round lake history - Pioneer Press Communities Online
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A CENTURY OF HISTORY<br />
1900s<br />
1901<br />
Jan. 5 Amarias White donates land for train station<br />
July 1 Railroad arrives<br />
Dec. 28 Armour Ice House strike<br />
1902<br />
1903<br />
Aug. 20 First train accident<br />
1904<br />
June 15 Rural mail route established<br />
1908 Joseph Amann first in Round Lake to buy a car<br />
Dec. 9 Round Lake incorporates<br />
1909<br />
Jan. 7 First election in village<br />
Jan. 13 Village charter issued<br />
Feb. 6 First village board meeting<br />
1910s<br />
1910 School District 44 in Round Lake was the First<br />
ConsolidatedSchool in Lake County<br />
July 12 First electricity used in Round Lake<br />
1911<br />
June 1 First diploma issued<br />
Sept. 10 Cornerstone for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church laid<br />
1912<br />
Feb. 14 Fire department initiated<br />
Mar. 24 St. Joseph’s Catholic Church’s first service<br />
1914<br />
June 9 Jack Benny visits Amann Hall<br />
1917<br />
Aug. 18 Armour Ice House destroyed by fire<br />
1918<br />
Jan. 14 First privately owned bank established<br />
1911<br />
June 3 Squaw Creek drainage formed<br />
1920s<br />
1922<br />
Nov. 16 Elementary school founded<br />
1928<br />
Feb. 9 Amarias White dies<br />
14<br />
Amann Hall<br />
ROUND LAKE CENTENNIAL 1908-2008<br />
Amann’s car was an<br />
International Harvester,<br />
and he had to go to<br />
Madison, Wisc. to get it.<br />
Amarias White’s farm and home<br />
School District 44<br />
Cedar Lake Road<br />
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
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