Big Bureau Creek and its many tributaries carve through this agricultural portion of Bureau County, Illinois, defining a landscape etched with small-scale family history. The presence of several small burial grounds, including the Aldrich Family Cem, Roggy Cem, and Heatons Point Cem, suggests a legacy of early homesteads and kinship networks in the townships of t17n r8e and t18n r8e. The terrain is marked by the branching paths of Maple Grove Cr, W Bureau Cr, and Lime Cr, which converge as they move toward the larger creek valley in the south.
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1893 · Hennepin
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1909 · Hennepin
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1911 · Hennepin
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1921 · Buda
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1923 · Buda
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Walnut
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Amboy
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1958 · Aurora
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · Aurora
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1966 · Princeton North
USGS Topo · 1:24,000