Oneco

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This trail is part of
The Grand Illinois Trail

Traveling the Trail
Here are some interesting trail facts; follow the lettered posts on the trail.

Winner of the 2003 Coalition of Recreational Trails Award for construction and design.

Hunting Seasons
The Trail will remain open during the 2009/2010 Illinois Hunting seasons. It is strongly recommended that anyone using the trail during designated hunting dates wear the standard, hunter-recognized blaze orange apparel.

Hunters are not allowed to hunt or carry weapons on, or shoot across, the trail right-of-way, or to use the trail as an access to hunting areas. Hunters are allowed to cross the trail, and to retrieve game that has fallen on the trail right-of-way.

The 2009/2010 season’s hunting dates are: October 10, 11; November 20, 21, 22; December 3, 4, 5, 6, (11, 12, 13 Muzzleloader), 31; January 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17.

For more information contact:

Freeport/Stephenson County Convention and Visitors Bureau
4596 US Highway 20 East
Freeport, IL 61032
815-233-1357
800-369-2955
www.stephenson-county-il-org

Trail History – Communities – Oneco

Oneco is located in Oneco Township about one mile south of the Wisconsin-Illinois state line, about one mile from the Richland Creek and the path of the railroad.

The stagecoach road from Chicago to Prairie du Chien by way of Rockford and Mineral Point passed through Oneco Township, and its angling course decided the direction still maintained by Oneco's one street. The other pioneer road crossing the township connected Freeport with Monroe, Wisconsin. Oneco marked the intersection of the two roads. Its mill was a mile away beside the creek and was run in the 1840s by C.W. Brown. John LaBorde built a new mill and was the miller for about 30 years, closing the operation in the 1890s.

In the early 1850s, Oneco and Orangeville were contenders for growth. However, by the early 1880s, Orangeville had won the contest easily, partially because of the placement of the mills in the two villages. Therefore, when the ICRR built the rail line between Freeport and Monroe, the rail line did not pass through Oneco.