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War returns to Illinois

Following the conclusion of George Rogers Clark’s Illinois Campaign in 1779 during the Revolutionary...

Slavery cast its shadow upon creation of the Illinois Territory

In the course of our survey of the events of history that led to...

When Tazewell wasn’t a county and Illinois wasn’t a state

By Jared Olar Library assistant The year 1827 was a pretty important one in...

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