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Channahon (/ ˈ ʃ æ n ə h ɒ n / SHAN-ə-hon) [5] is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.The population was 13,383 at the 2020 census. [1]Located in a rural area southwest of Joliet, Illinois, Channahon lies at the confluence of the Des Plaines, Kankakee, and DuPage rivers, where they form the Illinois River.
Camp Douglas (Chicago) Camp Douglas, in Chicago, Illinois, sometimes described as "The North's Andersonville ," was one of the largest Union Army prisoner-of-war camps for Confederate soldiers taken prisoner during the American Civil War. Based south of the city on the prairie, it was also used as a training and detention camp for Union soldiers.
The Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation is located in northern Wisconsin and serves the Scouts of the Northeast Illinois Council based in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Originally a logging camp, the scouts purchased the land and first had campers in 1929. The 1,560 acres (6 km 2) camp serves over 2,300 scouts each summer.
Chicago is exploring the idea of creating a city-owned grocery store to address food inequity after several grocery giants, including Walmart and Whole Foods, have shuttered stores in the city.
Homewood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 19,463 at the 2020 census. [3]The village sits just a few miles south of Chicago proper. It is bordered by Chicago Heights and Flossmoor to the south, Hazel Crest to the west, East Hazel Crest and Harvey to the north, Glenwood to the east, and South Holland to the northeast.
The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. [ 1] The Walmart chain proper was founded in 1962 with a single store in Rogers, expanding inside Oklahoma by 1968 and throughout the ...
Scenic. ← US 52. → US 54. Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner to IL 83 in Long Grove, a distance of 82.02 miles (132.00 km). [1] It mainly cuts through the western suburbs of Chicago, passes through ...