I bought a copy of a 560 page book about Hopedale, Tazewell County, Illinois. The book is full of so much information and pictures of families living in Hopedale, Illinois.
The Table of Contents follows:
Founders of Hopedale
At the Turn of the Century
First Brick Home in Hopedale
Hopedale Newspapers
Town Doctors
Businesses
Churches in Hopedale
Park
Baseball in the Park
Post Office
Banks
Hopedale Fire Department
Telephone Services
Library
C & A Railroad
Hopedale Medical Complex
Lodges
Organizations
Village of Hopedale
Traditions
Hopedale Schools
Hopedale's Miracle Girl - Pamela Wilson
Pat McGee - Opera Singer
The Hat Lady
Hobbies
Animals about Town
Interesting Trivia
Cemeteries
This Business of Farming
Some of the Hopedale People
Pictures of Hopedale People
Homes in the Early Years
Miscellaneous Pictures
Hopedale Township
Notes on Tazewell County
Closing Comments
Family Pictures

There are pictures of school graduating classes, churches, men in the military, photos of folks in the train depot, nurses, layout of the original town with the owners of lots, photos of police, teachers, basketball teams, Sunday School classes, janitors, members of the children's Audubon Society holding their birdhouses, race cars,quilters, cemetery headstones, farm equipment, and more.

The only drawback to this book is that there is no index. I believe it would be a valuable resource to anyone with family in Hopedale, Illinois.

I will attempt lookups as long as I have the book. It is for sale.

Please contact me if you have an interest in this book.

Kathy Wieland in St. Louis, MO