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3 unusual facts about Ogle County


Buffalo Grove ambush

The Buffalo Grove ambush occurred near Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a small, unincorporated settlement in present-day Ogle County.

Chana School

By 1888, Pine Rock Township was ready to address the question of whether or not to build a high school; Chana students attended high school in Oregon.

Spafford Farm massacre

On May 19, a group of militia volunteers were ambushed at Buffalo Grove and the same day as the raid at Plum River, May 21, a more famous war event, the Indian Creek massacre, occurred.


Schiller Piano Company

The old Schiller Piano Company, also known as Conover Square, is located in Oregon, Illinois the county seat of Ogle County.


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Pond and Pond

The brothers were founding members of the Cliff Dwellers Club of Chicago, of the Eagle's Nest Art Colony in Ogle County, Illinois, and associated with Jane Addams' Hull House in Chicago, for whom they designed various buildings.