Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 |
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... towns themselves change . As they moved into the 1870s , many small towns began providing services to the people — especially gas lights . The larger towns of Cham- paign , Urbana , LaSalle , Jerseyville , Mattoon , and Rock Island all ...
... towns themselves change . As they moved into the 1870s , many small towns began providing services to the people — especially gas lights . The larger towns of Cham- paign , Urbana , LaSalle , Jerseyville , Mattoon , and Rock Island all ...
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... towns with nothing much to be proud of were also appear- ing . Mine owners built company towns to provide the manpower needed to get out the coal ... towns . Every railroad town might have its Maple 6 Building for the Centuries.
... towns with nothing much to be proud of were also appear- ing . Mine owners built company towns to provide the manpower needed to get out the coal ... towns . Every railroad town might have its Maple 6 Building for the Centuries.
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... towns as the violent floods perpetrated by the Mississippi and Ohio . It was in a river town that Robert Ingersoll , making an uncouth remark or gesture to a farmer's daughter , narrowly missed death when the righteously indignant ...
... towns as the violent floods perpetrated by the Mississippi and Ohio . It was in a river town that Robert Ingersoll , making an uncouth remark or gesture to a farmer's daughter , narrowly missed death when the righteously indignant ...
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Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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