Research Material

Research Material

The following printed materials are available for viewing at the museum.

Maps & Plat Books

    • 1872 Jo Daviess County Maps (See 1980 Reproduction)
    • 1878 Pitcherville Map
    • 1887 Stockton Plat Railroad Yards
    • 1893 Jo Daviess County Maps including Stockton
    • 1912 Sanborn Maps
    • 1913 Jo Daviess County Maps including Stockton
    • 1926 Sanborn Maps
    • 1980 Jo Daviess County Plat book Reproduction (Sponsored by Heritage League of Northwest Illinois)
      • 1872 Atlas of Jo Daviess Co Illinois
      • 1893 Plat Book of Jo Daviess County Illinois
      • 1913 Standard Atlas of Jo Daviess County Illinois
    • Various years between 1939 -2019

History of Jo Daviess County

    • 1878 H. F. Kett & Co. Reproduced 1977 by Heritage League of Northwest Illinois

Newspaper Articles

    • 1899 Stockton History Recapped by compilation of Newspaper Articles since 1887.
    • 1891 Stockton Herald 4-16-1891
    • 1896 Stockton Herald 2-27-1896
    • 1899 Stockton Herald 12-6-1899
    • 1899 Stockton Herald Women’s Edition 12-6-1899
    • 1899-Galena Gazette 1-24-1899
    • 1937 Reproduction of Stockton Herald 07/28/1937

Locally Published Books & Booklets

    • 1937 Recollections – After Fifty Years 1887-1937 written by J. N. Klock
    • 1965 Stockton Diamond Jubilee Booklet
    • 1990 Stockton Centennial Booklet
    • 1990 Discovering Our Past, Vol-1. Heritage League of Northwest Illinois (Stockton’s Beginnings, from the 1880’s to the Mid-1920’s)
    • 1994 Discovering Our Past, Vol-II. Heritage League of Northwest Illinois (The Development of Stockton Illinois from the Late 1920’s to 1990)
    • 19XX My Main Street

1920-2020 Stockton High School Yearbooks