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IN 1831, JOANNE HIS BROTHER, AFTER LOSING TWO SHIPS ON THE GREAT LAKES, DECIDED THE SAILING
AFTER LOSING TWO SHIPS ON THE GREAT LAKES, DECIDED THE SAILING LIFE WASN'T FOR THEM OF THEY
GREAT LAKES, DECIDED THE SAILING LIFE WASN'T FOR THEM OF THEY SOLD THEIR LAST VESSEL AND
LIFE WASN'T FOR THEM OF THEY SOLD THEIR LAST VESSEL AND HEADED INLAND TO SEEK THEIR
SOLD THEIR LAST VESSEL AND HEADED INLAND TO SEEK THEIR FORTUNE.
HEADED INLAND TO SEEK THEIR FORTUNE. THE SET MANY THEY BEGAN STILL
FORTUNE. THE SET MANY THEY BEGAN STILL BEARS FAMILY NAME, A THE LIFE
THE SET MANY THEY BEGAN STILL BEARS FAMILY NAME, A THE LIFE THEY LIVED BACK THEN HAS BEEN
BEARS FAMILY NAME, A THE LIFE THEY LIVED BACK THEN HAS BEEN RETAINED HERE AT NAPIER
THEY LIVED BACK THEN HAS BEEN RETAINED HERE AT NAPIER SETTLEMENT.
RETAINED HERE AT NAPIER SETTLEMENT. >> HELLO, I AM JIM WILHELM.
SETTLEMENT. >> HELLO, I AM JIM WILHELM. LOCATED ON 13 LANDSCAPED ACRES
>> HELLO, I AM JIM WILHELM. LOCATED ON 13 LANDSCAPED ACRES NEAR DOWNTOWN NAPERVILLE ARE 32
LOCATED ON 13 LANDSCAPED ACRES NEAR DOWNTOWN NAPERVILLE ARE 32 HISTORIC BUILDINGS MOVED HERE TO
NEAR DOWNTOWN NAPERVILLE ARE 32 HISTORIC BUILDINGS MOVED HERE TO BE SAVED FROM DEMOLITION, THEY
HISTORIC BUILDINGS MOVED HERE TO BE SAVED FROM DEMOLITION, THEY TELL THE STORY OF JOANNE HIS
BE SAVED FROM DEMOLITION, THEY TELL THE STORY OF JOANNE HIS SETTLEMENT.
TELL THE STORY OF JOANNE HIS SETTLEMENT. PATHS LEAD VISITORS ON A JOURNEY
SETTLEMENT. PATHS LEAD VISITORS ON A JOURNEY THAT TAKE THEM FROM THE 1830'S
PATHS LEAD VISITORS ON A JOURNEY THAT TAKE THEM FROM THE 1830'S TO THE EARLY 1900'S.
THAT TAKE THEM FROM THE 1830'S TO THE EARLY 1900'S. ALONG THE WAY, COSTUME VILLAGERS
TO THE EARLY 1900'S. ALONG THE WAY, COSTUME VILLAGERS IN PERIOD DRESS RECREATE THE
ALONG THE WAY, COSTUME VILLAGERS IN PERIOD DRESS RECREATE THE HISTORY OF A 19TH CENTURY
IN PERIOD DRESS RECREATE THE HISTORY OF A 19TH CENTURY NORTHERN ILLINOIS VILLAGE.
HISTORY OF A 19TH CENTURY NORTHERN ILLINOIS VILLAGE. IT IS A COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS VILLAGE. IT IS A COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS THAT BEGAN WITH A HOUSE MUSEUM.
IT IS A COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS THAT BEGAN WITH A HOUSE MUSEUM. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO
THAT BEGAN WITH A HOUSE MUSEUM. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO BUILDINGS ORIGINAL TO THIS SITE.
THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO BUILDINGS ORIGINAL TO THIS SITE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1883 BY GEORGE
BUILDINGS ORIGINAL TO THIS SITE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1883 BY GEORGE BARTON, A SCOTT SCOTTISH
IT WAS BUILT IN 1883 BY GEORGE BARTON, A SCOTT SCOTTISH IMMIGRANT WHO HELPED CREATE ONE
BARTON, A SCOTT SCOTTISH IMMIGRANT WHO HELPED CREATE ONE OF THE LARGEST BRICK AND DRAIN
IMMIGRANT WHO HELPED CREATE ONE OF THE LARGEST BRICK AND DRAIN TILE FACTORIES IN ILLINOIS.
OF THE LARGEST BRICK AND DRAIN TILE FACTORIES IN ILLINOIS. AS YOU CAN SEE, ITS NOW UNDER
TILE FACTORIES IN ILLINOIS. AS YOU CAN SEE, ITS NOW UNDER RESTORATION, AND WILL SOON BE
AS YOU CAN SEE, ITS NOW UNDER RESTORATION, AND WILL SOON BE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL
RESTORATION, AND WILL SOON BE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL GRANDEUR.
RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL GRANDEUR. IN ADDITION, FROM A QUARRY NEAR
GRANDEUR. IN ADDITION, FROM A QUARRY NEAR HIS HOME, HE SUPPLIED LIMESTONE
IN ADDITION, FROM A QUARRY NEAR HIS HOME, HE SUPPLIED LIMESTONE AND GRAVEL TO SEVERAL TOWNS
HIS HOME, HE SUPPLIED LIMESTONE AND GRAVEL TO SEVERAL TOWNS INCLUDING CHICAGO ESPECIALLY
AND GRAVEL TO SEVERAL TOWNS INCLUDING CHICAGO ESPECIALLY AFTER THE GREAT FIRE.
INCLUDING CHICAGO ESPECIALLY AFTER THE GREAT FIRE. OFF HIS FOUR CHILDREN, ONLY ONE,
AFTER THE GREAT FIRE. OFF HIS FOUR CHILDREN, ONLY ONE, CAROLINE, MARRIED.
OFF HIS FOUR CHILDREN, ONLY ONE, CAROLINE, MARRIED. AND SHE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THE
CAROLINE, MARRIED. AND SHE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
AND SHE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE. IN HER WILL, SHE DONATED THE
HOUSE. IN HER WILL, SHE DONATED THE LAND AND THE MANSION TO THE CITY
IN HER WILL, SHE DONATED THE LAND AND THE MANSION TO THE CITY OF NAPERVILLE PROVIDED THAT THE
LAND AND THE MANSION TO THE CITY OF NAPERVILLE PROVIDED THAT THE HOME BE MAINTAINED AS A MUSEUM.
OF NAPERVILLE PROVIDED THAT THE HOME BE MAINTAINED AS A MUSEUM. IT WAS AND IS.
HOME BE MAINTAINED AS A MUSEUM. IT WAS AND IS. BUT IN 1969 AN IDEA CAME TO
IT WAS AND IS. BUT IN 1969 AN IDEA CAME TO FRUITION TO CREATE A HISTORICAL
BUT IN 1969 AN IDEA CAME TO FRUITION TO CREATE A HISTORICAL SETTLEMENT BY SAVING OTHER
FRUITION TO CREATE A HISTORICAL SETTLEMENT BY SAVING OTHER BUILDINGS.
SETTLEMENT BY SAVING OTHER BUILDINGS. THE FIRST STRUCTURE SAVED WAS
BUILDINGS. THE FIRST STRUCTURE SAVED WAS SAINT JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
THE FIRST STRUCTURE SAVED WAS SAINT JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. BUILT NEAR THE END OF THE CIVIL
SAINT JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. BUILT NEAR THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR BY TRANSPLANTED NEW
BUILT NEAR THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR BY TRANSPLANTED NEW ENGLANDERS, IT WAS DONE IN
WAR BY TRANSPLANTED NEW ENGLANDERS, IT WAS DONE IN GOTHIC REVI VAL STYLE.
ENGLANDERS, IT WAS DONE IN GOTHIC REVI VAL STYLE. THE BUILDING WAS CONSECRATED BY
GOTHIC REVI VAL STYLE. THE BUILDING WAS CONSECRATED BY REVEREND HENRY WHITE HOUSE, THE
THE BUILDING WAS CONSECRATED BY REVEREND HENRY WHITE HOUSE, THE SECOND BISHOP IN ILLINOIS.
REVEREND HENRY WHITE HOUSE, THE SECOND BISHOP IN ILLINOIS. FIVE YEARS LATER, THE
SECOND BISHOP IN ILLINOIS. FIVE YEARS LATER, THE CONGREGATION OUTGROWN THIS
FIVE YEARS LATER, THE CONGREGATION OUTGROWN THIS FACILITY, SO THE BILLING WAS CUT
CONGREGATION OUTGROWN THIS FACILITY, SO THE BILLING WAS CUT IN TWO PARTS.
FACILITY, SO THE BILLING WAS CUT IN TWO PARTS. THE SANCTUARY WAS MOVED BACK AND
IN TWO PARTS. THE SANCTUARY WAS MOVED BACK AND CROSS TRAN CEPT WAS ADDED.
THE SANCTUARY WAS MOVED BACK AND CROSS TRAN CEPT WAS ADDED. KEROSENE LAMPS, NOW ELECTRIC,
CROSS TRAN CEPT WAS ADDED. KEROSENE LAMPS, NOW ELECTRIC, LIT THE FUSE.
