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be the town of Algoma and purchased the ferry operated by James Knaggs. That same
year Webster bought 118 acres of land along the mouth of the Fox River on the North side
all the way to present Main St. Here he built a log cabin on his newly purchased land,
which is now the corner of Bowen & Lake Shore Drive. In 1842, Mr. Stanley moved his
ferry to the mouth of the Fox River near the Chicago & Northwestern R. R. bridge, moving
it to the area of present Main St. in 1847. Mr. Stanley is credited with many firsts in the
city. The first school, where six students were taught for a short period of time in his
home. The first public house in 1846, called the Brooklyn, near present day South Main St.
The Stanley home was also the site of county government until a court house was built in
1849. Webster Stanley died while on a trip to South Dakota in 1878, near the town of
Aberdeen and is buried in Columbia Cemetery in South Dakota.
Object ID P2003.5.2
Object Print, Albumen
Name
Webster Stanley
Description Albumen print on Carte de Visite Mount of Webster Stanley.
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