formerly called Elida
Source: Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties who came before 1841 R 929.377331 R883p
A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
formerly called Elida
Source: Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties who came before 1841 R 929.377331 R883p
first settler, Daniel Adams Holt,1836 second and third settlers were Holt’s brothers. Original Holt House at Severson Dells. Town original named Westfield, then in 1849, Elida, then in 1855, Winnebago
Source: Winnebago Sesquicentennial 1854-2004 R 977.331 W776
Winnebago and Boone City Atlas – 1871, 1886 and 1892; older 2 include buildings and footprint of the house ( Holt House) useful in locating building built in the 19th century
Source: Illustrated atlas of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois : containing maps of every township in counties, with village and city plats, also maps of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois / compiled from late and authentic sources, together with other valuable information. R 912.773 P14