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... rivers promised much . Life was full of zest in a river town then . Populations swelled with southerners fleeing the war , and with Negroes newly freed . They joined a population already deeply tinged with accents of the South ...
... rivers promised much . Life was full of zest in a river town then . Populations swelled with southerners fleeing the war , and with Negroes newly freed . They joined a population already deeply tinged with accents of the South ...
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... River about five miles from its mouth to LaSalle , where it connected with the Illinois River southward . Construction of locks on the canal at Henry in 1872 and at Copperas Creek in 1876 , as well as a lock and dam at LaGrange in 1890 ...
... River about five miles from its mouth to LaSalle , where it connected with the Illinois River southward . Construction of locks on the canal at Henry in 1872 and at Copperas Creek in 1876 , as well as a lock and dam at LaGrange in 1890 ...
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... River was forced to run backwards.32 In theory , a deep cut in the Illinois - Michigan Canal would send the river ( and the city's sewage ) into the Illinois River , thus polluting river towns instead of Lake Michigan . Problems ...
... River was forced to run backwards.32 In theory , a deep cut in the Illinois - Michigan Canal would send the river ( and the city's sewage ) into the Illinois River , thus polluting river towns instead of Lake Michigan . Problems ...
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Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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