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Murihead Family Home

Collection

The Ray Piepenbrink Glass Plate Negative Collection

Description

The Murhead farm house on Richton road was built by Francis and Elizabeth Spence, immigrants from Scotland. The land had originally been owned by Moses and Hannah Cook. The house was used in the underground railroad in the 1840's and 1950's.

Subject

Historical Homes

Historical Farms

Contributor

Piepenbrink, Ray

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Digitized from materials held by the Crete Public Library District and the Crete Area Historical Society. Digitization of materials has been supported in part by a grant from the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives and Records Administration.

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