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Lewis and Clark travel to St. Louis by canoe to attend a dinner and ball. [ 36][ 37] May 14. The Corps of Discovery departs Camp Dubois under Clark's command, its crew more than 40 strong. [ 38][ 39][ 40] May 16. They reach St. Charles on the Missouri River to await Lewis's return from St. Louis. [ 41][ 42] May 17.
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the ...
Every few hours the location would change, and they had to cook a different type of shellfish. The team who sold the most shellfish dishes got an additional $500 in their till. The winner was Braised in the South. 1st location – Johnson Square (shrimp) 2nd location – Savannah Civic Center (scallops) 3rd location – Forsyth Park (clams)
John R. Park Homestead Conservation Area – Essex. The Park Homestead was a station on the Underground Railroad. [ 9][ 10] John Freeman Walls Historic Site – Lakeshore. [ 1][ 2] John Freeman Walls, left his enslavers in North Carolina and settled in Canada. The Refugee Home Society supplied the money to buy land and he built a cabin.
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.
1936–1966. The Negro Motorist Green Book (also, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or Green-Book) was a guidebook for African American roadtrippers. It was founded by Victor Hugo Green, an African American, New York City postal worker who published it annually from 1936 to 1966. This was during the era of Jim Crow laws, when open and often ...
www .bloomingtonil .gov. Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, [ 5] making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. [ 6] It is adjacent to the town of Normal, and is ...
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.