known as: Winneshiek
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Freeport, city, seat (1838) of Stephenson county, northwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Pecatonica River, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Rockford. Pennsylvania Germans began arriving in the area in the late 1820s. The town was founded in 1835 by trader William (“Tutty”) Baker and settled by unsuccessful miners from the Galena lead-mining district, about 40 miles (65 km) west. Baker established a free ferry service across the river and provided free meals...

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