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Dean Karau: Kewanee House hotel built for train traffic before track laid

Wethersfield businessmen expecting an influx of travelers from the new railroad built a hotel, one of Kewanee s 1st buildings, near the planned depot ....

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Dean Karau's Kewanee history: The Lyman-Lay department store empire

The 2 families dominated Kewanee’s mercantile scene for 6 decades ....

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Hamilton Mayhew Way: Strong when it counted

Hamilton Mayhew Way: Strong when it counted
Dean Karau
The Star Courier
Born into a family of abolitionists, his moral compass was set at an early age. His upbringing and strength of character led to Black citizens arriving in our hometown within a decade of its founding.
Hamilton Mayhew Way was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1827, to Elisha A. and Anna Way. Elisha was a farmer and later a prosperous mill owner. He and Anna soon had six more children.
Elisha and Anna became key components of the Underground Railway in Ohio, helping runaway slaves get to Canada. Any runaway who got as far as Lucasville, north of the Ohio River, received their aid. ....

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