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The Social Order of a Frontier Community: Jacksonville, Illinois, 1825-70 (1st Edition) by Don Harrison Doyle Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1983 ISBN-10: 0-252-01036-1 / 0252010361 ISBN-13: 978-0-252-01036-1 / 9780252010361 So there, stranded in the center of a sparsely settled wilderness, a town was platted. The plan, which was laid out in a standard grid pattern around a public square, could have been borrowed from any of a hundred similar towns in the South or Midwest. In the square would be the county courthouse |