IMAGES OF OUR PAST - THE HOTEL KEWANEE - SOUTH OF DUDLEY ON ROCKY CREEK. KEWANEE WAS ESTABLISHED AS A PEACH ORCHARD IN THE LATE 1890S BY AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION. INVESTORS COULD BUY SMALL ACREAGE PLOTS. A SAVAGE SNOW STORM RAVAGED THE ORCHARD AND ENDED THE PROJECT IN 1899.
IMAGES OF OUR PAST - THE HOTEL KEWANEE - SOUTH OF DUDLEY ON ROCKY CREEK. KEWANEE WAS ESTABLISHED AS A PEACH ORCHARD IN THE LATE 1890S BY AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION. INVESTORS COULD BUY SMALL ACREAGE PLOTS. A SAVAGE SNOW STORM RAVAGED THE ORCHARD AND ENDED THE PROJECT IN 1899.