Illinois Lands and Peoples from Ancient Seas to Northwest Territory
Edward Emerine recounts Illinois history from ancient inland seas and fossil forests to mound builders and French fortifications at Fort Creve Coeur, La Salle’s era, and the transfer to English and later American control by the 1783 Virginia led expedition of George Rogers Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Marquette
Louis Joliet
Mississippi
Illinois River
France
Illinois
Mlindisis
Prairies
la Salle
Chicago
Peoria
Fort Crevecoeur
Kaskaskia
Cahokia
Province of
Louisiana
Fort Chartres
Paris
Illnois
Pontiac
Ilinois
Quebec
United States
George Rogers Clark
Virginia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Northwest Territory
Illinois and the Nation Its People and Places
Illinois rises from territory to state with Chicago as a booming center. Historical figures, rivers, railways, and major events from Lincoln to the Civil War shape the state, alongside early settlers, disasters, and industrial growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Kaskaskia
Shadrach Bond
Mississippi River
Black Hawk
New England
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Joseph Smith
Nauvoo
Illinois and Michigan
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A Douglas Ilinois
Haymarket
Ilinois
John Deere
Sewing Circle Patterns ERE Frock and Sports Set
ERE presents a daytime frock for fuller figures with cap sleeves and a gored skirt. A floral neck bouquet or costume jewelry completes the look. Also featured is a three piece bare midriff sports set for the young at heart. Top ties in a bow with easy construction. Crisp shorts and a bir nd skirt finish the outfit.
Illinois Facts and Figures Crown State Achievements
Illinois shows strong stats with population 7 897 241 in 1940 and urban share. White residents 7 504 202, foreign born 969 373, Polish 138 700, German 138 023, Scandinavian 101 414, Italian 98 244, Russian 74 454, Negro 387 446. Manufacturing value 4 754 860 733. coal most important mineral. vast fuel reserves. Orient No 2 coal mine in Christian county. top oil producer. metals and machinery leadership. leading meat packing. first in hard road mileage and soybeans. diverse farm outputs and cash receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
United States
Christian County
Orient No 2
Fuller's Earth
Minos
Farm
Chinery
Barbs and Bureaucracy in 1960s Business Culture
A fragmentary column mixes a Bankhage reference to a triangular executive desk from Business Week with riffs on efficiency and rhetoric. It contrasts Kurdish linguistic notes with political jabs on prohibition and puppets, ending in a personal aside about apology to a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Week
Steller's Sea Cow Extinct In 27 Years After Discovery
Collier's notes the Steller's sea cow a 25 foot three ton aquatic mammal was found near the Bering sea by Bering in 1741. Trading and sealing ships after the voyage killed so many for food that the species vanished in 27 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steller
Asiatic
Bering Sea
Bering
Collier’s
Buried Loot Hidden in Salt Mines Behind Dry Treasures
A wartime note explains German looted treasures were stored in salt mines because salt absorbs moisture and keeps items dry, unlike copper mines where mold formed on hidden riches.
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Edward Emerine Wiu
Dwight H. Green
Laois
COM
SYLIV
Washington Digest
U. S
Wild Bill Hickok
Mendota
Ulysses S. Grant
Starved Rock
Harpe Brothers
Cave In Rock
Ohio River
Shawneetown
Vandalia
Springfield
Ann Rutledge
Cairo
Charles Mound
Egypt
Ozarks
Jo Daviess County
Union
WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Berlin
G.i.s
Kaltenbath
Iowa
Constance Drexel
Philadelphia
Germany
Information Control Division
ICD
Radio Luxembourg
Frankfurt
Stuttgart
Munich
Radio
America
P Buniekt
Drang Nach Osten
India
Russia
Baghdad
Middle East
Palestine
Britain
Trans- Jordania
Trans-Jordania
Greater Palestine
United Nations
League of Nations
Jamal Husseini
Grand Mufti
Hitler
Husseini
Near East
National Union and
Louis
Lake Front
Hiernoon Tot
Metron
Bare Medviff
Bankhage
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Mission St
San Francisco
Calif
Kellogg’s
Oaneias
Clabber Girl
Ye Leela
Montana Cereal CO
Billings, Montana
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