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Parental supervision suggested. ILLINOIS BOOKS & FILES 100 Years of Progress, The Centennial History of Anna, IL. pub:1954 A Timeline of Illinois History Alton Illinois Illustrated. pub:1912 American Bottom Region of Illinois  Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea. pub:1906 Belleville, Illinois - Illustrated. pub:1905 Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois. pub:1962 Broadwell Inn & Tavern, Clayville, Illinois. [built in 1824] Burma-Shave History. Including over 500 multi-sign advertising messages seen on Illinois and US Highways. Centennial History of Illinois, Volume - 01, 02 Chain of Rocks Bridge, Chouteau Island, Illinois. Clarence Darrow, Timeline of His Life and Legal Career. Complete History of Southern Illinois' Gang War. pub:1927 Constitution of the State of Illinois 1818. pub:1819 Dwight Centennial, 1854-1954: A Great Past - A Greater Future East Saint Louis, Illinois: Race Riots of 1917 Freeburg, Illinois, Centennial Celebration, 1859-1959 French and Indians of Illinois River. pub:1874 Galena Illinois Guide. pub:1937 Galena Illinois' Old Stockade Used during the Black Hawk War of 1832 Glimpses of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, history from 1722 to 1942 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois. pub:1900 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, with Commemorative Biographies, Vol 2. pub:1926 History of Belleville, Illinois. pub:1951 History of Gazette Building in Champaign, Illinois. History of East St. Louis. pub:1875 History of Illinois from its commencement as a state in 1818 to 1847; by Gov. Thomas Ford. pub:1854 History of Mokena, Illinois History of New Milford, Illinois, 1835-1975 History of Sears Modern Homes and Sears Honor Bilt Homes. History of the City of Cairo, Illinois. pub:1910 History of the City of Quincy. Illinois. pub:1880  History of the Illinois Training School for Nurses, 1880-1929. pub:1930 History of Southern Illinois, its Historical Progress, People, Principal Interests. pub:1912 - Volumes 01, 02, 03 History of the Swedes of Illinois. pub:1908 Illinois Crime Survey, by Illinois Association for Criminal Justice. pub:1929 Illinois in 1818, by Solon Justus Buck. pub:1918 Kinsella Log Cabin (two-story) built in 1854, Fairview Heights, Illinois. [photography by N.Gale] Laws of Illinois, Relating to Cities and Villages. pub:1878 Laws of the Illinois Territory, 1809-1818. pub:1950 Maeystown, Illinois - The Entire Village is on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, Cahokia, Illinois - Illinois' Oldest Brick House Blueprints. [completed 1806] Old Illinois Houses, by John Drury. pub:1941 Origins of Nude Swimming in Illinois Public Schools. Pana, Illinois. pub:1913 Panic of 1893 in Illinois and Chicago. Past and Present of the City of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois. pub:1905 Pioneer History of Illinois containing the Discovery in 1673 to 1818. pub:1887 Skokie (Niles Centre), Illinois - Old businesses within a block radius from downtown Skokie's center. Springfield: the home of Abraham Lincoln. pub:1926 Story of Illinois and Its People, pub:1910, Rev. ed.1913 The Early History of Illinois: from discovery by the French in 1673, until cession to Great Britain in 1763. The First Settler of Evanston and Wilmette - Antoine Ouilmette; 1790-1826. The Life of Logan Belt the Noted Desperado of Southern Illinois. pub:1888 The Pioneer History of Illinois containing the discovery in 1672. The Rivalship of Insignificant Villages: Springfield, Illinois and Sangamo Town Development. 