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The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America and the 21st state admitted to the Union. Illinois is the most populous state in the Midwest and the fifth most populous in the nation, and has a large and cosmopolitan population. Its balance of vast suburbs and the great metropolis of Chicago in the northeast, rural areas, small industrial cities, and renowned agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and the coal mines of the south give it a highly diverse economic base. Its central location, connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River, made it a transportation hub for 150 years. It is this mixture of factory and farm, of urban and rural, that makes Illinois a microcosm of the United States.
About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers inhabited the area at the time of the American Revolution. American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; they achieved statehood in 1818. Yankees arrived a little later and dominated the north, founding the future metropolis of Chicago in the 1830s. The coming of the railroads in the 1850s made highly profitable the rich prairie farmlands in central Illinois, attracting large numbers of immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Northern Illinois provided major support for Illinoisans Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War. By 1900, factories were being rapidly built in the northern cities, along with coal mines in central and southern areas. This industrialization attracted large numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, and also led to the state's material contribution as a major arsenal in both world wars. In addition to immigrants from Europe, large numbers of blacks left the cotton fields of the South to come to Chicago, where they developed a famous jazz culture.

 

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Mobile X-ray inspections of cargo trucks are used in surprise test at O

Aug 20, 2008 3:35 am

O'Hare International Airport , authorities said.The exercise, part of a drill involving federal and city agencies, will become a common security practice as a 2010 deadline requiring screenin...

 

Reform group urges Cardinal George to resign

Aug 20, 2008 3:35 am

Cardinal Francis George to leave his post as Chicago's Catholic archbishop, saying recent revelations about his handling of sexual abuse allegations against priests were intolerable. Leaders ...

 

2 teens hurt in gang-related brawl near Des Plaines

Aug 20, 2008 3:35 am

Two teenagers were injured in a gang-related brawl in the parking lot of an apartment complex in unincorporated Cook County near Des Plaines, sheriff's police said Tuesday. The fight broke...

 

Deerfield teen is charged in 11 Buffalo Grove car break-ins

Aug 20, 2008 3:35 am

Buffalo Grove apartment complex, police said Tuesday. Joshua G. Pierce, 17, of West Walnut Drive was charged Monday with seven counts of burglary and three counts of attempted burglary, police said...

 

Boy in stable condition after brother stabs him

Aug 20, 2008 3:35 am

Englewood home Tuesday, police said. The teen was stabbed about 12:50 a.m. in the home in the 6700 block of South Wolcott Avenue and taken in stable condition to Comer Children's Hospital,...

 

Richard leads White Sox over Mariners 5-0

Aug 20, 2008 3:12 am

(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Clayton Richard delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.

 

Harden fans 10, knocks in run as Cubs blank Reds

Aug 20, 2008 3:12 am

(AP Photo/Paul Beaty)Cubs starting pitcher Rich Harden delivers a pitch against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago,Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.

 

Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday

Aug 20, 2008 3:12 am

Springfield event would be Obama's first appearance with his choice, but she suggested the two wouldn't necessarily be related. The campaign has said it will announce the choice in a...

 

Alligator captured in Kishwaukee River

Aug 20, 2008 3:11 am

Animal Control warden Dan Berres says a local resident captured the alligator in a net on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say the man did not want his name released.

 

Chicago man burned by former tenant

Aug 20, 2008 3:11 am

CHICAGO (AP) -- Police say the elderly landlord of an apartment building on Chicago's South Side has been hospitalized after being doused with gasoline and set on fire by a former tenant.

 
 

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Hickory Glen is conveniently located in Springfield, Illinois near medical facilities, shopping, dining and public transportation. The staff at Hickory Glen cares about their residents and goes that extra mile to simplify and make their lives more enjoyab