Hi Susan, There is a Great sight for Mclean County on the web by Pam, who is also on the list, and she has some history of the town of Colfax listed on the sight. If you havent checked it out you might want to. It focuses a lot of the smaller community's in Mclean County. the address is: http://members.tripod.com/GenFamily/index.html I have used the sight many times. Hope this helps. Leslie