1817-1840  Two hours in Springfield by the Passenger Department of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. pub:1909 Wood River, Illinois Massacre of 1814 Zeigler, Illinois. A Breath Away from Being the Nation's Capitol.   HISTORY OF ILLINOIS COUNTIES   LOST TOWNS OF ILLINOIS Alpine, Illinois Benjaminville, Illinois Brownsville, Illinois Brush Point, Illinois Bybee, Illinois Byrneville, Illinois Caledonia, Illinois Cardiff, Illinois Challacombe, Illinois Chelsea, Illinois Civer, Illinois Coltonville, Illinois East Wenona, Illinois Elm Point, Illinois Elton, Illinois Etherly, Illinois Forksville, Illinois Fullersburg, Illinois Goshen Settlement, Illinois Green Rock, Illinois Gretna, Illinois Griggsville Landing, Illinois Half Day, Illinois Halfway, Illinois Hardscrabble, Illinois  Harlem, Illinois Illinoistown, Illinois Miles Station, Illinois Millsdale, Illinois Millville, Illinois Mormon Town, Illinois New Philadelphia, Illinois Noyesville, Illinois No Man's Land, Illinois Oak Ridge, Illinois Ontarioville, Illinois Orchard Place, Illinois Papstown, Illinois  Ridgevill, Illinois Riverview, Illinois Sangamo Town, Illinois Science, Illinois  Shermerville, Illinois St. Philippe, Illinois Tessville, Illinois Tiedtville, Illinois Unionville, Illinois Vishnu Springs, Illinois Wanborough, Illinois Weston, Illinois White Oak Springs, Illinois   Womac, Illinois DEFUNCT AMUSEMENT PARKS OF ILLINOIS HISTORY AND PHOTOGRAPH PRESENTATIONS Adventureland [Amusement Park], Unincorporated Bloomingdale, IL. [Addison, IL.] (1961-1977)      aka: Storybook Park --- name change ---> Storybook City, USA, Bloomingdale, IL. [Addison, IL.] (1958-1961) Alexander Park, Princeton, IL. (????-????) Al Fresco Amusement Park, Peoria Heights, IL. (1905-1944) Auburn Kiddieland, Rockford,  IL. (1921-1942)      aka: Central Park Gardens, Rockford, IL.      aka: Rockford City Traction Park, Rockford, IL. Balloon [Amusement] Park, Chicago, IL. (1893) Black Hawk’s Park, Rock Island, IL. (1882-1927)      aka: Watchtower Amusement Park, Rock Island, IL. Brown Derby Park, Thornton, IL. (1930s-1960s) Central Park Gardens, Rockford, IL. (1921-1942)      aka: Auburn Kiddieland, Rockford,  IL.      aka: Rockford City Traction Park, Rockford, IL. Chap's Amusement Park, Decatur, IL. (ca.1945-ca.1958) Chateau de Plaisance, Chicago, IL. (1907-1910)      aka: Chateau Gardens, Chicago, IL. Chutes Park [Amusement Park], Chicago, IL. (1894-1907) [full name: Paul Boyton's Water Chutes Park] Cream City Amusement Park, Lyons, IL. (1905–1908) Custer Bowery Amusement Park, Kankakee, IL. (1890s-1920s) Dellwood Park, Joliet, IL. (1905-ca.1938) Dispensa's Kiddie Kingdom, Elmhurst, IL. [now: Oakbrook Terrace, IL,] (1967-1984)      » The Complete History of the Dispensa Carnivals, Castle of Toys and Kiddie Kingdom.  Doc Rivers Raging Rapids Water Park, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. (1987-1989)      aka: Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Water Slides, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. (1980-1987) Dreamland Amusement Park, Decatur, IL. (1905-1912) Dunes Kiddieland, Waukegan, IL. (????-????) Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Water Slides, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. (1980-1987)       aka: Doc Rivers Raging Rapids Water Park, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. (1987-1989) Electric Park, Chicago, IL. (1897-????) Electric Park, Sycamore/DeKalb, IL. (1904-1931)      aka: Electric Park Corners, Sycamore/DeKalb, IL. Electric Park, Joliet, IL. (????-????) Electric Park, Kankakee, IL. (1894-1934) Electric Park, Marion, IL. (????