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The Constitution of 1848, designed for a rural State, had made no adequate provisions for this new industrialism, creating such problems as police and fire protection in congested areas, sanitation, …
Illinois History: Grange Movement in Illinois Read More
East St. Louis owes its origin to Cahokia” width=”240″ height=”320″ class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-283″ />East St. Louis owes its origin to Cahokia, the historic village several miles south of the city, …
East St. Louis owes its origin to Cahokia Read More
Elgin (717 alt., 94,487 pop.) , an industrial town in the midst of wide farmlands, lies on the gentle bluffs of the Fox River. Although only an hour’s ride from …
Elgin: An industrial town in the midst of wide farmlands Read More
Evanston (601 alt., 74,239 pop.), fronting largely on Lake Michigan, and with an extension stretching westward at the northern edge of the city, is roughly L-shaped. It is the first …
Evanston: Aristocratic and Self-Sufficient in Illinois Read More
As Tokyo is situated on the Sumida River which pours into Tokyo Bay to swell the mighty Pacific, its former name, Edo (estuary-door), sounds more poetical and appropriate. But the …
Days of Edo in Japan Read More
Kusadasi (Kuşadası) is one of the most swollen resort towns on the southern Aegean Coast, overflowing with shiploads of tourists in summer who enlarge the year-round population several times over. …
Kusadasi: Resort town on the southern Aegean Coast Read More
The more numerous and the largest tributaries are those of the left or north bank of the St. Lawrence, draining a wide area of the Laurentian Plateau. No less than …
The Tributaries of the St. Lawrence Read More
Derry is to one-fourth of Ireland a kind of holy city, a symbol, a flag, rather than a mere group of habitations. And although much that it has come to …
Town Derry of Ireland Read More
Portugal is one of the smaller countries of Europe, its continental portion occupying 34,312 square miles, or about one-sixth of the Iberian Peninsula. Historically Iberia has been considered a remote …
Portugal: Towards Atlantic Ocean Read More
Library service long has been a means of stimulating cultural and educational growth in this area. As early as 1878, the residents of the City of Los Angeles founded a …
Los Angeles City and County Libraries Read More