Fox River bend claims many lives over the years

from Echoes of Elgin: Timeless Tales from the Elgin History Museum · host Elgin History Museum

It was 157 years ago this week that Elginite Carrie Clark fell through the ice and drowned in the Fox River. The perils of the Fox River in the early days are explained in this echo from June 17, 1984.

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