-????) Electric Park, Plainfield, IL. (1904-1932) Electric Park Corners, Sycamore/DeKalb, IL. (1904-1931)      aka: Electric Park, Sycamore/DeKalb, IL. Elliott’s Amusement Park, Matteson, IL. (1890-1913) Exposition Amusement Shelter, Peoria, IL. (1926-????) Exposition Park, Aurora, IL. (1922-1931) Fairgrounds Park, Danville, IL. (????-????) Fairyland [Amusement] Park, Lyons, IL. (1938-1977) Ferris Wheel Park, Chicago, IL. (1896-1903) Forest Park Amusement Park, Forest Park, IL. (1908-1922)      » An In-depth Study of Forest Park Amusement Park: From Cradle to Grave. Fort Sheridan [Amusement] Park, Highwood, IL. (1893-1908) Fox River Park, Aurora, IL. (1911-1925)      aka: Riverview Park, Aurora, IL. (1899-1911)      » In-depth History of Riverview Park (Fox River Park), Aurora, IL. Fox River Picnic Grove, Fox River Grove, IL. (????-????) Freeport Park, Freeport, IL. (????-????) Fun Fair Amusement Park, Skokie, IL. (1948-1968) Fun Harbor, Waukegan, IL. (????-????) Fun Valley [Amusement Park], Springfield, IL. (????-????) Funland Kiddy Park, Dundee, IL. (1959-1972) Funtown Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1960s-1982)      aka: Kiddytown Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1950-1960s) Galesburg Kiddieland, Galesburg, IL. (ca.1952-1972)  Glen Oak Park, Peoria, IL. (1895-????) Glenwood Park, Batavia, IL. (1900-ca.1928)   Glennwood Park & Swimming Pool, Macomb, IL. (????-????) Gould Park, Morris, IL. (????-????) Green Oaks Kiddyland, Oak Lawn, IL. (1947-1971) Harlem Park Amusement Park, Rockford, IL. (1891-1928) Hasting's Bathing Beach and Amusement Park, Fox Lake, IL. (????-????) Hawthorn-Mellody Farms and Amusement Park, Libertyville, IL. (1907-1970) Highland Park [Amusement Park], Quincy, IL. (1872-1919) Highland Park Kiddieland, Galesburg, IL. (1950s, 1960s) Hillcrest Park, [Amusement Park], Lemont, IL. (1952-2003) Hilltop Amusement Park, Richton Park, IL. (c.1960-c.1975) Hollywood Kiddieland, Chicago, IL. (1949-1974) Hopkins Park, DeKalb, IL. (????-????) I & I Amusement Park, Danville, IL. (????-????) Jo-Jo Kiddie Land Amusement Park, Chicago Heights, IL. (1950-????) Joyland Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1923-1925) Joyland Amusement Park, Decatur, IL. (1963-1975) Joyland Amusement Park, Urbana, IL. (1951-????) Kiddie Dude Ranch, Lombard, IL. (1940-1960) Kiddie Kingdom; (Dispensa's) Elmhurst, IL. [now: Oakbrook Terrace, IL.] (1967-1984)      » The Complete History of the Dispensa Carnivals, Castle of Toys and Kiddie Kingdom.  Kiddieland, Galesburg, IL. (ca. 1952-1972)  Kiddieland, Hollywood, Chicago, IL. (1949-1974) Kiddieland, Melrose Park, IL. (1929-2009) Kiddieland, Naperville, IL. (???? - mid-1970s) Kiddieland Park, Rockford, IL. (1950-1962)      aka: Sherwood Park Kiddieland, Loves Park, IL. (1962-1967 )      aka: Sherwood Park, Loves Park, IL. (1967-1977)  Kiddieland, Quincy, IL. (????-????) Kiddie Land Amusement Park, Springfield, IL. (????-????) Kiddieville Amusement Park, Niles, IL. (ca.1953-ca.1966) Kiddies Paradise, Rockford, IL. (????-????) Kiddyland, Green Oaks, Oak Lawn, IL. (1947-1971) Kiddytown Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1950-1960s)      aka: FunTown Amusement Park (1967-1982) Kiddytown Amusement Park, Norridge, IL. (1953-1964) Lansdowne Park, East St. Louis, IL. (1901-1912) Laurelwood Park, Batavia, IL. (1893-1910s) Lincoln Land Amusement Park, Effingham, IL. (1977-1988) Lindbergh Amusement Park, Upper Alton, IL. (1927-????) Luna Park, Chicago, IL. (1907-1911) Mackinaw Dells Park, Congerville, IL. (1932-????) Marshall Park, Belvidere, IL. (1921-1938) Melrose Park Kiddieland, Melrose Park, IL. (1929-2009) Midway Kiddieland, Spring Valley, IL. (????-????) Mineral Springs, Sterling, IL. (????