Prairie Club of Champaign

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Nick Name	Prairie
Earliest Known Date	April 1867
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Location	Champaign, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	"The beginnings: Champaign in the 1850s and 1860s" (1960) p. 35: "The Prairie Club of Champaign was organized in April 1867, with P. Van Horn, president; H. G. Gary, vice-president; George S. Scroggs, secretary; and W. S. Maxwell, treasurer." Scroggs was probably George Scroggs (1842-80), later editor of the Champaign Gazette, State Representative, Lt. 125th IL Infantry. The Champaign Union, April 11, 1867 reports that this club formed Tuesday, with Pierson Van Horn as president. Champaign was incorporated in 1860. It had 1727 residents that year, 4625 in 1870.
Sources	"The beginnings: Champaign in the 1850s and 1860s" (1960) p. 35 The Champaign Union, April 11, 1867
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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