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Excerpt from Bellflower, 100 Years: 1871-1971 Bellflower Township is inthe Southeastern part of the County. It was first used as a cattle range by the pioneers of Cheney's Grove and other sections. Parties from Springfield bought the land, but it was not drained and occupied until after the Civil War. The Quarter Section of land on which Bellflower stands, was first granted by the government to an Indian squaw as a bounty, and afterwards, passed into the hands of Mr. George N. Black of Springfield. He platted and laid out the village of Bellflower. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.