The first Illinois State Prison
The site of the first state prison in Illionus, at Broadway and Williams Sts., now a vacant lot, is marked only by a fragment of one cell tier. The first …
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The Alton Dam on the Mississippi River
The Alton Dam, on the Mississippi River at the foot of Easton St., is best viewed from the approach to the Lewis-Clark Bridge, Broadway and Langdon. Largest of the series …
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The Elijah Lovejoy Monument in Alton
The Elijah Lovejoy Monument, at the north end of Monument Ave., stands at the entrance to Alton City Cemetery. Visible from the greater part of Alton, it was erected in …
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Alton, just above the Mississippi and the Missouri
Alton (488 alt., 34,511 pop.), just above the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri, and just below that of the Illinois and Mississippi, rises on the bluffs where they …
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Sheridan, largest town in northern Wyoming
Sheridan (3,737 alt., 15,804 pop.), largest town in northern Wyoming, is a shaded community of cottonwoods and hedges at the confluence of Goose and Little Goose Creeks, in saucerlike Sheridan …
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Laramie, seat of the University of Wyoming
Laramie (7,145 alt., 27,204 pop.), seat of the University of Wyoming, is on the east bank of the Laramie River at the southeastern edge of the Laramie Plains. Rows of …
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Cheyenne, capital and metropolis of Wyoming
Cheyenne, pronounced shi-an, capital and metropolis of Wyoming, is on a broad plain where the gradual slope of the prairie meets the steepening grades of the Laramie Mountains.
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Casper, seat of Natrona County and second largest city in Wyoming
Casper (5,123 alt., 49,644 pop.), seat of Natrona County and second largest city in Wyoming, lies in a great bend on the south side of the North Platte River.
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Archaeologists unearth world’s first church
Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed what they claim is the world’s first church, dating back almost 2,000 years, The Jordan Times reported on Tuesday.
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New York Career Guidance
Career guidance can be a critical intervention for residents of large cities like New York where the network of educational, training, and employing institutions is too complex.
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