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2. Illinois Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois, by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bunn (1831–1920), and various additional financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn Jr., (1864–1926) took over and ran the company until his death in 1926. The Bunn family surname was used in their most famous railroad ...

3. Elgin National Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   The watch was an 18-size, full plate design. In 1869, the National Watch Company won "Best Watches, Illinois Manufacture" at the 17th Annual Illinois State Fair, for which it won a silver medal. The company officially changed its name to the Elgin National Watch Company in 1874, as the Elgin name had come into common usage for their watches.

4. Cook County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   www.cookcountyil.gov. Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 2020, the population was 5,275,541. The county seat is Chicago, the most ...

5. Government of Cook County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   The century-old, neoclassical County and City Hall building (left) in the Chicago Loop houses the County Board chambers and administrative offices The government of Cook County, Illinois, is primarily composed of the Board of Commissioners, other elected officials such as the Sheriff, State's Attorney, Treasurer, Board of Review, Clerk, Assessor, Cook County Circuit Court judges and Circuit ...

6. Calumet City, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Calumet City (/ ˌ k æ lj ʊ ˈ m ɛ t / KAL-yuu-MET) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 36,033 at the 2020 census. [6] It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .

7. Women's National Basketball Association - Wikipedia

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   The WNBA logo, "Logo Woman", paralleled the NBA logo and was selected out of 50 different designs. On the heels of a much-publicized gold medal run by the 1996 USA Basketball Women's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the WNBA began its first season on June 21, 1997.