@article{866931,
      recid = {866931},
      title = {County and regional histories & atlases Illinois.  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,},
      address = {Farmington Hills, Mich. :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2011},
      note = {Date range of documents: 1852-1921.},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/866931},
}