page_title: Bartlett Woods
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bartlett Woods / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance to Bartlett Woods (Knox Grove)
context_page_description: Bartlett Woods is a 23 acres Nature Preserve located in Lee County, Illinois, USA, situated along the bank of the Big Bureau Creek. It is a remnant of a larger forest which is no longer extant.
context_section_description: The name Knox Grove is derived from William Knox, who first settled the area around 1830. By 1846, Knox Grove was a settlement of roughly 14 families covering an area of 2–3 square miles (5.2–7.8 km²). The following year, the first schoolhouse was started out of the (now abandoned) home of Mr. Knox.
  In 1848, an American black bear weighing 400 pounds (180 kg) was reported as being killed by a group of men in the northern reach of the grove. That same year, a post office opened under the name of Ovid.
  By 1855, the Illinois Central Railroad's choice of routing led to the creation of the nearby town of Sublette, where the majority of the population of Knox Grove shortly relocated.
caption: Entrance to Nature Preserve
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