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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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496 <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois<strong>in</strong> September, 1874. In 1895, the membership <strong>of</strong> this <strong>Society</strong> was reported as60.Union Medical Association <strong>of</strong> Southern Ill<strong>in</strong>ois.—Accord<strong>in</strong>g to theNorthwest Medical and Surgical lournal, this society was organized atVandalia <strong>in</strong> 1856. Dr. George W. Hotchkiss was President, and Dr. W. D.Green was Secretary. No further <strong>in</strong>formation is available to show thatsubsequent meet<strong>in</strong>gs were held.The Military Tract Medical Association. That portion <strong>of</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois designatedas the Military Tract perta<strong>in</strong>s to "a section <strong>of</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois set apart underan act <strong>of</strong> Congress, May 6, 1812, as bounty lands for soldiers <strong>in</strong> the warwith Great Brita<strong>in</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g that year." The Military Tract was locatedbetween the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois and Mississippi Rivers from the po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>of</strong> their junction,extend<strong>in</strong>g northward to a po<strong>in</strong>t on the Mississippi River some twelvemiles south <strong>of</strong> the mouth <strong>of</strong> the Rock River and on the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois to a po<strong>in</strong>ta few miles west <strong>of</strong> the city <strong>of</strong> Peru. This tract was surveyed <strong>in</strong> 1815-16 andcomprised 2 million acres, which later was <strong>in</strong>creased to 3I/2 million acres. 2In 1821, the tract was a part <strong>of</strong> the then gigantic county <strong>of</strong> Pike which atthat time <strong>in</strong>cluded all lands between the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois and Mississippi Rivers, alllands north <strong>of</strong> the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois and Kankakee Rivers to the Wiscons<strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e, andall lands east <strong>of</strong> the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan and the Indianal<strong>in</strong>e north to the Wiscons<strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e. As the population <strong>in</strong>creased, new andsmaller counties were formed so that ator part <strong>of</strong> the counties listed below. 3present the Tract embraces allCounty Organized Orig<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong> NameCalhoun 1825 J°hn C. Calhoun, Secretary <strong>of</strong> State under Monroeand TylerPike 1821 Maj. Gen. Zebulon Pike, explorer, killed at York,Canada, 1812AdamsPresident John Qu<strong>in</strong>cy AdamsMaj. Gen. Jacob Brown, War <strong>of</strong> 1812Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, Revolutionary WarJohn Hancock, first signer <strong>of</strong> the Declaration <strong>of</strong>IndependenceComm. Thomas McDonough, Battle <strong>of</strong> LakeChampla<strong>in</strong>, 1812Fulton 1823 Robert Fulton, steamboat builder2 Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Walter Havighurst {Land <strong>of</strong> Promise: The Story <strong>of</strong> the NorthwestTerritory. 1946. The McMillan. Co. N.Y.), after the War <strong>of</strong> 1812, the United Statescreated Military Tracts <strong>of</strong> 2 million acres each <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois, Michigan and Arkansas.Later, because the land <strong>of</strong> the Michigan Tract was so poor and almost worthless, theIll<strong>in</strong>ois Tract was <strong>in</strong>creased from 2 to 31^ million acres—Editor8This material was submitted by Mr. Frank W. Phillips, Dean <strong>of</strong> Men <strong>of</strong> MonmouthCollege, Monmouth, Ill<strong>in</strong>ois.

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