
Hennepin and the winding Illinois River dominate the southern landscape of this 1909 survey, depicting a region defined by its critical transition from river transport to heavy rail. The area surrounding the county seat at Princeton is a dense network of early 20th-century infrastructure, featuring the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroads. These lines connect smaller settlements like Tiskilwa, Bureau, and Dover to the larger river economy.
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