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Where tradition, elegance and memories meet. I love stepping into the past. Intro traditions. A perfect place and tike. Look at this museum, once a residence, that we discovered a …
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Not only is there no such thing as an ideal climate, except at certain times of the year for a particular disease, but the health seeker will find that climates …
Climate and Health, the Health Seeker Read More
Rockford (742. alt., 150,115 pop.), seat of Winnebago County and third largest city in Illinois, is bisected by the Rock River 18 miles south of the Wisconsin Line. The metropolitan …
Rockford, the third largest city of Illinois Read More
Peoria (608 alt., 112,936 pop.), named for an Indian tribe, is the seat of Peoria County and Illinois’ second largest city. The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of …
Peoria, the second largest city of Illinois Read More
Nauvoo (620 alt., 966 pop.), the city built up by Joseph Smith, stands on a promontory around which the Mississippi River flows, some fifty miles north of Quincy, Illinois. Here, …
Nauvoo on the Mississippi River, Illinois Read More
Joliet (607 alt., 145,800 pop.), the seat of Will County, lies 35 miles southwest of Chicago, on the Des Plaines River and the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a part of …
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Galena (603 alt., 3,460 pop.), in the extreme northwest corner of the State, perches on the terraces cut by the old Fever River, a novel sight to eyes accustomed to …
Galena by the old Fever River, Illinois Read More
East St. Louis (418 alt., 31,542 pop.), railroad and industrial center, lies opposite St. Louis, Mo., on the Mississippi flood plain known as the American Bottom. Steep bluffs rise several …
East St. Louis: A Railroad and Industrial Center in Illinois Read More
Decatur (682 alt., 81,500 pop.), seat of Macon County, lies on a bend in the Sangamon River, which was dammed here in 1923 to form Lake Decatur. An important railroad …
Decatur on the bend of Sangamon River, Illinois Read More
Michigan Avune, from the river to Randolph Street, is a wide thoroughfare between towering buildings. South of Randolph Street the lake side of the avenue opens on Grant Park, but …
From the Chicago River on Michigan Ave Read More