How well do you know Streator?

[roman]

Why is the high school called the Streator Township High School?  There was never a township called "Streator."

Where was Heenanville?

Why are the names of the river and the street spelled differently?

Where did the name of Bruce Township come from?

[dumdave]

Good post. I tried, but could not come up w/ any of the answers except ....maybe the guy who named the river was a bad speller.
I'm waiting for someone to do better than I did.

[fishman]

I hope someone provides us with the correct answers, google helped me find this about Heenanville. I would assume the town would have been in the same area.

www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-410025-Illinois-Heenanville_School__historical_.html

Google also helped me find this about Bruce Township....although it doesn't answer the question were did the name come from...?

history.rays-place.com/il/las-bruce.htm

It's interesting to see some of the names that first settled Bruce Township.

[chevypower]

Interesting, thanks fishman for the information.