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• Litchfield & Hillsboro Illinois Chautauqua The annual Chautauqua, a major attraction from 1906 to 1931, started in 1905 at Litchfield; but when the electric interurban connected Litchfield and Hillsboro in 1906, residents of both towns selected a wooded tract of land halfway between the two places for a combined Litchfield-Hillsboro Chautauqua. history.montgomeryco.com Read More

• Litchfield Hillsboro Chautauqua 1905-1938 From its inception in 1874 down to the close of World War I, the Chautauqua movement spread throughout the Midwest. It was started as summer camp for Sunday school teachers at Fair Point on Chautauqua Lake in New York State. history.montgomeryco.com Read More