http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/barbers-corners/ stories about the suburbs, church, and home Sun, 12 Jun 2016 23:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/barbers-corners/#comment-27017 Wed, 18 May 2016 22:47:58 +0000 http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/?p=2182#comment-27017 You put out a far more interesting and complete history than even the Bolingbrook Historical Commission. For anyone interested in local history yours is a fantastic resource.

]]> http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/barbers-corners/#comment-25615 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:47:17 +0000 http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/?p=2182#comment-25615 […] In the past, I’ve blogged about the farmland our subdivision was built on, and the man who watched his family farmhouse burned down as part of the construction process. I’ve blogged about the first European farmers who moved here, mostly from Vermont, in the 1830s. […]

]]> http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/barbers-corners/#comment-4023 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:36:24 +0000 http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/?p=2182#comment-4023 […] 1820, before any Europeans had settled down in Barbers’ Corners or anywhere around here, Illinois was about two thirds prairie land – no trees, just miles […]

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