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The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America and the 21st state admitted to the Union. Illinois is the most populous state in the Midwest and the fifth most populous in the nation, and has a large and cosmopolitan population. Its balance of vast suburbs and the great metropolis of Chicago in the northeast, rural areas, small industrial cities, and renowned agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and the coal mines of the south give it a highly diverse economic base. Its central location, connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River, made it a transportation hub for 150 years. It is this mixture of factory and farm, of urban and rural, that makes Illinois a microcosm of the United States.
About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers inhabited the area at the time of the American Revolution. American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; they achieved statehood in 1818. Yankees arrived a little later and dominated the north, founding the future metropolis of Chicago in the 1830s. The coming of the railroads in the 1850s made highly profitable the rich prairie farmlands in central Illinois, attracting large numbers of immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Northern Illinois provided major support for Illinoisans Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War. By 1900, factories were being rapidly built in the northern cities, along with coal mines in central and southern areas. This industrialization attracted large numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, and also led to the state's material contribution as a major arsenal in both world wars. In addition to immigrants from Europe, large numbers of blacks left the cotton fields of the South to come to Chicago, where they developed a famous jazz culture.

 

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News from Bloomington and Southern Illinois from The Bloomington Herald-Times

Saving money in tough times

Jul 20, 2008 2:11 am

Inflation, other economic woes have many Americans rethinking their choices ...

 

More IU employees getting heftier raises

Jul 20, 2008 2:02 am

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LIVE NOW: Watch the Monroe fair queen crowning

Jul 20, 2008 1:05 am

Stay with HTO to watch the crowning of the 2008 Monroe County Fair Queen. ...

 

What's happenin' at the Monroe County Fair?

Jul 19, 2008 8:08 pm

Live! From the fair! It's Mercedes Rodriguez, with updates throughout the day. ...

 
 

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Edwards overtakes Leffler to win Nationwide race

Jul 20, 2008 6:08 am

Jason Kelley took third, followed by Jason Leffler and London Cassill.Edwards earned his second victory on the Nationwide circuit in 22 starts. He has nine Top 5 finishes and 11 in the Top 10. Edwards...

 

Meche handcuffs White Sox

Jul 20, 2008 6:08 am

Jose Guillen out with back spasms, Butler has picked up the offense. Seven of his 26 RBIs and two of his four homers this season have come in the first two games of series against the White Sox. He&am...

 

Real Salt Lake, Fire play to 0-0 tie

Jul 20, 2008 6:08 am

Chicago Fire each earned a point Saturday night, playing to a 0-0 draw.With the draw, Real Salt Lake (6-6-6) took a one-point lead for first place in the Western Conference with 24 points. Chicago (7-...

 

Search team finds no sign of Steve Fossett

Jul 20, 2008 6:07 am

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers has ended a weeklong hunt for Steve Fossett, finding no sign of the missing adventurer or his plane but eliminating miles of ...

 

Barbara Gillian first female principal at AHS

Jul 20, 2008 5:41 am

Barbara Gillian took over this month as principal at Alton High School. She is the first woman to hold the job and said she is looking forward to the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year.

 

Rivers Research Center to be area

Jul 20, 2008 5:41 am

ALTON - Lewis and Clark Community College is setting the standard for new construction in overseeing the first River Bend building to be certified as "green." It makes sense for the...

 

Soldiers Overjoyed To Meet Obama In Kuwait

Jul 20, 2008 5:18 am

CHICAGO (CBS) ― A group soldiers serving overseas, including some from the Chicago area, were overjoyed Saturday when presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama ...

 

Bids for Chicago Cubs submitted

Jul 20, 2008 5:09 am

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first bids for the storied Chicago Cubs and related assets were submitted on Friday in an auction that could fetch more than $1 billion, according to a source close...

 

Daley not upset with Blagojevich over suggestion of state law enforcement help

Jul 20, 2008 3:15 am

Rod Blagojevich for suggesting that the Illinois State Police and Illinois National Guard could help fight the city's "out of control" crime.But the mayor, in his first publ...

 

Minor derailment on Red Line

Jul 20, 2008 2:55 am

Chicago Transit Authority says a southbound train on the Red Line derailed at the Chinatown stop on the city's South Side, but no one was injured.CTA spokeswoman

 
 

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Willow Lake Estates - ELS   IL

Located in the Fox River Valley, Willow Lake Estates is a beautifully landscaped community featuring ...