County and regional histories & atlases [electronic resource] : Illinois.

Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2011.

English

1 online resource.

State and especially local history gives students a chance to understand the people, places and things around them with which they're already familiar. Originally compiled and produced by publishers and subscriptions agents for area residents and patrons, these histories are difficult-to-find materials. Included in this collection on Illinois are fifteen cities and regions in 361 titles. The histories comprise tables and lists of vital statistics, military service records, municipal and county officers, chronologies, portraits of individuals and views of urban and rural life not found anywhere else. The atlases provide additional information on land use and settlement patterns and scarce early town and city plans.

Date range of documents: 1852-1921.
Reproduction of the originals from various Illinois libraries.

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