KEROSENE LAMPS, NOW ELECTRIC, LIT THE FUSE. ABOVE, HANDHELD STEN SILL
LIT THE FUSE. ABOVE, HANDHELD STEN SILL DESIGNS ADDED FLOURISH TO THE
ABOVE, HANDHELD STEN SILL DESIGNS ADDED FLOURISH TO THE HIGH VAULTED IN CEILINGS.
DESIGNS ADDED FLOURISH TO THE HIGH VAULTED IN CEILINGS. IN THE BACK, IS THIS DOOR WHICH
HIGH VAULTED IN CEILINGS. IN THE BACK, IS THIS DOOR WHICH OPENS TO TIN LINED BAPTISMAL
IN THE BACK, IS THIS DOOR WHICH OPENS TO TIN LINED BAPTISMAL TONIGHT.
OPENS TO TIN LINED BAPTISMAL TONIGHT. IT WAS USED ONLY ONCE DURING THE
TONIGHT. IT WAS USED ONLY ONCE DURING THE CONGREGATION'S HISTORY.
IT WAS USED ONLY ONCE DURING THE CONGREGATION'S HISTORY. TODAY, THE CHAPEL CAN BE RENTED
CONGREGATION'S HISTORY. TODAY, THE CHAPEL CAN BE RENTED FOR WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, AND
TODAY, THE CHAPEL CAN BE RENTED FOR WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, AND OTHER SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
FOR WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, AND OTHER SPECIAL OCCASIONS. AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WAS
OTHER SPECIAL OCCASIONS. AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WAS THE FIRST BUILDING BROUGHT TO
AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WAS THE FIRST BUILDING BROUGHT TO THIS SITE.
THE FIRST BUILDING BROUGHT TO THIS SITE. SOON OTHER STRUCTURES WOULD BE
THIS SITE. SOON OTHER STRUCTURES WOULD BE ADDED EACH RECREATING A PIECE OF
SOON OTHER STRUCTURES WOULD BE ADDED EACH RECREATING A PIECE OF LIFE IN A NEW SETTLEMENT IN
ADDED EACH RECREATING A PIECE OF LIFE IN A NEW SETTLEMENT IN ILLINOIS.
THIS HOUSE, BUILT IN 1842 AS A WEDDING PRESENT WAS HOME OF ONE OF THE MORE PROMPT NANT AND
WEDDING PRESENT WAS HOME OF ONE OF THE MORE PROMPT NANT AND ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF EARLY
OF THE MORE PROMPT NANT AND ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF EARLY NAPERVILLE.
ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF EARLY NAPERVILLE. ROBERT BERRY CAME AT THE AGE OF
NAPERVILLE. ROBERT BERRY CAME AT THE AGE OF 16 ACCOMPANIED BY HIS UNCLE, JOE
ROBERT BERRY CAME AT THE AGE OF 16 ACCOMPANIED BY HIS UNCLE, JOE NAPIER.
16 ACCOMPANIED BY HIS UNCLE, JOE NAPIER. HE WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME AN
NAPIER. HE WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME AN ATTORNEY, TOWN SHERIFF AND SERVE
HE WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME AN ATTORNEY, TOWN SHERIFF AND SERVE AS A JUDGE. TODAY HIS HOME
ATTORNEY, TOWN SHERIFF AND SERVE AS A JUDGE. TODAY HIS HOME TREATS VISITORS TO A GLIMPSE OF
AS A JUDGE. TODAY HIS HOME TREATS VISITORS TO A GLIMPSE OF PRECIVIL WAR LIFE FOR THE UPPER
TREATS VISITORS TO A GLIMPSE OF PRECIVIL WAR LIFE FOR THE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS.
PRECIVIL WAR LIFE FOR THE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE LEARNED ABOUT
MIDDLE CLASS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE LEARNED ABOUT HOOPS, NOT BASKETBALL, BUT
FOR EXAMPLE, WE LEARNED ABOUT HOOPS, NOT BASKETBALL, BUT FASHION HOOPS.
HOOPS, NOT BASKETBALL, BUT FASHION HOOPS. IN THOSE DAYS, WOMEN WORE
FASHION HOOPS. IN THOSE DAYS, WOMEN WORE DRESSES THAT BILLOWED AT THE TOP
IN THOSE DAYS, WOMEN WORE DRESSES THAT BILLOWED AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM TO EMPHASIZE THEIR
DRESSES THAT BILLOWED AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM TO EMPHASIZE THEIR SMALL WAISTS.
AND BOTTOM TO EMPHASIZE THEIR SMALL WAISTS. BEFORE HOOPS CAME ALONG, WOMEN
SMALL WAISTS. BEFORE HOOPS CAME ALONG, WOMEN WOULD WEAR EIGHT, NINE, TEN
BEFORE HOOPS CAME ALONG, WOMEN WOULD WEAR EIGHT, NINE, TEN PETTICOATS, SOMETIMES WEIGHING
WOULD WEAR EIGHT, NINE, TEN PETTICOATS, SOMETIMES WEIGHING AS MUCH AS 40 POUNDS TO CREATE
PETTICOATS, SOMETIMES WEIGHING AS MUCH AS 40 POUNDS TO CREATE THE BILLOWING EFFECT.
