Henderson County IL Archives News.....Hopper Road Improved October 18, 1917
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Stronghurst Graphic October 18, 1917
The highway commissioner of Stronghurst Township in their effort to improve 
the Lincoln Trail highway west of Hopper by surfacing the sand roadway with 
black soil have met with two examples of public spirit. In view of the fact 
that they have often had occasion to note the reluctance of many land owners 
to part with so much as a wagon load of dirt without being paid iberally for 
the same and realizing that black soil is not overly plentiful in the region 
just west of Hopper, the generous offer of two citizens, Mr. Thomas Dixon, who 
is fortunate enough to possess a tract of black soil land near the west end of 
the stretch of highway, and Mrs. J.H. Schroeder, who has a farm at the east 
end of the stretch, to donate as much soil as needed for the work was 
appreciatively accepted.

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