Title: Tales and trails of Illinois /
Authors: Fliege, Stu, 1939-
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Illinois History Anecdotes.; Illinois History, Local Anecdotes.; Illinois Biography Anecdotes.
Abstract: Tells the stories of fifty-two significant events in the history of Illinois.
Contents: Tower Rock, ageless landmark of the Mississippi -- Salt mines in Illinois, an important early industry -- The Great Sauk Trail across northern Illinois -- Europeans come to Illinois : the Jolliet and the Marquette Expedition -- A grisly reputation : John Moredock, Indian slayer -- The Sucker State and mining Galena at Galena -- The last trails of Chief Ducoigne and his Kaskaskia -- Across Illinois with the famed birdwatcher John James Audubon -- "Black diamonds" along the Big Muddy : Illinois' first coal mine -- Waiting for the Second Coming : the Rappites Harmonie -- A "perfect society" experiment : Robert Owen's New Harmony -- The midnight ride of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard -- Stillman's run : a debacle of the Black Hawk War -- Illinois martyr to freedom of the press : Elijah Parish Lovejoy -- The singing plow that "scoured" : John Deere and Company -- A trail of tears across southern Illinois : a Cherokee tragedy -- James Semple's trackless train : the prairie car --^