![]() ![]() He and his brothers bought much of this scenic beauty in time.Ī little father on is a smaller spring called Norwegian Spring where in 1847 Moody Thompson, a Norwegian and his friend Oleg Gamerson were murdered in their sleep. Harrison Hausen who came to Franklin Grove in 1838 and his parents and family lived at the Spring for some time when he was young. Just beyond this bend is a large spring, where at one time stood a spring house, built by Mr. Along its banks in places the sandstone walls reach a height of fifty to eighty feet.Īs we journey on west along the creek from Iron Spring, there is a beautiful bend where the creek widens, called Black Bass. The Franklin Creek which flows into Rock River affords much picturesque scenery. Later others made the Noe home their stopping place. In 1836, it is recorded there were three families living at the Spring, the Noe, Holley, and Morgan families. The wooded slopes make a deep wind-break from the west and north wind. The water of the spring which the Indians highly prized for medicinal purposes, flows close by the site of the cabin door. Venison, wild turkey and quail are abundant. The grove furnishes berries and nuts in abundance, and excellent fish can easily caught. There is plenty of fuel near for the cutting and for building log cabins. The Indians had said that Iron Spring “was good medicine water.”Ĭummins Noe later said, “Iron Spring near Franklin Grove, is a beautiful spot in the famous Black Hawk Country along Rock River. On their way to Illinois, a child was born in Tazwell County and a son died, in April of 1835, but by gentle travelling, the family came on and the warm weather and infancy of the children made the Iron Spring location gratifying. The second brother, Cummins Noe built the Noe house, the first dwelling at Franklin Grove, near the sprint, where he remained for some time, while Reverend Jeptha Noe and family travelled on to Jefferson Grove where he organized the few settlers into a church and began preaching to them.Ĭummins Noe was born at Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey in 1809, but had later gone to Jersey, Licking County Ohio, which he left in the fall of 1834 to come to Illinois. In the second wagon were his younger brother Cummins McWhorter Noe, his wife, and two children. In the first wagon were the Reverend Jeptha Condit Noe, his wife, and two children. In July 1835, two covered wagons stopped at the Iron Spring west of the present side of the village of Franklin Grove. “Franklin Grove Creek around which the first China Township settlement was made, was so name it is said after the youngest son of “Father Dixon.”
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