Marengo’s many names
The Village of Marengo had several different names in the early years of settlement - (although no documentation is available) - Janesville, after the first settlers, Mr. And Mrs. Harry Jones who had a “stopping house for travellers”; Basil after Mr. And Mrs. Jones’s young son, who had passed away and Fuller after a gentleman from Boston, who managed the Big Four farm. Marengo became its official name after settlers (Goodrich) from the state of Illinois in U.S.A. chose the name after the town they had come from - Marengo, Illinois.
Source: “The Wind Still Blows - Marengo Remembered”
Photos by Kate Winquist, click for larger images