-????) Moline's Prospect Park, Moline, IL. (1911-????) Mother Goose Gardens, La Salle, IL. (1957-1968) Naperville Kiddieland, Naperville, IL. (???? - mid-1970s) Old Catlin Fairgrounds, Catlin, IL. [First "Ferris" wheel kills a young girl] (1876) Old Chicago Amusement Park, Bolingbrook, IL. (1975-1981) Old Homer Park, [Amusement Park], Homer, IL. (1905-1928)      aka: Riverside Park, Homer, IL. Paul Boyton's Water Chutes Park, Chicago, IL. (1894-1907) [common name: Chutes Park, Chicago, IL] Palace Gardens, Peoria, IL. (1930-????) Peterson Park, Matoon, IL. (ca.1952-????) Playland Amusement Park, Willow Springs, IL. [now: Justice, IL.] (1950-1979) Presters' Park, Belleville, IL. (1908-????)      aka: White City, Belleville, IL. Prospect Park, Moline, IL. (1904-????) Ravinia [Amusement] Park, Highland Park, IL. (1904-1910) Ride-A-While, Alton, IL. (????-????) Riverside Park, Havana, IL. (????-????)   Riverside Park, [Amusement Park], Homer, IL. (1905-1928)      aka: Old Homer Park, Homer, IL. Riverview [Amusement] Park, Chicago, IL. (1904-1967)      aka: Sharpshooter Park [Pre-Riverview], Chicago, IL. (1879-1903)      aka: Riverview Sharpshooter Park, Chicago, IL. (1904-1908)      aka: Riverview Exposition Park, Chicago, IL. (1909-1912)      aka: Riverview Park, Chicago, IL. (1913-1967)      » He Takes People for a Ride (Mechanix Illustrated - July 1956) - Riverview Amusement Park in Chicago, IL.      » Removal of the "African Dip" game from Riverview Amusement Park in Chicago, IL. Riverview Park, Aurora, IL. (1899-1911)      aka: Fox River Park, Aurora, IL. (1911-1925)      » In-depth History of Riverview Park (Fox River Park), Aurora, IL. Rockford City Traction Park, Rockford, IL. (1921-1942)      aka: Auburn Kiddieland, Rockford,  IL.      aka: Central Park Gardens, Rockford, IL. Sans Souci Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1899-1913) Sharpshooter Park [Pre-Riverview], Chicago, IL. (1879-1903)      aka: Riverview Sharpshooter Park, Chicago, IL. (1904-1908)      aka: Riverview Exposition Park, Chicago, IL. (1909-1912)      aka: Riverview Park, Chicago, IL. (1913-1967) Sherwood Park Kiddieland, Loves Park, IL. (1962-1967 )      aka: Sherwood Park, Loves Park, IL. (1967-1977)      aka: Kiddieland Park, Rockford, IL. (1950–1962)  Shireland Theme Park, Hampshire, IL. (1988) & (1 month in 1991) Star-Lite Park, Moline, IL. (????-????) State Street [Amusement] Park, Chicago, IL. (1883-????) Storybook Park --- name changed to ---> Storybook City, USA, Addison, IL. (1958-1961)      aka: Adventureland Amusement Park, Addison, IL. (1961-1977) Storyland Park, Elk Grove, IL. (1957-1961) Thunder Mountain Rapids, Crestwood, IL. (1992-????) Trout Park, Elgin, IL. (1909-1922) Twin Lakes Amusement Park, Paris, IL. (ca.1954-ca.1983) Vandalia Park, Vandalia, IL. (????-????) Watchtower Amusement Park, Rock Island, IL. (1882-1927)      aka:  Black Hawk’s Park, Rock Island, IL. Webster Park, La Salle, IL. (1908-????) West End Park, Champaign, IL. (1893-????) White City, Cairo, IL. (????-????) White City, Centralia, IL. (1907-????) White City, Belleville, IL. (1908-????)      aka: Presters' Park, Belleville, IL. White City, Springfield, IL. (1906-????) White City Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1905-1933)      » White City Amusement Park - Automatic Vaudeville      » White City Amusement Park - Ballroom      » White City Amusement Park - Beautiful Venice      » White City Amusement Park - Boats and Gondolas      » White City Amusement Park - Bumps, A New and Novel Pastime      » White City Amusement Park - Camp of Gypsies      » White City Amusement Park - Chinese Theatre      » White City Amusement Park - College Inn Restaurant      » White