Early county settlers practiced subsistence farming; Mid-19th century brought the steel plow … and a shift to more extensive farming

Before the arrival of European settlers, the region now known as Effingham County was inhabited by the Kickapoo tribe. The Kickapoo, a nomadic tribe whose name translates to "stands here

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