Livingston County stands at Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,044
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dorothy Falk" <dorothyf(a)ameritech.net>
To: <ilgen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ILGEN] NOT A ROLL CALL MESSAGE!!
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17000.html (Cheryl:
It's online,
therefore it is Gospel.)
Cook County Land area, 2000 (square miles) 946
McLean County
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,184
Kaskaskia: (It is still tourist attraction)
http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/1876hist.htm
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Kaskaskia,+Illinois
----- Original Message -----
From: Cheryl Rothwell
To: ilgen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ILGEN] NOT A ROLL CALL MESSAGE!!
I knew all that EXCEPT I think I require proof that McLean is larger than
Cook in area.
Also, I believe the exact location of the original Kaskaskia went under
around 1820.
On 1/8/07, Scott Burow <sburow(a)swbell.net> wrote:
>
> >
> Now ... Illinois trivia for your reading perusal!
>
> Did you know . . . On the west side of the Mississippi, close against
the
> Missouri shore, is an island that is part of Illinois--although to
reach
> it, you must cross over at Chester into Missouri. On this island is was
the
> tiny village of Kaskaskia, Illinois - destroyed in 1993.
>
> Did you know . . . McLean County is greatest in area, and Cook County
is
> largest in population among our counties? Both were named in honor of
> early
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