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All items for sale by the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society are sold only in the United States and are subject to prior sale. Be sure to add shipping cost designated for each item. Insurance is extra. Members receive a 10% discount to these prices! Think about it...almost reason enough to join SRFHS.

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Coil Bound edition 1872 WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ATLAS & INDEX
COIL BOUND Edition. 8-1/2x11, 152 page volume features 40+ Plat maps and over 4,500 names indexed to location. A must have for any serious researcher.
$25.00
plus $4 S&H.
1872 atlas-index cover 1872 WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ATLAS & INDEX
PERFECT BOUND Edition. 8-1/2x11, 152 page volume features 40+ Plat maps and over 4,500 names indexed to location. A must have for any serious researcher.
$25.00
plus $4 S&H.
Lincoln Tales CD LINCOLN TALES TALL AND TRUE CD
Abe Lincoln Storytelling at its Historical best. Brian "Fox" Ellis narrates six brief anthologies on the life of President Lincoln.
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$16.00
plus $2 S&H.
Cover: Lincoln in Illinois LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
This 2009 publication by the Abraham Lincoln Association features 91 black and white photos of Abe Lincoln statues in Illinois with essays. A Soft cover, Perfect Bound, 8-1/2x11, 250 page volume printed in honor of Lincoln's 200th birthday.
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$30.00
plus $4 S&H.
Lincoln Manahan Home Collectible LINCOLN-MANAHAN HOME WOOD REPLICA
Created exclusively for SRFHS by Hometowne Collectibles, this wood cut-out honors the July 18, 1856 speech and overnight visit of Abraham Lincoln to Sterling as a guest of Sheriff William Manahan. Wood cut-out measures 5-1/4 x 3-5/8 x 3/4 inches.
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$20.00
plus $3 S&H.
Hopewell Book Cover THE HOPEWELL CIVILIZATION IN THE SAUK VALLEY
An educational and informative 8-1/2x11, 36 Page book by Wolf and Linnea Koch on early Native American culture in Illinois with emphasis on the Sinnissippi mounds in Sterling, Illinois.
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$12.00
plus $3.00 S&H
Grandon Book Cover GRANDON CIVIC CENTER CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS
Saddle-Stitched; 8-1/2 x 11 size; 52 Printed Pages.
Features over 115 original construction and dedication ceremony photos with captions from 1938 family scrapbook.
$22.00
plus $3.00 S&H
Engineering a dream cover ENGINEERING A DREAM By Betty Marchon
Perfect bound; 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 size; 270 Pages.
Read this compilation of personal diaries by Fred Honens, a 1906 civil engineer for the Hennepin Canal, and journey back in time.
$20.00
plus $3.00 S&H
Badger Book One STERLING OF ILLINOIS- Book One
By David Alan Badger

Spiral bound; 8 x 8 size; Pages not numbered.
Features 35 pen and ink drawings and description of historic structures in Sterling, Illinois.
$18.00
plus $2.00 S&H
Badger Book Two STERLING OF ILLINOIS, Book Two
By David Alan Badger

Spiral bound; 8 x 8 size; Pages not numbered.
Features another 35 pen and ink drawings with description of historic structures in Sterling, Illinois.
$18.00
plus $2.00 S&H
Badger Book Three ROCK FALLS OF ILLINOIS, Book Three
By David Alan Badger

Spiral bound; 8 x 8 size; Pages not numbered.
Features another 35 pen and ink drawings with description of historic structures in Rock Falls, Illinois.
$18.00
plus $2.00 S&H
Badger Book Four THE DILLON HOME MUSEUM, Book Four
By David Alan Badger

Spiral bound; 8 x 8 size; Pages not numbered.
The pen and ink drawings provide ornamental details of Italianate architecture of this palatial home.
$18.00
plus $2.00 S&H
My Story MY STORY By John D. Arey
Saddle-stitched; 6 x 9 size; 48-pages.
The Life story of the man who platted and surveyed Rock Falls and Sterling, Illinois.
$10.00
plus $1.00 S&H
photo archives book cover PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVES
Saddle-stitched; 9 x 12 inch size. A book of 24 postcards to keep or send; featuring reproductions of old photographs.
$10.00
plus $2.00 S&H
sarah worthington book RETROSPECTIVE: SARAH WORTHINGTON
Printed 6x9 format, 16-page, saddle stitched; includes factual, historical background of the first teacher in Sterling area
$9.00
plus $1.00 S&H
postcard book THE SRFHS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Printed 6x9 format, 340 pages, perfect bound; includes over 300 views of local postcards reproduced actual size and color of originals
$75.00
plus $3.00 S&H
postcard book on CD THE SRFHS POSTCARD COLLECTION ON CD
Just like the book! 340 pages, includes over 300 full color views of local postcards on 340 pages. Requires Adobe Reader
$25.00
plus $1.50 S&H
postcard2 postcard1 OFFICIAL LINCOLN STATUE POSTCARD SET
Two 4x6 full color postcards of the bronze Lincoln
statue dedicated in Propheter Park, Sterling, Illinois
on July 18, 2006
$1.50 Set (2)
plus $1.00 S&H
book cover HISTORY OF WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Indexed 1984 reprint of 1877 Bent-Wilson history
$50.00
plus $3.00 S&H
bastian book cover WHITESIDE COUNTY
1968 Illinois Sesquicentenial Edition
by Wayne Bastian
$10.00
plus $3.00 S&H
book cover JOINED BY A RIVER
Pictorial history of Sterling-Rock Falls, 2003
$22.00
plus $3.00 S&H
book cover STERLING, DIXON, AND EASTERN ELECTRIC RAILROAD
Reprint, with supplement, of interurban railroad history
$10.00
plus $2.00 S&H
book cover ROOTS ON THE PRAIRIE
Guide to Illinois genealogical research
$5.00
plus $1.50 S&H
book cover SELF-GUIDED TOUR OF WHITESIDE COUNTY
Guide to natural and historic sites
$5.00
plus $2.00 S&H

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