Formed out of Fulton County in 1826 -- named for Patrick Henry, delegate from Virginia to the First and Second Continental Congresses -- Bishop Hill was founded by Erik Janson and Swedish immigrants in 1846
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Formed out of LaSalle and Cook Counties in 1836 -- named for Major William McHenry an Indian fighter in Tecumseh's War and the Blackhawk War -- Woodstock is the hometown of Factacular member Allan R. Matthes -- actor Orson Welles attended Todd School for Boys in Woodstock -- cartoonist Chester Gould lived in Woodstock and drew the comic strip Dick Tracy from his Woodstock home from 1931 to 1977
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