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BICENTENNIAL 2018: Bloomington’s David Davis Mansion home to Abraham Lincoln’s strongest advocate

BICENTENNIAL 2018: Bloomington’s David Davis Mansion home to Abraham Lincoln’s strongest advocate

— October 18, 2018

Grand manors make up the skylines of many Illinois communities, but the history encapsulated at the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington holds it above the rest. Built in 1872 on Bloomington’s…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Despite headquarters move, Peoria still home to 12,000 Caterpillar workers

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Despite headquarters move, Peoria still home to 12,000 Caterpillar workers

    — October 11, 2018

    Peoria wasn’t always a company town. It was a distillery town, a farm implement town and a river town before the Caterpillar Tractor Co. set up shop. A bond developed between…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Illinois’ long romance with trains endures

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Illinois’ long romance with trains endures

    — September 27, 2018

    Railroads made Chicago, stealing commerce from steamboat hubs like St. Louis. But it’s a love-hate relationship in the suburbs and Chicago today. Trains brought Abraham Lincoln’s…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Ft. Armstrong, Rock Island Arsenal have defended nation since 1816

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Ft. Armstrong, Rock Island Arsenal have defended nation since 1816

    — September 13, 2018

    In summer 1814, skirmishes between the U.S. and British-backed warriors under the leadership of Black Hawk flared up and down river from Rock Island. Since 1803 the U.S. had owned both…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Black Hawk, proud leader of the Sac and Fox tribe of the Rock River Valley

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Black Hawk, proud leader of the Sac and Fox tribe of the Rock River Valley

    — August 30, 2018

    First, let’s get his name straight. It was Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak. In English, he was Black Hawk, war chief of the Sac and Fox tribe who lived most of his life in the Rock River…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Lincoln turns tide in debates against Douglas in Galesburg

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Lincoln turns tide in debates against Douglas in Galesburg

    — October 4, 2018

    The Lincoln-Douglas Debates are among the most important events in the United State’s history. The seven debates were conducted throughout Illinois in the summer and fall of 1858….

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: The Chicago Bears NFL franchise began in Decatur as the Staleys

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: The Chicago Bears NFL franchise began in Decatur as the Staleys

    — September 20, 2018

    A.E. “Gene” Staley’s successful corn manufacturing company in Decatur was already producing starch, glucose, sugar and syrup in 1919 when it added professional football to the…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Mother Jones lit a fire under laborers to claim their rights and rewards

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Mother Jones lit a fire under laborers to claim their rights and rewards

    — September 6, 2018

    She lost her own family, so she adopted a new one, a huge one, lifting up the cause of labor while rising to become one of the most famous women in American history. In the process,…

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