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History of Elgin"In 1835, James T. and Hezekiah Gifford, along with Samuel Jewett Kimball,
settled a city that they would name "Elgin" in the state of Illinois,
38 miles west of Chicago. Situated on the Fox River, Elgin is directly
between the lead mines of Galena and Chicago. Gifford, being a devoutly
religious man, named his new city after a Scottish psalm. "I had been
a great admirer of that tune from boyhood", he once stated, "and the name
Elgin had ever fallen upon my ear with musical effects". Over the next
165 years, Elgin would be music to the ears of a great many people and
industries, including one of the largest watch making factories in the
world, the largest producers of dairy products in the Midwest, including
the home of The Borden Milk Company, as well as the manufacturing of cars,
shoes, bicycles and religious printed material. " Author James McDunn
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Recommended Media Veteran's History Project at Gail Borden Public Library on Elgin Today Honoring Our Past - Provena Saint Joseph Hospital Tapestry of Freedom - Elgin's Black History Hudson Productions The Jewish Experience in Elgin at Gail Borden Public Library on Elgin Today Elgin High School Yearbook, Illinois, 1918
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