Neponset Historical Society

09/14/2026

Historic Witness Tree Land is Donated, June 29, 1994. Star Courier, Page 02.

09/13/2026

09/11/2026

History Runs Deep in Witness Tree Roots. Sept 09, 1994. Star Courier, Page 02.

09/10/2026

For two and a half centuries the big bur oak tree stood in the timber in what was to become western Bureau County. Growing about halfway between Neponset and Mineral, the tree was a landmark both for the Native Americans who lived in this area and for the white settlers who came in the early… Cont...

09/09/2026

June 06, 1941. Kewanee Star Courier, Page 02.
Witness Tree.

09/08/2026

1964, Cashier, Neponset, Illinois.

09/05/2026

View Patricia Ann Weeks's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

08/25/2026

Bureau County Fair ready! Please visit our Neponset Historical Society display…and enjoy the fair!! 🌭 🥤 🍦 🎡

06/15/2026

Thank you to everyone who baked pies for our pie auction! We couldn’t do it without you….

06/10/2026

Please help support your Neponset Historical Society and bake a pie for our silent auction!
This Saturday IS the day….