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	Illinois River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 273 miles (439 km) long, in the state of Illinois in the United States.
		After the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Hennepin Canal in the 19th century, the river's role as link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi was extended into the era of modern industrial shipping.
		The Illinois River valley was one of the strongholds of the Illiniwek confederation of Native Americans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Illinois_River (941 words)

	Illinois - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The state is named for the Illinois River which was named by French explorers after the indigenous Illiniwek people, a consortium of Algonquian tribes that thrived in the area.
		The highest true elevation in Illinois is the Sears Tower with an elevation at the top of its roof of approximately 2,030 feet (the elevation of Chicago is approximately 580 feet and the height of the roof is approximately 1450 feet).
		Illinois is known as the "Land of Lincoln" because it is here that the 16th President spent most of his life, practicing law and living in Springfield.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Illinois (3508 words)

	Mississippi River - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Mississippi is joined by the Illinois River and the Missouri River at Saint Louis, and by the Ohio at Cairo, Illinois.
		The river is divided into the upper Mississippi, from its source south to the Ohio River, and the lower Mississippi, from the Ohio to its mouth near New Orleans.
		Louis; and the middle Mississippi, a relatively free-flowing river downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Mississippi_River (2379 words)

	Illinois River (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River in Illinois in the United States
		The Illinois River in Arkansas and Oklahoma in the United States.
		The Illinois River in Oregon in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Illinois_River_(disambiguation) (121 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Illinois
		Illinois (pronounced [ËÉª.lÉ¨ËnÉ”Éª] or "ill-i-NOY") is the 21st U.S. state and is located in the Midwest region of the United States of America.
		Illinois was a major arsenal in both world wars; large numbers of fls left the cotton fields of the South to come to Chicago, where they developed a famous jazz culture.
		Illinois is known as the "Land of Lincoln"?title=because it is here that the 16th President spent most of his life, practicing law and living in Springfield.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Illinois (4011 words)

	Chicago, Illinois : search word
		For other uses of the term, see Chicago (disambiguation).'' A partial view of Downtown Chicago Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census.
		Illinois Institute of Technology, is located around S 33rd Street and the Green Line stop (35th-Bronzeville-IIT), and is known for its Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed campus in addition to its groundbreaking work in aeronautics research.
		The Illinois and Michigan Canal, completed in 1848, allowed for transport around the world with connecting waterways through Chicago all the way to New York and the Atlantic, west to St. Louis and south to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.searchword.org /ch/chicago,-illinois.html (4522 words)

	Top20Illinois.com - Your Top20 Guide to Illinois!
		Illinois is in the north-central U.S. and borders on Lake Michigan.
		The floodplain on the Mississippi River from Alton to the Kaskaskia River is the American Bottom, and is the site of the ancient city of Cahokia, and was a region of early French settlement, as well as the site of the first state capital, at Kaskaskia.
		According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2004 the population of Illinois was 12,713,634.
	top20illinois.com (1839 words)

	Rock Island - LoveToKnow 1911
		ROCK ISLAND, a city and the county-seat of Rock Island county, Illinois, U.S.A., in the N.W. part of the state, on the E. bank of the Mississippi river, adjoining Moline, and opposite Davenport, Iowa (with which it is connected by two bridges), about 3 m.
		It is served by the Chicago, Burlington andand Quincy, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and the Davenport, Rock Island and North-Western railways.
		The city occupies a plain lying between the river and a series of bluffs.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Rock_Island (334 words)

	Chicago, Illinois
		A recent (2003) population estimates put the number for the city proper at 2,869,121 while suburban populations continue to grow with estimates at 9,650,137 for the combined city and suburbs, although there is skepticism about the accuracy of this estimate with regard to the city proper.
		There is, of course, the Chicago River, which may bring some argument as to geographic restriction, but the impact of which was strongly lessened by the strict adherence to the Chicago grid across the river.
		The city is home to the sprawling Illinois Medical District on the Near West Side as well as the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the American Dental Association, the American College of Surgeons.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Chicago (4261 words)

