Church of the Pioneers
The Somonauk United Presbyterian Church was
organized on March 18th in 1846, by the
Reverend R. W. French in the cabin of George
Beveridge.  

On the north-east corner across the bridge from
the church, a small cabin was built in the spring of
1834 by an unknown trapper. This was the first
building ever erected by a white man in DeKalb
County, Illinois  The cabin was also used as a
station on the mail route inaugurated in 1834
between Chicago and Galena, Illinois.  In 1842,
it became the home of George Beveridge and his
wife, Ann Hoy. It was used as a station on the
underground railroad where runaway slaves were
concealed and sent on to Canada.

The present church was dedicated on June 24th,
1875, and the membership at that time was over
200 people.  It is the oldest rural congregation in
DeKalb County.
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