AS MUCH AS 40 POUNDS TO CREATE THE BILLOWING EFFECT. ON THE SERVING TABLE IS A CHINA
THE BILLOWING EFFECT. ON THE SERVING TABLE IS A CHINA TEA SET WHOSE CUPS HAVE NO
ON THE SERVING TABLE IS A CHINA TEA SET WHOSE CUPS HAVE NO HANDLES, A STYLE THAT GREW FROM
TEA SET WHOSE CUPS HAVE NO HANDLES, A STYLE THAT GREW FROM NECESSITY BECAUSE HANDLES WERE
HANDLES, A STYLE THAT GREW FROM NECESSITY BECAUSE HANDLES WERE EASILY BROKEN OFF DURING
NECESSITY BECAUSE HANDLES WERE EASILY BROKEN OFF DURING SHIPPING. SO MANUFACTURERS
EASILY BROKEN OFF DURING SHIPPING. SO MANUFACTURERS BEGAN PRODUCING CUPS WITHOUT
SHIPPING. SO MANUFACTURERS BEGAN PRODUCING CUPS WITHOUT THEM.
WE ARE NOW IN THE KITCHEN WHICH ALSO SERVED AS THE BATHING ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS USUAL LIT WARMEST
ALSO SERVED AS THE BATHING ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS USUAL LIT WARMEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE AND BECAUSE
BECAUSE IT WAS USUAL LIT WARMEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE AND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WATER WAS
ROOM IN THE HOUSE AND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WATER WAS HEATED OF THE BATHE I WAS
THAT'S WHERE THE WATER WAS HEATED OF THE BATHE I WAS USUALLY DONE ON SATURDAY NIGHT
HEATED OF THE BATHE I WAS USUALLY DONE ON SATURDAY NIGHT SO EVERYBODY WOULD BE CLEAN FOR
USUALLY DONE ON SATURDAY NIGHT SO EVERYBODY WOULD BE CLEAN FOR CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING.
SO EVERYBODY WOULD BE CLEAN FOR CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING. SINCE THEY SHARED THE WATER, THE
CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING. SINCE THEY SHARED THE WATER, THE ORDER OF BATHING WAS CLEANEST
SINCE THEY SHARED THE WATER, THE ORDER OF BATHING WAS CLEANEST FIRST, DIRTIEST LAST.
ORDER OF BATHING WAS CLEANEST FIRST, DIRTIEST LAST. JUST OFF THE KITCHEN IS THE
FIRST, DIRTIEST LAST. JUST OFF THE KITCHEN IS THE MASTER BEDROOM.
JUST OFF THE KITCHEN IS THE MASTER BEDROOM. NOTICE THE BED IS SHORT.
MASTER BEDROOM. NOTICE THE BED IS SHORT. THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT IT
NOTICE THE BED IS SHORT. THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS HEALTHIER TO SLEEP NOT FLAT,
THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS HEALTHIER TO SLEEP NOT FLAT, BUT SITTING UP.
WAS HEALTHIER TO SLEEP NOT FLAT, BUT SITTING UP. IT STANDS A BIT HIGHER OFF THE
BUT SITTING UP. IT STANDS A BIT HIGHER OFF THE GROUND TO AVOID BAD VAPORS.
IT STANDS A BIT HIGHER OFF THE GROUND TO AVOID BAD VAPORS. THAT MIGHT BE DUE TO THE CHAMBER
GROUND TO AVOID BAD VAPORS. THAT MIGHT BE DUE TO THE CHAMBER POT STORED UNDERNEATH DURING THE
THAT MIGHT BE DUE TO THE CHAMBER POT STORED UNDERNEATH DURING THE NIGHT.
POT STORED UNDERNEATH DURING THE NIGHT. ANOTHER BUILDING THAT REMINDS
NIGHT. ANOTHER BUILDING THAT REMINDS VISITORS OF PRECIVIL WAR LIFE
ANOTHER BUILDING THAT REMINDS VISITORS OF PRECIVIL WAR LIFE AND DEMONSTRATES JUST HOW
VISITORS OF PRECIVIL WAR LIFE AND DEMONSTRATES JUST HOW ISOLATED THESE SMALL TOWNS WERE,
AND DEMONSTRATES JUST HOW ISOLATED THESE SMALL TOWNS WERE, IS THIS ONE.
