With a major port on the Great Lakes, an extensive network of railroads and canals, and a river system including the Mississippi, the Illinois, and the Ohio, Illinois has long played a critical role in linking East Coast industrial cities, the agricultural heartland, and the Gulf Coast.
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Various histories of Illinois begin at different places in time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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General Assembly, New York, United States, World War, University of Illinois, Black Hawk, East Coast, Mississippi River, New Salem, Great Depression, Abraham Lincoln, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Northwest Territory, Northwest Ordinance, Illinois Central, Illinois River, Jane Addams, New Orleans, North America, Appalachian Mountains, George Rogers Clark, Indiana Territory, Lake Michigan, University of Chicago New!
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Various histories of Illinois begin at different places in time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
backwoods families Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Assembly, New York, United States, World War, University of Illinois, Black Hawk, East Coast, Mississippi River, New Salem, Great Depression, Abraham Lincoln, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Northwest Territory, Northwest Ordinance, Illinois Central, Illinois River, Jane Addams, New Orleans, North America, Appalachian Mountains, George Rogers Clark, Indiana Territory, Lake Michigan, University of Chicago New!
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- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years by Carl Sandburg in Front Matter, page 204, and Back Matter
- Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel on page 216, page 235, and Back Matter
- People of Coal Town by Professor Herman R. Lantz M.A. Ph.D. on page 187, and Back Matter
- New York (States) by Corinne J. Naden on page 153, and Back Matter
- Lincoln: A Photobiography (Houghton Mifflin social studies) by Russell Freedman on page 103, and Back Matter
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- Frontier Illinois (A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier) by James E. Davis in Back Matter
- The Spiritual Traveler: Chicago and Illinois: A Guide to Sacred Sites and Peaceful Places by Marilyn J. Chiat in Back Matter
- German Pioneers on the American Frontier: The Wagners in Texas and Illinois by Andreas V. Reichstein in Back Matter
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