	Mississippi River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The upper Mississippi is further divided into three sections: the headwaters, from the source to Saint Anthony Falls; a series of man-made lakes between Minneapolis and St. Louis; and the middle Mississippi, a relatively free-flowing River downstream of the confluence With the Missouri River at St. Louis.
		Other changes in the course of the River have occurred because of earthquakes along the New Madrid Fault Zone, which lies near the cities of Memphis and St. Louis.
		In the spring of 1927 the River broke out of its banks in 145 places during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and inundated 27,000 square miles (70,000 km²) to a depth of up to 30 feet (10 m).
	mississippi-river.mindbit.com (2279 words)

	Chicago, Illinois - Gurupedia
		1763, Virginia 1778, the Northwest Territory 1798, Indiana Territory 1802, Illinois 1818.
		During the 1840s Chicago became the largest grain port in the world shipping food from the Mississippi Valley region which was also growing into the largest food producing region in the world.
		Illinois and Michigan Canal completed in 1848 allowed for transport around the world with connecting waterways through Chicago all the way to New York and the Atlantic, west to St.
	www.gurupedia.com /c/ch/chicago.htm (4054 words)

	US - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		From the west slope of the Appalachians, the Interior Plains of the Midwest are relatively flat and are the location of the Great Lakes as well as the Mississippi-Missouri River, the world's fourth-longest river system.
		North of the Great Basin and east of the Cascades in the Northwest is the Columbia River Plateau, a large igneous province shaped by one of the largest flood basalts ever to appear on Earth.
		Several major seaports are in the United States; the three busiest are California's Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, and the Port of New York and New Jersey, all among the world's busiest.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=US (6321 words)

	Chicago Biography,info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Moreover, the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which helped move goods from the Great Lakes south on the Mississippi River, and the railroads in the 1800s made the city a major transportation center in the United States.
		The strength of the party in the city is partly a consequence of Illinois state politics, where the Republicans have come to represent the rural and farm concerns while the Democrats support urban issues such as Chicago's public school funding.
		The University of Illinois College of Medicine at UIC is the largest medical school in the United States (1300 students, including those at campuses in Peoria, Rockford and Urbana-Champaign).
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Chicago (6768 words)

	Wikinfo \| Chicago, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		On this simulated-color image of Chicago (taken by Landsat 7) the long fl line coming into the center of the city from the southeast is the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
		In the center of the city, just right of where the canal banks north to become the Chicago River, sits a small pier on Lake Michigan, perpendicular to the city, known as Meigs Field.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Chicago (1246 words)

	The Ultimate Mississippi River - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The full version, including a passage from the unfinished Huckleberry Finn and works from other authors, was published by James R. Osgood & Co. in 1885.
		Chain of Rocks Bridge - A bridge on the northern edge of St.
		The Santa Fe Bridge in Fort Madison, Iowa, the largest double-deck swing-span bridge in the world; also listed as a National Historic Landmark.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Mississippi_River (2027 words)

	Miscellany - Volume 26, Number 5, September 7, 2001
		Gail Borden Public Library District located in Fox River Valley, 40 miles west of Chicago, serving a district of 110,000 is seeking a service-minded reference librarian with strong interpersonal skills and knowledge of current reference materials.
		The Illinois Digitization Institute is pleased to offer a series of FREE one-day workshops on the fundamentals of digitization for cultural heritage institutions.
		Taxonomy management deals with the core concern of content developers and disseminators, which is how to quickly convey the meaning of a record or document so that it can be found precisely and accurately.
	www.dupagels.lib.il.us /pages/misc010907.html (5018 words)

	math lessons - Rio
		Rio is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "river", and as such is a component in many place names -- most famously, it is the nickname of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
		Kia Rio - a car made by Kia Motors
		Rio, Illinois - a village in Knox County, Illinois
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Rio (147 words)

	New Mexico Virtual Brewpub 2001 Calendar of Beer Festivals and Events
		March 21 - WhiskeyFest, $65, 6 to 10 p.m., Michael Jackson keynote, Hyatt Regency on Wacker Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 800-610-MALT, maltman999@aol.com, www.whiskeypages.com
		May 26 - Wing Fling Brewers' Fest, 20+ breweries, Rocky River Brewery, Sevierville, Tennessee, 865-908-3727
		August 18 - Chicago Beer Society Brews and Blues Cruise, 4 hrs on Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, www.chibeer.org/#bbcruise
	www.realbeer.com /nmvbp/fest2001.htm (3645 words)

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