ISOLATED THESE SMALL TOWNS WERE, IS THIS ONE. NAMED THE PAPA HOUSES, IT WAS
IS THIS ONE. NAMED THE PAPA HOUSES, IT WAS BUILT IN 1833, AND IT WAS REALLY
NAMED THE PAPA HOUSES, IT WAS BUILT IN 1833, AND IT WAS REALLY QUITE ROOMY AND FANCY FOR ITS
BUILT IN 1833, AND IT WAS REALLY QUITE ROOMY AND FANCY FOR ITS DAY.
HOME TO A LOCAL MERCHANT AND HIS FAMILY, THIS BUILDING ALSO DOUBLED AS A STAGECOACH STOP AND
FAMILY, THIS BUILDING ALSO DOUBLED AS A STAGECOACH STOP AND NAPERVILLE'S FIRST POST OFFICE.
DOUBLED AS A STAGECOACH STOP AND NAPERVILLE'S FIRST POST OFFICE. THE FRONT PARLOR TESTIFIES TO
NAPERVILLE'S FIRST POST OFFICE. THE FRONT PARLOR TESTIFIES TO THE FAMILY'S WEALTH.
THE FRONT PARLOR TESTIFIES TO THE FAMILY'S WEALTH. IT WAS ALSO A GATHERING POINT
THE FAMILY'S WEALTH. IT WAS ALSO A GATHERING POINT FOR PEOPLE TO READ THE MAIL AND
IT WAS ALSO A GATHERING POINT FOR PEOPLE TO READ THE MAIL AND EXCHANGE NEWS.
FOR PEOPLE TO READ THE MAIL AND EXCHANGE NEWS. THE MAIL ONLY ARRIVED ON CERTAIN
EXCHANGE NEWS. THE MAIL ONLY ARRIVED ON CERTAIN DAYS.
THE MAIL ONLY ARRIVED ON CERTAIN DAYS. AND BACK THEN, THE MAIL WASN'T
DAYS. AND BACK THEN, THE MAIL WASN'T DELIVERED.
AND BACK THEN, THE MAIL WASN'T DELIVERED. SO PEOPLE HAD TO COME HERE TO
DELIVERED. SO PEOPLE HAD TO COME HERE TO PICK IT UP.
SO PEOPLE HAD TO COME HERE TO PICK IT UP. COLLECTING IT BECAME A SOCIAL
PICK IT UP. COLLECTING IT BECAME A SOCIAL EVENT.
COLLECTING IT BECAME A SOCIAL EVENT. OH, AND BEFORE THIS BRANCH WAS
EVENT. OH, AND BEFORE THIS BRANCH WAS OPEN, PEOPLE IN THIS AREA HAD TO
OH, AND BEFORE THIS BRANCH WAS OPEN, PEOPLE IN THIS AREA HAD TO GO TO CHICAGO TO GET THEIR MAIL.
THE POST OFFICE ITSELF WASN'T MUCH, JUST A BIG DESK IN THE BACK ROOM.
MUCH, JUST A BIG DESK IN THE BACK ROOM. UNLIKE TODAY, THE PERSON WHO
BACK ROOM. UNLIKE TODAY, THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE MAIL PAID THE
UNLIKE TODAY, THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE MAIL PAID THE POSTAGE, NOT THE SENDER.
RECEIVED THE MAIL PAID THE POSTAGE, NOT THE SENDER. THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID WAS
POSTAGE, NOT THE SENDER. THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID WAS DETERMINED BY THE DISTANCE THE
THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID WAS DETERMINED BY THE DISTANCE THE LETTER TRAVELED.
DETERMINED BY THE DISTANCE THE LETTER TRAVELED. THE FRACTION AL CHARGES WERE
LETTER TRAVELED. THE FRACTION AL CHARGES WERE BASED ON SPANISH COINS STILL IN
THE FRACTION AL CHARGES WERE BASED ON SPANISH COINS STILL IN USE IN THE UNITED STATES AT THAT
BASED ON SPANISH COINS STILL IN USE IN THE UNITED STATES AT THAT TIME.
USE IN THE UNITED STATES AT THAT TIME. MAIL DAYS WERE VERY IMPORTANT,
TIME. MAIL DAYS WERE VERY IMPORTANT, AND NOT JUST AS DAYS TO MEET THE
MAIL DAYS WERE VERY IMPORTANT, AND NOT JUST AS DAYS TO MEET THE NEIGHBORS.
AND NOT JUST AS DAYS TO MEET THE NEIGHBORS. YOU SEE, IT WAS THROUGH LETTERS
NEIGHBORS. YOU SEE, IT WAS THROUGH LETTERS PEOPLE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS GOING
YOU SEE, IT WAS THROUGH LETTERS PEOPLE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE REST OF THE WORLD.
PEOPLE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE REST OF THE WORLD. NEWS WAS ALSO SPREAD BY-PASS
ON IN THE REST OF THE WORLD. NEWS WAS ALSO SPREAD BY-PASS JERS ON STAGECOACHES.
