The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Camp Point was founded in 1835 by Peter Garrett and was originally called Garrett's Mills. A school house was built here in 1836. Then a family named the Farlow started to build the town more.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1948Illinois, Camp Point quadrangle : 15-minute ser…Commons
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIllinois, Camp Point quadrangle :…, 1948: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Camp Point
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By decade
Camp Point, decade by decade
1950s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Illinois, Camp Point quadrangle : 15-minute series (1948) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.