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Illinois: A History Of The Land And Its People. Buck, Solon J. (1917). Illinois in 1818. The Centennial History of Illinois a famous series by leading scholars; the copyright has expired and the books are in the public domain vol. 1. The Illinois Country 1673–1818 by Clarence Walworth Alvord. (1920) online edition; vol. 2.
Dairy products and wheat are important secondary crops in specific segments of the state. In addition, some Illinois farmers grow specialty crops such as popcorn and pumpkins. The state is the largest producer of pumpkins among the U.S. states. [13] There is a large watermelon growing area centered on Lincoln, Illinois. Illinois wine is a ...
The Illinois Country (French: Pays des Illinois [pɛ.i dez‿i.li.nwa]; lit. ' land of the Illinois people '; Spanish: País de los ilinueses), also referred to as Upper Louisiana (French: Haute-Louisiane [ot.lwi.zjan]; Spanish: Alta Luisiana), was a vast region of New France claimed in the 1600s that later fell under Spanish and British control before becoming what is now part of the ...
The small business networking platform Alignable survey shows nearly one in three businesses nationwide anticipate revenue losses, but researcher Chuck Casto said the percentage is higher in Illinois.
Follett Corporation was founded in 1873 when Charles M. Barnes opened a used book store in his Wheaton, Illinois, home. [4] Three years later, Barnes moved his business, now named C. M. Barnes & Company, to Chicago where he opened a store at 23 LaSalle Street. Here, he sold new and used textbooks, stationery and school supplies.
The small business network Alignable reports that nearly half of the small business owners in Illinois (48%) said they could not pay their rent on time and in full. Only one other state, Arizona ...
The Illinois Territory originally included lands that became the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, the eastern portion of Minnesota, and the western portion of the upper peninsula of Michigan. As part of Illinois Territory’s statehood process, the Territory retroceded its Wisconsin lands. Congress reassigned the ceded lands to Michigan Territory.
The name Illiniwek has also been said to mean 'tribe of superior men', [15] which is a false etymology. The name Illinois derives from the Miami-Illinois verb irenwe·wa 'he speaks the regular way'. This was taken into the Ojibwe language, perhaps in the Ottawa dialect, and modified into ilinwe· (pluralized as ilinwe·k).