NEWS WAS ALSO SPREAD BY-PASS JERS ON STAGECOACHES. INCIDENTALLY, THIS HOUSE, THE
JERS ON STAGECOACHES. INCIDENTALLY, THIS HOUSE, THE PAPA HOUSE, GOT ITS NAME, NOT
INCIDENTALLY, THIS HOUSE, THE PAPA HOUSE, GOT ITS NAME, NOT BECAUSE THE OWNERS WERE
PAPA HOUSE, GOT ITS NAME, NOT BECAUSE THE OWNERS WERE PARTICULARLY FOND OF ANIMALS,
BECAUSE THE OWNERS WERE PARTICULARLY FOND OF ANIMALS, BUT A GROVE OF PAPA TREES
PARTICULARLY FOND OF ANIMALS, BUT A GROVE OF PAPA TREES SURROUNDING THE HOUSE.
WHEREIN ADDITION TO THE TOUR OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THE HISTORIC VILLAGE
ADDITION TO THE TOUR OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THE HISTORIC VILLAGE ALSO OFFERS DEMONSTRATION OF THE
BUILDINGS, THE HISTORIC VILLAGE ALSO OFFERS DEMONSTRATION OF THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES AND THE
ALSO OFFERS DEMONSTRATION OF THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES AND THE SKILLS THEY EMPLOYED BEFORE THE
TYPE OF BUSINESSES AND THE SKILLS THEY EMPLOYED BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY SUCH AS
SKILLS THEY EMPLOYED BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY SUCH AS STONE CARVING.
TURN OF THE CENTURY SUCH AS STONE CARVING. THIS SHOP BELONGED TO HENRY
STONE CARVING. THIS SHOP BELONGED TO HENRY MILLER, A GERMAN IMMIGRANT WHO
THIS SHOP BELONGED TO HENRY MILLER, A GERMAN IMMIGRANT WHO BEGAN HIS BUSINESS SOMETIME AFT
MILLER, A GERMAN IMMIGRANT WHO BEGAN HIS BUSINESS SOMETIME AFT CIVIL WAR.
BEGAN HIS BUSINESS SOMETIME AFT CIVIL WAR. HE MADE HIS LIVING CARVING GRAVE
CIVIL WAR. HE MADE HIS LIVING CARVING GRAVE MARKERS, AND MANTLE PEACE FOR
HE MADE HIS LIVING CARVING GRAVE MARKERS, AND MANTLE PEACE FOR THIS AREA'S FINER HOMES.
MARKERS, AND MANTLE PEACE FOR THIS AREA'S FINER HOMES. KEEPING A SUPPLY OF LIMESTONE
THIS AREA'S FINER HOMES. KEEPING A SUPPLY OF LIMESTONE BLOCKS WAS EASY BECAUSE OF THE
KEEPING A SUPPLY OF LIMESTONE BLOCKS WAS EASY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF QUARRIES NEARBY.
BLOCKS WAS EASY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF QUARRIES NEARBY. BECAUSE OF ALL THE DUST, MOST OF
NUMBER OF QUARRIES NEARBY. BECAUSE OF ALL THE DUST, MOST OF THE CARVING WAS DONE OUTDOORS
BECAUSE OF ALL THE DUST, MOST OF THE CARVING WAS DONE OUTDOORS UNTIL WINTER'S COLD DROVE THE
THE CARVING WAS DONE OUTDOORS UNTIL WINTER'S COLD DROVE THE CARVER INDOORS.
UNTIL WINTER'S COLD DROVE THE CARVER INDOORS. INSIDE OF THE TOOLS HE USED TO
CARVER INDOORS. INSIDE OF THE TOOLS HE USED TO CREATE VARIOUS PATTERNS.
INSIDE OF THE TOOLS HE USED TO CREATE VARIOUS PATTERNS. THEY ARE STILL BEING USED TODAY.
CREATE VARIOUS PATTERNS. THEY ARE STILL BEING USED TODAY. NOTICE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE
THEY ARE STILL BEING USED TODAY. NOTICE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CHISELS ARE MADE OF IRON, THE
NOTICE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CHISELS ARE MADE OF IRON, THE MALLETS ARE MADE FROM WOOD.
CHISELS ARE MADE OF IRON, THE MALLETS ARE MADE FROM WOOD. THAT'S BECAUSE THE WOODEN ONES
MALLETS ARE MADE FROM WOOD. THAT'S BECAUSE THE WOODEN ONES HAD MORE BOUNCE AND WOULD,
THAT'S BECAUSE THE WOODEN ONES HAD MORE BOUNCE AND WOULD, THEREFORE, WERE MORE GENTLE AND
HAD MORE BOUNCE AND WOULD, THEREFORE, WERE MORE GENTLE AND LESS LIKELY TO CRACK THE STONE.
