"City of Seven Hills" - Pencil Peak
Introduction
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Images
Pencil Peak is shown in this picture in the upper left. This picture was taken in 1958 from the top of Yankee Hill.
Backstory and Context
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This name came about as a result of the Roman city of Romulus which was founded on April 21, 753 BC and is said to be built on seven hills. In a 1912 book written by Carl Quickert named the History of Washington County he refers to Schleisingerville as the Romulus of the "City of the Seven Hills,".
Pencil peak was named after its steep incline. It was the originally owned and farmed by Joseph Beine. In the 1970's the Weyer family would subdivide the property and develop it into what is currently there today.
Sources
Quickert, Carl. History of Washington County. Chicago, IL. IL. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
Edward H. Wolf Schleisingerville to Slinger Historical Museum