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Bannerstone. Archaic period double-notched butterfly bannerstone from Ohio, ca. 2000 BC. Made of banded slate, a material frequently used in bannerstone manufacture. Bannerstones were used in North America for some 3,000 years beginning in the fourth millennium BC. [1] Bannerstone, Ferruginous quartz, 2nd millennium BC. Found in Illinois.
The Illinois Basin is a Paleozoic depositional and structural basin in the United States, centered in and underlying most of the state of Illinois, and extending into southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky. The basin is elongate, extending approximately 400 miles (640 km) northwest-southeast, and 200 miles (320 km) southwest-northeast.
Gerald Forsythe. Gerald (Jerry) R. Forsythe (born in Marshall, Illinois in 1942) is an American businessman and auto racing magnate, best known for being one of the three men (Kevin Kalkhoven and Paul Gentilozzi are the other two) that owned the Champ Car World Series. Forsythe also owned a racing team, Forsythe Championship Racing, that ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 September 2024. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 29 years ago (1995 ...
Majestic Radios. Model 161, introduced in 1933. Majestic Radios was an American radio brand from 1927 to 1955, trademarked as "The Mighty Monarchs of the Air". Noted for their high quality, they were initially manufactured by the Grigsby-Grunow Company of Chicago. [1] After Grigsby-Grunow's demise in 1934 during the Great Depression, Majestic ...
The Olympic torch of Cortina 1956 Winter Games used by Olympic Champion Zeno Colò (Italy). The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (Italian: VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 (Ladin: Anpezo 1956 or Ampëz 1956), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956.
100005739 [7] Wrigley Field / ˈrɪɡli / is a ballpark on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball 's Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman 's Chicago Whales of the Federal League, which folded after the 1915 baseball season ...
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois met at the building until 1905. From 1905 to 1942, the Custom House was used for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. The building also housed the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Illinois from 1905 to 1912. At the height of Cairo's prosperity ...