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. 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
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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