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Fullersburg, Illinois
Fullersburg is a former village in Downers Grove Township and York Township, DuPage County, Illinois near the Cook County border. Though never incorporated in its own name, the area is historically important to the development of Hinsdale and Oak Brook, Illinois. The area was originally called Brush Hill and was claimed by Orente Grant when the Indian land in Illinois was ceded to the United States government in the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. Benjamin Fuller, of Broome County, New York, arrived in 1835 with his parents Jacob and Candace Fuller and some other relatives, and settled at Ginger Creek at what later became Spring Road in Oak Brook. Ben Fuller built a house in 1840 on what is now York Road. (By 1985, this Fuller House had moved into the Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve from its original location.) By 1851, he owned most of the area, and in 1851 subdivided and platted; the name changed from Brush Hill to Fullersburg.
Take a tour of Fullersburg. Below are some historic photos showing the people, places, and many enterprises of Fullersburg mainly clustered around the intersection of Ogden Avenue (then known as Old Plank Road) and York Road.
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Fullersburg Area Directory
1. Potawatomi Village
2. Benjamin Fuller original cabin
3. Jacob Fuller cabin
4. Mammoth Spring
5. John Marshall
6. John Hemshell
7. St. John’s Church
8. J.F. Ruchty Ice House / Mammoth Springs Ice Company
9. Salt Creek
10. Graue Mill
11. Frederick Graue House
12. The Farmer’s Home / York Tavern
13. Lt. King House
14. Ben Fuller Farmhouse
15. Forrest, Shoemaker
16. Hicks, Butcher
17. Dance Hall
18. Fox Brothers General Store and J.P. Mohr, Butcher
19. J.F. Ruchty, Grand Pacific Hotel
20. Toll Gate and Barto VanVelzer House
21. Orente Grant House
22. M. Coffin Farm
23. Edwin Fuller Farm
24. John Fuller Farm
25. Castle Inn
26. J.F. Ruchty House
27. W. Bullerman, Blacksmith
28. Fred Tunk, Wagon Maker
29. John Coe, Blacksmith
30. Almeron Ford Store
31. George Ruchty House
32. Jacob / Morell Fuller House
33. School House
34. Cemetery
35. Walker Farm