City Amusement Park - Cummins' Wild West Indian Congress      » White City Amusement Park - Double Whirl Ride      » White City Amusement Park - Electric Theatre [Moving Pictures]      » White City Amusement Park - Fire Department      » White City Amusement Park - Fire Show      » White City Amusement Park - Flying Airships      » White City Amusement Park - Fun Factory      » White City Amusement Park - Gum Chewers [Zeno Gum Vending Machines]      » White City Amusement Park - Hereafter      » White City Amusement Park - Infant Incubators      » White City Amusement Park - Johnstown Flood      » White City Amusement Park - Merry-Go-Round      » White City Amusement Park - Miniature Railroad      » White City Amusement Park - Observation Wheel      » White City Amusement Park - Over and Under the Sea      » White City Amusement Park - Photograph Gallery [White City Photo Company]      » White City Amusement Park - Puzzle Garden      » White City Amusement Park - Scenic Railway      » White City Amusement Park - Shooting the Chutes      » White City Amusement Park - Simian City [aka: Dog, Pony and Monkey Circus. or Animal Circus]      » White City Amusement Park - Temple of Music      » White City Amusement Park - The Midway       » White City Amusement Park - Toboggan [aka: Figure 8 & Double Circle]      » White City Amusement Park - White City's Hospital White City Park, Herrin, IL. (1924-ca.1957) Whoopee Auto Coasters of Illinois (late-1920s to early-1930s) Wonderland Amusement Park, Danville, IL. (1903-????)      aka: Wonder Park, Danville, IL. (1903-????) Woodlawn Amusement Park, Chicago, IL. (1921) [Never Built] Zoo Park, Springfield, IL. (1910-????)   CHICAGOLAND BOOKS & FILES A Guide to the City of Chicago, with a map of the city. pub:1868. [pre 1871 Chicago Fire] 55 Chicago History Stories You Probably Were Not Aware Of. American Negro Exposition 1863-1940, July 4 to Sept. 2, 1940, Chicago, IL. Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery Haunted History, Midlothian, Illinois Bygone Days in Chicago; Recollection of the "Garden City" of the Sixties [1860s]. pub:1910 Captain Streeter, Pioneer. pub:1914 [Streeterville Neighborhood of Chicago] Cemetery History of Early Chicago Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835 (inc. Fort Dearborn). pub:1913 Chicago Antiquities, comprising original items, relations, letters, extracts, pertaining to early Chicago. pub:1881 Chicago City Railways; "The Trail of the Trolley," pub:1909 Chicago in the early 1800s, an area in transition. Chicago Loop's Cowpath at 100 W. Monroe - since 1844 Chicago Map Book of 77 Community Areas Chicago Neighborhoods by City Area and an Alphabetical List of Chicago Communities Chicago Past and Present; a manual for the citizen, the Teacher and the Student. pub:1906 Chicago Photographers 1847 through 1900, as listed in Chicago City Directories. Chicago Public Transportation - Street Railways. Chicago Telephone Exchange Names and History. Chicago Shelter Cottages - After the Fire of 1871. Chicago Street Renaming Document of 1909 Chicago Street Renumbering Document of 1909 Chicago Street Renumbering Document of 1911 for Chicago Loop Addresses. Chicago; The Origin and Meaning of the Name. Chicago's Greatest Issue; an Official Plan. pub:1911 Chicago's Jitney Cab War of 1950 Chicago's Magnificent Melting Pot (Devon Avenue), American Way - American Airlines. June 2015 Chicago’s Smallest Cemetery; the Andreas Von Zirngibl Gravesite. Chicago’s Underground Freight Railway History & The Great Flood of 1992 Des Plaines, Illinois Centennial Celebration. pub:1935 Dime Museums in Chicago, Illinois [approx. 