I pulled the info out of a scholarly text, Cheryl ...
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/about/eyestone.pdf
Scott
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From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <historysleuth(a)gmail.com>
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:
>
> I really appreaciate all that have responded to the roll call thus
> far. For
> those that haven't, please do! I thank you for all you've done for
> researchers and for ILGenWeb. You're a great group!
>
> 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 . . . Illinois is a French spelling of an Indian word. As is
> generally true of French words, it is pronounced with the final consonant
> silent.
>
> Did you know . . . Illinois has its own flag, with the symbols in which
> we
> take pride. The flag was adapted from the design of the state's Great
> Seal.
>
> Did you know . . . Illinois had a permanent settlement (1699) before the
> first settlement was made in Georgia (1733), the last of the thirteen
> original colonies.
>
> Did you know . . . Vincennes, in Indiana, was once our capital. This was
> when Illinois was part of Indiana Territory, from 1800 to 1809. In
> Vincennes
> today, you can visit a replica of the capitol.
>
> Did you know . . . The present capitol at Springfield was authorized in
> 1867, and required twenty-one years to complete.
>
> 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
> Congressmen from Illinois. John B. McLean, a businessman from the
> promising
> city of Shawneetown, was a tall, sturdily built, commanding man. Cook, on
> the other hand, was small-boned and frail, but he was handsome and had a
> fine oratorical style. At one time, both men ran for the same seat in
> Congress.
>
> Did you know . . . More than a fourth of the counties in Illinois are
> named
> for men who were connected, in one way or another, with the American
> Revolutionary War and the founding of our nation. This seems strange
> considering the Revolutionary War had been over for forty years before
> most
> of our counties were named.
>
> Did you know . . . The first automobile race in Illinois took place on
> Thanksgiving Day in 1895. It was won by Frank Duryea, the inventor, who
> covered the distance from Jackson Park in Chicago to Evanston and back
> (54
> miles) at an average speed of about five miles per hour.
>
>
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