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Article: Plaques recognize history of Dundee Township cemetery, West Dundee house
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- Courier-News (Elgin, IL)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2001
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Bill and Leslie Ragsdale stand outside their West Dundee home. Known as the Hartman Wolaver House, it was recognized during a ceremony Sunday at the Dundee Township Historical Society Museum. Plaques were issued to the house and to the Dundee Township East Cemetery.
WEST DUNDEE -- In a very real sense, historians are the guardians of collective memory.
Prophets in reverse, the best of them have a sense not only for the "pastness" of the past, but also of its future.
The Dundee Township Historical Society presented plaques for two designated historic sites during a 45-minute ceremony Sunday.
Held at the Dundee Township Historical Society Museum, the event was the culmination of an annual ...