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The Illinois Country (French: Pays des Illinois [pɛ.i dez‿i.ji.nwa]; lit. ' "land of the Illinois (plural)" ', i.e. the Illinois people) (Spanish: País de los ilinueses) — sometimes 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 in what is now the Midwestern United States.
Finders Keepers is an American children's game show that debuted on Nickelodeon in 1987 and later aired in first-run syndication starting in 1988. The show featured two teams of two children attempting to find hidden objects in different rooms of a house. The Nickelodeon version premiered on November 2, 1987, and was hosted by Wesley Eure.
On December 3, 1818, Illinois became the 21st U.S. state. Early U.S. expansion began in the south part of the state and quickly spread northward, driving out the native residents. In 1832, some Native American "Indians" returned from Iowa but were driven out in the Black Hawk War, fought by militia.
Missouri French (French: français du Missouri) or Illinois Country French (French: français du Pays des Illinois) also known as français vincennois, français Cahok, and nicknamed "Paw-Paw French" often by individuals outside the community but not exclusively, [2] is a variety of the French language spoken in the upper Mississippi River Valley in the Midwestern United States, particularly ...
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Henri de Tonti ( né Enrico Tonti; c. 1649 – September 1704), also spelled Henri de Tonty, was an Italian -born French military officer, explorer, and voyageur who assisted René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, with North American exploration and colonization from 1678 to 1686. [2] de Tonti was one of the first explorers to navigate and ...
The modern Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is the largest and most attended presidential library in the country. The Illinois State Museum boasts a collection of 13.5 million objects that tell the story of Illinois life, land, people, and art.
Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26, 1973, in Pocahontas, Illinois) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She made her debut in March 2004 with the Grammy Award -winning single "Redneck Woman", a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party.