1890s to 1920s] Dutch Communities of Chicago, pub:1927 Early Chicago: as seen by a cartoonist. pub:1947 Everleigh Club, Chicago, Illinois - Most Famous Brothel in USA History. Four Plus One (4+1), Mid Century, Mid Rise Apartment Buildings, Chicago, IL. Glass Blocks; a Chicago Invention. Givins Castle, (aka: Irish Castle) 10244 S Longwood Dr, Chicago, IL. Guide to the City of Chicago, pub:1862 Geographic Background of Chicago, pub:1926 History of Chicago Alleys History of Chicago Sidewalk Stamps History of Chicago from the earliest period to the present time. Vols: 01 (1857) - 02 (1857-1871) - 03 (1871-1885)  History of Chicago: Its Commercial and Manufacturing Interests and Industry. pub:1862 History of Niles, Illinois - Centennial, 1899-1999 History of Palatine, Illinois - Centennial Book, 1855-1955     History of the Chicago Police: from Settlement to 1886. pub:1887 History of the Swedish Engineers' Society of Chicago, 1908-1948 History of the Yards 1865-1953. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Indian Trails and Villages of Chicago and Cook Dupage Will Counties of Illinois 1804 Interstate Industrial Exposition Building, (pre Art Institute) Chicago, Illinois. Marshall Field Funds and Battles for the Columbian Museum of Chicago Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, Airport History. Old Monroe Street, Notes on the Monroe Street of Early Chicago Days. pub:1914 Municipal control of tuberculosis in Chicago 1915 Olson Rug Park and Waterfall, Chicago, IL. (1935-1978) Oscar Mayer Enterprise. Chicago, Illinois Personal experiences during the Chicago fire. pub:1871 Plan of Chicago by Daniel H. Burnham. pub:1909 Raising Chicago Streets Out of the Mud in 1858 Reminiscences of early Chicago and vicinity. pub:1902 Rookery Building, Chicago. Built in 1886 Schwinn Bicycle History; Arnold, Schwinn and Company, Chicago, IL. Skokie Swift, The Commuters Friend. pub:1968. Soldier Field: A Stadium and its City©. pub:2009 The Alpha Suffrage Record; Volume 1, Number 1, March 18, 1914 [by "Alpha Suffrage Club" of Chicago] The Story of Jewish Life in Chicago. Township of Jefferson, Illinois. pub:1911 Uptown Theater in Chicago - Opening Program -1925 Waste Disposal History of Chicago Why the North-South Chicago Streets Jog at North Avenue. Zenith's Story, a History from 1919.   CHICAGO DIRECTORIES 1833-34 Chicago Reverse Directory 1837-1844 Chicago City Directory 1866 Edwards Chicago Directory 1866 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1869-70 Edwards Chicago Directory 1871 Edwards Chicago Directory 1875 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1880 Chicago Reverse Directory 1880 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1885 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1885-86 Chicago Elite Directory 1888-89 Chicago Elite Directory 1890 Chicago Blue Book 1891 Chicago Blue Book 1892 Chicago Blue Book 1892 Chicago Business Street Directory 1892 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1893 Chicago Blue Book 1894 Chicago Blue Book 1895 Chicago Blue Book 1897 Chicago Blue Book 1898 Chicago Blue Book 1900 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1901 Chicago Blue Book 1902 Chicago Blue Book 1903 Chicago Blue Book 1904 Chicago Blue Book 1905 Chicago Blue Book 1906 Chicago Blue Book 1907 Chicago Blue Book 1908 Chicago Blue Book 1909 Chicago Blue Book 1910 Chicago Blue Book 1910 Polk Chicago Street Guide 1911 Chicago 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The only novelette ever sketched by Abraham Lincoln. pub:1901 Jokes told by Lincoln; selected from the Illinois State Historical Library Lincoln collection. pub:1960 Lincoln Article, Chicago Tribune - Funeral of the President, 