THEREFORE, WERE MORE GENTLE AND LESS LIKELY TO CRACK THE STONE. THE DUST THAT WAS CREATED FROM
LESS LIKELY TO CRACK THE STONE. THE DUST THAT WAS CREATED FROM ALL THIS CARVING WAS EVEN SOLD
THE DUST THAT WAS CREATED FROM ALL THIS CARVING WAS EVEN SOLD AS A CLEANING POWDER FOR
ALL THIS CARVING WAS EVEN SOLD AS A CLEANING POWDER FOR CLEANING LIMESTONE MANTLES.
AS A CLEANING POWDER FOR CLEANING LIMESTONE MANTLES. NEXT DOOR IS THE SETTLEMENT'S
CLEANING LIMESTONE MANTLES. NEXT DOOR IS THE SETTLEMENT'S PRINT SHOP WHICH HEARKENS BACK
NEXT DOOR IS THE SETTLEMENT'S PRINT SHOP WHICH HEARKENS BACK TO THE SAME ERA.
PRINT SHOP WHICH HEARKENS BACK TO THE SAME ERA. UNLIKE TODAY'S COMPUTER RISED
TO THE SAME ERA. UNLIKE TODAY'S COMPUTER RISED WORLD, THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRIAL
UNLIKE TODAY'S COMPUTER RISED WORLD, THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRIAL AND ERROR IN LAYING OUT PAGES OF
WORLD, THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRIAL AND ERROR IN LAYING OUT PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER, BUT A LOT OF
AND ERROR IN LAYING OUT PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER, BUT A LOT OF MANUAL LABOR.
THE NEWSPAPER, BUT A LOT OF MANUAL LABOR. ALL THE LETTERS AND VARIOUS
MANUAL LABOR. ALL THE LETTERS AND VARIOUS SIZES AND STYLES WERE STORED IN
ALL THE LETTERS AND VARIOUS SIZES AND STYLES WERE STORED IN THESE DRAWERS CALLED "CASES."
SIZES AND STYLES WERE STORED IN THESE DRAWERS CALLED "CASES." LINES WERE COMPOSED ONE LETTER
THESE DRAWERS CALLED "CASES." LINES WERE COMPOSED ONE LETTER AT A TIME AND UP SIDE DOWN.
LINES WERE COMPOSED ONE LETTER AT A TIME AND UP SIDE DOWN. THEN THEY WERE PLACED IN A CHASE
AT A TIME AND UP SIDE DOWN. THEN THEY WERE PLACED IN A CHASE OR A FORM.
THEN THEY WERE PLACED IN A CHASE OR A FORM. WE ARE TOLD THIS SMALL ONE TOOK
OR A FORM. WE ARE TOLD THIS SMALL ONE TOOK THREE HOURS TO SET.
WE ARE TOLD THIS SMALL ONE TOOK THREE HOURS TO SET. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW LONG IT
THREE HOURS TO SET. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO SET A SINGLE PAGE
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO SET A SINGLE PAGE OF A NEWSPAPER.
WOULD TAKE TO SET A SINGLE PAGE OF A NEWSPAPER. THEY WERE PRINTED ON THIS LARGE
OF A NEWSPAPER. THEY WERE PRINTED ON THIS LARGE PRESS, ONE SIDE AT A TIME.
THEY WERE PRINTED ON THIS LARGE PRESS, ONE SIDE AT A TIME. HERE IS A COPY OF AN 1869
PRESS, ONE SIDE AT A TIME. HERE IS A COPY OF AN 1869 NAPERVILLE PAPER WHICH WAS
HERE IS A COPY OF AN 1869 NAPERVILLE PAPER WHICH WAS PUBLISHED ONLY ONCE A WEEK.
NAPERVILLE PAPER WHICH WAS PUBLISHED ONLY ONCE A WEEK. IT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH NEWS, MOSTLY
PUBLISHED ONLY ONCE A WEEK. IT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH NEWS, MOSTLY ACCOUNTS OF LOCAL WEDDINGS AND
IT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH NEWS, MOSTLY ACCOUNTS OF LOCAL WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS.
ACCOUNTS OF LOCAL WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS. EVEN WITH THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER,
FUNERALS. EVEN WITH THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE MAIL CONTINUED TO PLAY A
EVEN WITH THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE MAIL CONTINUED TO PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.
THE MAIL CONTINUED TO PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE. THE PICTURES IN THE PAPER WERE
VERY IMPORTANT ROLE. THE PICTURES IN THE PAPER WERE CARVINGS DONE ON WOOD BLOCKS
THE PICTURES IN THE PAPER WERE CARVINGS DONE ON WOOD BLOCKS WHICH HAD TO BE THE SAME HEIGHT
CARVINGS DONE ON WOOD BLOCKS WHICH HAD TO BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE LETTERS.
