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Illinois State University, which now enrolls 20,757 students, was among the first normal schools established in the United States, and grew out of the movement for free higher education that …
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The Illionis Vesleyan University occupies 70 acres in in the heart of Bloomington residential area. Comprising three divisions, the College of Liberal Arts, College of Fine Arts and; the School of Nursing. …
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Bloomington (830 alt., 74,975 pop.), seat of McLean County, and its sister city, Normal (790 alt., 45,386 pop.), lie a little to the north and east of the geographical center …
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The George Washington Memorial Bridge (commonly called the Aurora Bridge spans the Fox River on US 34, just beyond the end of Stolp’s Island. Designed by Emory P. Seidel, Chicago …
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The Aurora Public Library (9-9 weekdays; 1-5 Sun., 1 Benton St., is an ivy-covered building containing more than 100,000 volumes. On the second floor are overflow exhibits of the historical …
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Aurora (638 alt., 175,952 pop.) lies on both sides of the Fox River, spreading over the broad and gentle valley through which once rushed a wide glacial stream. Although only …
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The reproduced painting of the Piasa Bird, on the bluffs half a mile northwest of the downtown area, is reached by following Broadway along the base of the bluff, but …
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The Site of the Lincoln – Douglas Debate, Broadway at the foot of Market St., is now occupied by a large municipal parking area. Here, on October 15, 1858, Stephen …
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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 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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