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Illinois entered the transition stage during which Chicago developed from a mud-rutted town of 29,963 in 1850 to a city of 296,977 in 1870, probably the swiftest growth of a …
Brief History of Illinois and Railroads Read More
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 …
The Elijah Lovejoy Monument in Alton Read More
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 …
Alton, just above the Mississippi and the Missouri Read More