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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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Unity Temple ownership could change hands
May 24, 2013 7:34 pm
Oak Park's Unity Temple could soon see a massive facelift if a fundraising effort that involves a recently announced $10 million grant from a Chicago foundation is successful. &...
Demolition begins at vacant downtown Jewel
May 24, 2013 6:35 pm
Bulldozers have arrived at the former Jewel Osco site in downtown Wheaton, demolishing the building that has been vacant for several years.
Highland Park resident wins prize to meet Ben Stiller
May 24, 2013 5:49 pm
Benefits Highland Park/Highwood Rotary scholarships The same man who arranged for the marquee prize at Rotary's scholarship fundraiser also turned out to be the one who outbid the crowd to win it.&...
New Moraine Township supervisor settles in
May 24, 2013 5:34 pm
Anne Flanigan Bassi no stranger to public serviceAnne Flanigan Bassi may be a politician, but that was never her goal in life.
Orland officials try to less concerns at La Grange Rd meeting
May 24, 2013 4:56 pm
Community members from across Orland Park attended an informational meeting on the La Grange Road widening project this week to learn more about what they can expect during the next few years of const...
Pedestrian crossing closed at Lake Forest Metra stop
May 24, 2013 3:37 pm
Union Pacific Railroad recently closed the pedestrian crossing at the downtown Metra station in Lake Forest in an attempt to improve safety, according to railroad and city officials. &nbs...
Revised deal still a gain for parking meter vendor, analysis finds
May 24, 2013 3:30 pm
Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled dea...
Metra reassigns police official who oversaw NATO security
May 24, 2013 1:27 pm
Longtime administrator, a holdover from Pagano era, will get new dutiesThe Metra administrator who oversaw the commuter rail agency's police for the past several years, along with security during the ...
CPS suspends employee seen pushing student in video
May 24, 2013 5:00 am
Man appears to be shoving 16-year-old down flight of stairsChicago Public Schools has removed a Dunbar Vocational Career Academy employee from his job after a video was posted online that appears to s...
Evanston Township High School investigates 'sexting' accusation
May 24, 2013 5:00 am
Allegations involved girls, varsity baseball playersEvanston Township High School officials investigated a report of "sexting" among female students and varsity baseball players, according t...
Illinois News from BigNewsNetwork.com
Ill. House approves guns plan opposed by governor
May 24, 2013 6:21 pm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -; Gun owners in the only state still banning concealed weapons would win that right under a plan approved by the Illinois House on Friday, but the governor and other powerful Democ...
Some convenient care centers will close on holiday
May 24, 2013 6:18 pm
Tweet Widget CHAMPAIGN -- If you get sick on Memorial Day, be warned some local convenient care centers will be closed that day, Carle will close its convenient Care centers in Urbana, Danville and M...
Feds pull plug on Paducah plant 1000 jobs lost
May 24, 2013 6:16 pm
FRANKFORT, Ky. - The U.S. Department of Energy rejected a proposal Friday that would have extended operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.The decision means some 1,100 employees will lose t...
City Defends Proposed Parking Meter Plan to Committee
May 24, 2013 5:57 pm
Some city officials say the private company that manages the city's parking meters will actually come out millions of dollars ahead under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed ...
The Unheralded Startup Co-Founders Friends and Family
May 24, 2013 5:57 pm
The story of the entrepreneur is an almost mythological one in American society. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are rightly revered by many because of their ingenuity, tenacity and ability...
May 24, 2013 5:57 pm
Now that Brian Urlacher is done with his football-playing days, will he retire down to Del Boca Vista and work on his shuffleboard game? Perhaps buy an Airstream trailer and tour the country? He has p...
New Moraine Township supervisor settles in
May 24, 2013 5:53 pm
Anne Flanigan Bassi may be a politician, but that was never her goal in life.The former Lake County Commissioner recently moved into her next public role, as Moraine Township Supervisor. In an intervi...
Orland officials try to less concerns at La Grange Rd meeting
May 24, 2013 5:53 pm
IDOT officials and area residents and business owners gather around a map of the La Grange Road widening project during a May 21 informational meeting at the Orland Park Civic ...
Two Shot Near Roosevelt CTA Station
May 24, 2013 5:50 pm
Police said, around 11:10 a.m., a 57-year-old man and a 30-year-old man were shot in the 1100 block of South State Street. The Roosevelt stops for the CTA’s Red, Green and Orange Line trains...
Memorial Day Weekend Gas Prices Up From Last Year
May 24, 2013 5:50 pm
CHICAGO (CBS) – You’ll find gas prices averaging higher than they were a year ago at this time. In the Chicago area, the AAA says gasoline prices average $4.20 a gallon. Accordin...
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