The Village of Shabbona Grove was organized in 1872. Shabbona Grove was a stage coach station on the busy Chicago Road Trail. As growth of Shabbona Grove slowed down because of the new railroad to the North, the town moved to its present location. It was three miles north of "Shabbona Grove", and the name changed to Shabbona. Chief Shabbona was a hero to the people in Northern Illinois. He was...