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Author: E. C. Alft ELGIN: AN AMERICAN HISTORY

First Printing / October, 1984 Second Printing / November, 1984 Third Printing / January, 1985
Published by ElginHistory.com on September 2nd, 2000

Commissioned by the DAILY COURIER-NEWS for Elgin's Sesquicentennial Year - 1985 D. Ray Wilson, Editor and Publisher Elgin, Illinois 60120

Formerly published by: Crossroads Communications

Manufactured in the United States of America

Library of Congress Catalog Number: 84-72758 International Standard Book Number: 0-916445-09-7

Copyright 1984-2000 by E. C. Alft. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations in articles and reviews.