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Russell is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States.The community is located on Russell Road, a few miles east of Interstate 94, and was named for industrialist and political figure Russell Sage, who was connected with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road, later Soo Line Railroad and now, Canadian Pacific) which bisects the village.
The monument, dedicated in 1982, is located in Miller Park in Bloomington, Illinois, and commemorates the railroad car building and repair shop workers in the former Chicago & Alton Railroad Company shops in the city, which opened in 1854 and ceased operations in the late 1970s. It is composed of a 6-foot tall whistle, which was blown for ...
The Will County Historical Society Headquarters is a historic building in Lockport, Illinois, United States, originally known as the Illinois and Michigan Canal Office Building. It served as the headquarters of the Canal Commission of the Illinois and Michigan Canal from 1836 until 1871, when control of the canal was transferred to the state.
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended a realignment of Great Lakes that would result in the loss of around 2,000 jobs. At the time, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pledged to retain as many of the jobs as possible. [33] The Naval Station Great Lakes and the Recruit Training / Boot Camp portion were not slated for closing.
The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) or Roosevelt Road (1200 south), depending on the source, and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Lake Michigan.
Includes life-size replica depicting the building of the Illinois Michigan Canal, period store displays, Route 66: Jones Hous: Pontiac: Livingston: Central: Historic house: Open by appointment and for events, restored 1857 house: Joseph F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center: DeKalb: DeKalb: Northern Illinois: Historic house
The Illinois and Michigan Canal was completed in 1848, extending from the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago on the Chicago River, to the Illinois River at the cities of LaSalle-Peru. This canal spurred the growth of Chicago and the areas around it, as water travel was the primary way to ship grain or other commodities in that part of the 19th ...
Congressman; governor of Illinois: Born in Chicago James Bowler: Feb 5, 1875: Jul 18, 1957: Chicago alderman; U.S. Congressman Born in Chicago Frederick Van Ness Bradley: Apr 12, 1898: May 24, 1947: Politician from the U.S. state of Michigan Born in Chicago Lorenzo Brentano: Nov 4, 1813: Sep 18, 1891: Journalist and member of the U.S. House of ...