SiteTitle | • | Prairie Pages: Illinois After the Civil War and the Great Chicago Fire | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 5 3 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Educational newsletter about Illinois history. The theme of this issue is Illinois After the Civil War and the Great Chicago Fire. It discusses Reconstruction, racial discrimination, treaties with native Americans, agribusiness, business monopoly, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, making new land in Lake Michigan, the title Queen of the West and the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, Chicago Worlds Fair (Worlds Columbian Exposition). Written by Peter C. Harbison, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Edited by Laura Reyman | | | | Date Created: | 01 11 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000018858 Original UID: 9774 FIRST WORD: Prairie | |
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