of 49 lu~d people away， and die Galena River hegan to silt in， making the chalulel to the Mississippi u~au gml，I<br >for cargo hoa~. Jo Davies~ County settled into fanning<br > With Europe still shaken hy the Napoleoulc wan， migrafon eontthued Guldeb~lks tuld the h nmib~a n i<br >Illinois rivers， of land where corn had grown on hlexhaus6hfa soil for one hm~dred yea~， of g~lme and ahml，]<br >~qld fruit of all kinds， of Farlne~ with several humlred hogs， ~，1 hundred eatde， ~enty horses， a thousaul she<br >English. Irish， aim German families， wannng to he tree of thelr remaiulng feudal ohligath，ns， migrated to th，*<br >cx，unty and settlements became ~nllages and to~ls In Mneriea they could find freedom and nnllnfited had w<br >could prosper hy working hard. In 1852 inJo Da~ess Co~t3，， nulya little of the edge of the ~，ildemess hM he<br >dulled. The source of the Missi~ippi had not yet been discovered The raikoad owned ~，，， million ae，~， al，d ~，<br >~lling it at eve to ~ent3 dollars an acre.<br > Like the heads of the families Hoppe， Schap， Grube， Briefer， and Evemull of that dine， J.Im Ru 1，，II，<br >Hanuner， a fa~er from Saxtmy， Germany， mok his I~unily from the German counu3~ide ~ld n%l it， d，<br >America. They went west over hlsmric ~ails， the past entering into them as they entered Jut，， lllin，，is ，~，，u，n，<br >When they roached Scales Mound in 1852 they bought railroad land. In one yeal S~ales M，，tmd ，，.tthl 5~<br >mu~， in three the railroad wouhl ar， i~. and ill eigbt the Chql War woukl heg， n The，i I Ioppe and

t，，n Scha[<br >barely able m speak English， volm~teered and spent four years ill a blue umtbnn gnth wcrc from the wta th，<br >hecame Sehapville<br > John Rudolph Hammer brought his family m a place that rolled into the N，~onl land ，，f a cr~ek ill a hidde，<br >valley ~ ~eel1 miles 110111 Galena and three from Scales Mound He came to baml. Like the uther，~ 1 lauun~<br >suhdued theland wlth ~ and plow.I Ie builra house and，wlth three other oleo， to~ded a ch~ch， fi~ e gencJamm<br >echoes ofhis spirit， conic after him. His son， Bernhardt， fathered nine children， Of Bernhardt s chlklren， Georg，<br >Hanuner ~came the father of Wdlis Hammer WilUs Hannner became the father of Willis Hammer， Jr<br >Willis HaJmner， Jr.， be.-ame the father of James AI~ Hammer. born 1 l0 } ears aRer Jo~al rudulph Hatmner<br >reached Illinois county. Of the sLx generatioi~s， none rooted tilt irom the ohl homestead<br > It is with the ~Vdlls Halnmer tamily and their neighbors that riffs N，ok is concerned， l~or forty ye~ I have<br >wimes~d， in fi iendship and with a camera， the hilths and a gang ， of three generauons When I asked， a lleigh~r<br >told me that I was allowed to make pictures because "it was your work and ~e dul not want m depm~ you of<br >earning your living "<br > A lame beyondJohn Rudolph I lanmlzr s homestead， the IVlllls H~nmer homepface lies in the seclusion of<br >a boll ow. Oi1 land laced hy rulfa~coas~l gravel r~ds， you go up ridges， down into ~ ~1 fays， and along n~r<br >borons， Card e a nd horses ~aze， h a wks title， Dck rabbits da~ inu> the raM. In the uemds， although you c~ot<br >