August 22nd, 2010
Corner Tap's Annual Lawn Mower Poker Run
Call (815) 496-2953 for more information
September 3rd, 2010
Sheridan Community Club's Labor Day Weekend Cruise Night
from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Downtown Sheridan
Cars - Trucks - Cycles
Door Prizes and 50/50 Drawings
November, 2010
Veteran's Memorial Park Raffle
For more inforation email sheridanvillage@mchsi.com
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Original school bell which was part of the first brick school built in Sheridan in 1909.
The old brick school was torn down in 1968 and replaced with the building currently used today.
The school bell still sits in front of the current grade school.
The Robert W. Rowe Library
The Robert Rowe Public Library is applying for a Historical Records Preservation Grant through the State of Illinois to help preserve, access, and use our local history.
The Library along with the Sheridan Historical Committee plan to use these grant dollars to purchase equipment and archival products that will preserve our pictures, maps, obituaries, and other history to a new electronic format which then can be used by the public.
This grant is a “required matching funds” grant. This is where your help is needed. Every dollar that is raised, the grant funds will match. Anyone willing to help fund this worthy project, please contact the library at 815-496-2031.
A list of donors will be displayed in the library and on the library’s website www.rwrlibrary.org.
Our History
The Village of Sheridan was settled as early as 1833 when Robert Rowe and his wife settled on Section 5 and 8 in what is now Mission Township. Prior to this, in 1826 Jesse Walker established a mission at the head of Mission Creek, just three miles from the present town of Sheridan. He became the first white settler in what is now Mission Township. In 1844 Mission Point was established with the vote for a President and Vice-President. Mission Point became known as Rowes Station in 1863, the Rowe farm consisted of three houses. Finally, in the summer of 1869 the village was platted and named Sheridan after General Phillip Sheridan. On June 24, 1872, the town of Sheridan voted forty-five to one to incorporate under the Old Statute of the State of Illinois. On June 29th of that same year the first election of the Board of Trustees was held. The following seal was adopted:
“Town Seal, Sheridan, Illinois. Incorporated, June 29, 1872”.
Sheridan Historians Committee:
James Allen, Marilyn Beardsley, Al Rucker, John Morahn and Sandy Vahl
If you have any historic items or information or if you would just like to know more about Sheridan’s history, contact Sandy Vahl at vahlsp@netzero.com.
