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2. File : Illinois Free And Slave Counties 1824 Map II.jpg

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   Pages for logged out editors learn more. ... (Top) 1 Summary. 2 Licensing. Toggle the table of contents. File: Illinois Free And Slave Counties 1824 Map II.jpg. Add ...

3. Flag and seal of Illinois - Wikipedia

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   The flag of the state of Illinois bearing the central elements of the seal on a white field was adopted in 1915, and the word Illinois was added to the flag in 1970. In a 2001 survey by the North American Vexillological Association, the flag of Illinois was ranked 49th out of 72 different flags of states and territories, mainly in the US and ...

4. Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Illinois ranks second in U.S. corn production with more than 1.5 billion bushels produced annually. [154] With a production capacity of 1.5 billion gallons per year, Illinois is a top producer of ethanol, ranking third in the United States in 2011. [155] Illinois is a leader in food manufacturing and meat processing. [156]

5. List of counties in Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL. What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two counties—St. Clair and Knox—were created at that time.

6. Chief Illiniwek - Wikipedia

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   The state of Illinois was named by French explorers after the indigenous Illiniwek people, a consortium of Algonquian tribes which thrived in the area. The word Illiniwek or iliniwek is the plural form of ilinwe and means "those who speak in the ordinary way," although it has often been mistranslated as "tribe of superior men."

7. History of Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Morgan, M.J. Land of Big Rivers: French and Indian Illinois, 1699–1778 (Southern Illinois University Press; 2010) 288 pages; Examines the environmental history and settlement of the river plain along the Mississippi. Morton, Richard Allen. Justice and Humanity: Edward F. Dunne, Illinois Progressive (1997) governor 1913–17. Nash, Gary B. (2015).