Streator Township High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Streator, IL)

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COLONEL RALPH PLUMB 1816 1903 CCKQWWQ HARDSCRABBLE No record IS knovsn of a ullage 1n th1s locatlon prevlous to the Clul War although settlements had been made as far back as 1821 The first sxgn of development toward a buslness settlement came about 1860 when a store was erected along the rlver bank near the present locatlon of the gas plant at the foot of Cedar Street Other bulldxngs soon At thlg tlme a blacksmlth observlng a team m 1ts struggle to ascend from the rn er ford up 1ts banks to the hlgher ground commented as to the hard scrabble follovsed lt mth a slgn on hxs place of business read mg Hardscrabble and thereafter for sew eral vears the settlement vsas knovsn as Hardscrabble The name of th1s settlement was changed to UHl0HVlll8 and later to Streator The settlement changed too from a vlllage to the modern c1ty of today but there IS a DIC turesqueness about the llttle settlement of those olden days that cannot be demed the llttle settlement 1n a beauty spot of Ill1no1s on the banks of the Vermllllon where the blacksmlth could stand 1n hls doorway and watch the teams strugglmg to ascend the banks from the ford a Hardscrabble To the ullage ln 1866 came Colonel Ralph Plumb tlreless mdustrlallst first maxor and great benefactor of th1s com munltx He 18 rexered because of hls re markable planmng and the establlshment of mam of the mdustrlal and buslness assets of Streator and because of hls achlevements for oul c1t5 E 1 lc, V so 0 lt , . . Y 7. . . K , . . . 7. G Y , . . a W , . - , a u b. . , N . I . Li L V n n VI l 1 . 1 . , , u S9 followed. ' ' ' Y K Y . . W w . W 1 ' N ' .1 . . . , ,. . . , , L L, , N, v . K , 1 ' v ' v ' - . , , . . ' H - v v ' ' .' s , . K L L L L V ' 1 I 1 .W 1 1 I . v