WHICH HAD TO BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE LETTERS. AFTER EACH PRINTING, EVERY
AS THE LETTERS. AFTER EACH PRINTING, EVERY LETTER HAD TO BE CLEANED AND PUT
AFTER EACH PRINTING, EVERY LETTER HAD TO BE CLEANED AND PUT AWAY.
BEHIND ME IS THE BEST PLACE FOR TOURISTS TO START. IT IS THE CREATION OF THE
TOURISTS TO START. IT IS THE CREATION OF THE PREEMPTION HOUSE WHICH WAS THE
IT IS THE CREATION OF THE PREEMPTION HOUSE WHICH WAS THE FIRST HOTEL AND TAVERN BUILT
PREEMPTION HOUSE WHICH WAS THE FIRST HOTEL AND TAVERN BUILT WEST OF CHICAGO.
FIRST HOTEL AND TAVERN BUILT WEST OF CHICAGO. IT GOT ITS NAME FROM THE FEDERAL
WEST OF CHICAGO. IT GOT ITS NAME FROM THE FEDERAL ACT WHICH ALLOWED THE SETTLERS
IT GOT ITS NAME FROM THE FEDERAL ACT WHICH ALLOWED THE SETTLERS TO CLAIM PARCELS OF LAND FOR A
ACT WHICH ALLOWED THE SETTLERS TO CLAIM PARCELS OF LAND FOR A DOLLAR AND A QUARTER PER ACRE.
TO CLAIM PARCELS OF LAND FOR A DOLLAR AND A QUARTER PER ACRE. UNFORTUNATELY, BY 1946, THE
DOLLAR AND A QUARTER PER ACRE. UNFORTUNATELY, BY 1946, THE BUILDING WAS IN SUCH DISREPAIR,
UNFORTUNATELY, BY 1946, THE BUILDING WAS IN SUCH DISREPAIR, IT HAD TO BE TORN DOWN.
BUILDING WAS IN SUCH DISREPAIR, IT HAD TO BE TORN DOWN. THERE WAS A TRAGEDY TO LESS.
IT HAD TO BE TORN DOWN. THERE WAS A TRAGEDY TO LESS. HE TURNED IT INTO PAINTINGS
THERE WAS A TRAGEDY TO LESS. HE TURNED IT INTO PAINTINGS WHICH ARE IN THE GALLERY OF THE
HE TURNED IT INTO PAINTINGS WHICH ARE IN THE GALLERY OF THE WROOE PREEMPTION HOUSE.
WHICH ARE IN THE GALLERY OF THE WROOE PREEMPTION HOUSE. WANDERING THROUGH IS GOOD WAY TO
WROOE PREEMPTION HOUSE. WANDERING THROUGH IS GOOD WAY TO VISIT THE SETTLEMENT.
WANDERING THROUGH IS GOOD WAY TO VISIT THE SETTLEMENT. IT NOT ONLY GIVES STORIES, BUT
VISIT THE SETTLEMENT. IT NOT ONLY GIVES STORIES, BUT INTRODUCES THEM TO THE BUILDING
IT NOT ONLY GIVES STORIES, BUT INTRODUCES THEM TO THE BUILDING THEY WILL ENCOUNTER AS THEY TOUR
INTRODUCES THEM TO THE BUILDING THEY WILL ENCOUNTER AS THEY TOUR THE VILLAGE.
THEY WILL ENCOUNTER AS THEY TOUR THE VILLAGE. LIKE SCHRADER'S WORK, THESE
THE VILLAGE. LIKE SCHRADER'S WORK, THESE BUILDINGS ARE MIN YETS OF ONE
LIKE SCHRADER'S WORK, THESE BUILDINGS ARE MIN YETS OF ONE TOWN'S PAST.
BUILDINGS ARE MIN YETS OF ONE TOWN'S PAST. IN ADDITION TO ON GOING
TOWN'S PAST. IN ADDITION TO ON GOING DEMONSTRATIONS, THEY OFFER
IN ADDITION TO ON GOING DEMONSTRATIONS, THEY OFFER SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
DEMONSTRATIONS, THEY OFFER SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES.
SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NAPIER SETTLEMENT OR FIND OUT
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NAPIER SETTLEMENT OR FIND OUT THEIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CALL
NAPIER SETTLEMENT OR FIND OUT THEIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CALL (630)420-6010 OR LOG ON TO THEIR
THEIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CALL (630)420-6010 OR LOG ON TO THEIR WEB SITE AT WWW.NAPIER
(630)420-6010 OR LOG ON TO THEIR WEB SITE AT WWW.NAPIER WWW.NAPIERSETTLEMENT.ORG.