4-29-1865 Lincoln Article, Chicago Evening Journal - The Grand Arch on Park Place, 5-1-1865 Lincoln Article, Chicago Tribune - The City, The Presidents Funeral, 5-2-1865 Lincoln Letters pub:1913 Mary Todd Lincoln - In the midst of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Opinions on 'slavery,' and 'reconstruction of the Union,' as expressed by President Lincoln. pub:1864 Springfield: the home of Abraham Lincoln. pub:1926 Statues of Abraham Lincoln, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Lincoln Park, Chicago, pub:1887 The first Lincoln and Douglas debate at Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858 The life of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. pub:1864   FAMOUS & INFAMOUS PEOPLE Al Capone and Ralph Capone; Responsible for Milk Expiration Dating Laws in Chicago. Al Capone played Santa Claus. 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Yellow Kid Weil, the Autobiography of Americas Master Swindler. pub:1948      » Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil - A Brief History with Photographs (1875-1976)    ILLINOIS MILITARY HISTORY Black Hawk War and Illinois' Role. [April to August of 1832]  Illinois at Shiloh, Report of the Shiloh Battlefield Commission, pub:1905 Illinois Military Units in the Civil War. pub:1962 Memoirs of My Own Times, by General James Wilkinson. pub:1816 - Complete Set of Volumes - 01, 02, 03 Reminiscences of Chicago during the civil war. pub:1914   DISASTERS 1871, Great Chicago Fire 1874, Chicago Fire Centralia, Illinois, Mine № 5 (in Wamac, Illinois) Disaster of March 25, 1947. Cherry, Illinois Mine Disaster Report, by Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics. pub:1910 Cherry, Illinois Mine Disaster of 1909 [a brief version w/photos] Chicago Coal Famine of 1903. Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, on July 12, 1979 Eastland Disaster, Chicago, Illinois, on July 24, 1915 "Favorite" Launch (Boat) Capsizes on Lake Michigan, July 28, 1927 First 'Ferris' Wheel Kills a Girl in Catlin Illinois in 1876 Haymarket Affair of 1886, (AKA: Haymarket Massacre or Haymarket Riot) Chicago, Illinois. Narrative of the Mssacre at Chicago, Saturday, August 15, 1812, and of some preceding events. pub:1914 Mary Todd Lincoln - In the midst of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. O'Leary's House in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 Panic of 1893 in Illinois and Chicago. "Silver Spray" Shipwreck on Morgan Shoal, Chicago, Illinois The Great Chicago Theater Disaster, (Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903) Story told by Survivors. pub:1904   MAPS AND BIRD'S EYE VIEWS HIGH-RES PDF FILES. 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[high-resolution. zoom (+/-)] The first 25 years of the Route 66 Association of Illinois newsletter; "The 66 News."   1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001     2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013     The Traveler's Directory for Illinois, pub:1839   ODDS & ENDS Auto Stove Works, New Athens, IL. - Auto Stoves and Ranges for 1935-36; Catalog No 17. Chicago Public School (CPS) Cafeteria Butter Cookie Recipe Chicago Public School (CPS) Cafeteria Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. pub:1906   INTERNET RESOURCES Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln Research Site Calculate Duration Between Two Dates Calculator; Inflation Calculator; Time-Money Calculator Chicago Street Renaming Document of 1909 Chicago Street Renumbering Document of 1909 Chicago Street Renumbering Document of 1911 for Chicago Loop Addresses. 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