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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 The Chigago Tribune
Chicagoans head to Washington immigration march
Mar 21, 2010 5:00 am
Lao Wei's family embodies the brightest and darkest aspects of U.S. immigration. That is why he plans to arrive in Washington, D.C. S...
Bill would define tire burning as renewable energy
Mar 21, 2010 5:00 am
With just five words quietly slipped into legislation, Illinois lawmakers are moving to include tire burning in the state's definitio...
DuPage water audit cites negligence
Mar 21, 2010 5:00 am
The $19 million essentially evaporated.
The harmonica everyone is talking about
Mar 21, 2010 5:00 am
Tiny startup company targets professional players He had poured his life savings and the better part of 10 ye...
Leukemia patient runs up against insurance cap
Mar 20, 2010 5:00 am
Jim Rudd received the diagnosis on the morning of Feb. 12. The 35-year-old had leukemia and was referred for immediate treatment. ...
Dog? Coyote? Experts ID wolf in Ill.
Mar 20, 2010 12:06 am
Sure, the bushy, four-legged critter photographed up close in a snowy field near Oregon, Ill., might be a big dog.
Des Plaines casino hopes to break ground this month
Mar 19, 2010 5:00 am
Gambling center’s backers hope to break ground this month It won't be Las Vegas, with its flashing ...
News from the Chicago Sun-Times
Fargo officials aren't celebrating a flood victory yet
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
FARGO, N.D. -- A city used to fighting floods was confident Saturday that it had done enough to hold back the swelling Red River -- even as the water inched higher -- but officials stressed that it wa...
Wind farms may blow hole in nation's air defenses
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military is growing increasingly concerned that proposed wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America's skies, a problem that is stallin...
Thousands rally in DC for anti-war protest
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
WASHINGTON -- Thousands are protesting in the nation's capital on the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, carrying signs reading "Indict Bush Now" and flag-draped cardboard coffins.
Lesser-known bug a bigger hospital threat
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
ATLANTA -- As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests.
Army overhauls training regimen for first time in 30 years
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- Adapting to battlefield experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army is revamping its basic-training regimen for the first time in three decades by scrapping five-mile runs and b...
First day of spring feeling more like winter
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
The first day of spring is feeling more like winter in Chicago.
It's about to get even worse on the Ike
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
Driving the Eisenhower Expy. -- seldom a pleasure trip in the best of times -- is about to become sheer misery.
Nearly 60,000 CTA transit cards set to expire in April
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
More than 59,000 Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Card Plus and Chicago Card users cards are set to expire beginning in April.
Teens across the state compete in radon video contest
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Videos made by teenagers at Illinois high schools have been entered in a competition promoting radon awareness and health hazards associated with the radioactive gas.
Web growing new generation of dissent, activism in China
Mar 20, 2010 10:00 am
Chinese Internet users are being targeted for their budding grass-roots activism -- ordinary people spreading the word about grievances from every corner of the country with postings on Twitter, mic...
Illinois News from BigNewsNetwork.com
Three Alton Projects Vying For Pepsi Grants
Mar 20, 2010 6:43 pm
ALTON - Supporters still have their eyes on the prize - three grants totaling $350,000 that they hope will finance three community projects as part of the Pepsi Refresh Project, a vote-based campaign....
Ill. Democrats Hold Auditions For Lt. Governor
Mar 20, 2010 6:25 pm
The position of candidate for lieutenant governor candidate is open because the party's original nominee withdrew amid accusations of domestic abuse.The
Un Chief Says Israeli Settlements Must Be Stopped
Mar 20, 2010 6:23 pm
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, after getting a closer look at some of the Israeli en...
Melissa Bean Will Vote In Favor Of Health Care Reform Proposal
Mar 20, 2010 6:23 pm
"In the years since I came to Congress, I've heard from thousands of families and small businesses across the 8th District, whose stories illustrated their concerns with rising health ca...
Press Release On Melissa Bean's Decision To Back Health Reform Bill
Mar 20, 2010 6:23 pm
Congresswoman Melissa Bean (IL-08) announced her support for final passage of the health insurance reform legislation moving through Congress and released the following statement:
Mar 20, 2010 6:23 pm
• Luis J. Alanis, 20, of the 2000 block of Oak Street was charged Sunday with retail theft, according to a police report. Police received a report of a man fleeing the Meijer store, 855 S. Ra...
Ill. Democrats Hold Auditions For Lt. Governor
Mar 20, 2010 5:38 pm
The position of candidate for lieutenant governor candidate is open because the party's original nominee withdrew amid accusations of domestic abuse.
Chicago Terrorist Set To Reveal Training Info
Mar 20, 2010 4:21 pm
Headley is set to begin speaking to India, a senior official told the Associated Press Saturday. He will not be extradited to any of the countries as part of his plea agreement.
Dupage Water Audit Cites Negligence
Mar 20, 2010 4:17 pm
The $19 million essentially evaporated. No one at the once-prosperous DuPage Water Commission could explain why nearly all its reserves were accidentally drained, or how the accounting errors escap...
Chicagoans Head To Washington Immigration March
Mar 20, 2010 4:17 pm
Marilyn Navarro, 16, who has raised more than $180 to fund a trip to Washington D.C. with her undocumented immigrant cousin. Most of the money came in the form of customer donations from a bucket she ...
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Covering a sprawling 38 acres in scenic Lake County, The Village at Victory Lakes in Lindenhurst, IL, offers independent living apartments and garden homes as well as assisted living and skilled nursing services. Complete with a health and fitnes...
Minutes from the heart of downtown Arlington Heights and Northwest Community Hospital with easy access to Route 53, Church Creek is located close to the Arlington Heights central business district and within walking distance to the Arlington Heigh...
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