Grand Detour, Illinois

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name = Grand Detour
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image_caption = Restored church in Grand Detour, Illinois.


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country = United States
state = Illinois
region_type = County
region = Ogle
district_type = Township
district = Grand Detour
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timezone = CST
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postal_code = 61021
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map_caption = Location of Grand Detour within Illinois
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commons = Grand Detour, Illinois
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Grand Detour, Illinois is an unincorporated village in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The village is named because because of an odd turn in the Rock River. Grand Detour is the site where John Deere invented the first successful steel plow. Many of the village's initial residents came from Vermont, and in the early years of the 20th century many artists were known to live here.fact|date=May 2007 It is said that Orson Welles spent several summers here as a youth at a relative's hotel.fact|date=May 2007 Stan Hack (Chicago Cubs manager and player) had a restaurant in town.fact|date=May 2007

ee also

* John Deere House and Shop

References

* [http://www.leecountyhistory.com/articles/940623.htm Grand Detour History]

External links

* [http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/history/index.html John Deere Homepage]
* [http://www.iltrails.org/ogle/stpeters_episcopalchurch.html St. Peter's Episcopal Church History]