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211 Index Maps are indicated by page numbers in boldface italics. abolition, fears associated with, 69, 72, 97 abolitionists, viii, 69–72, 87 Aboval brand labels, 111 African Americans: in 1860 federal census, 72; beating and murder of, 97; in Chicago, 134; churches of, 88; Civil War and, 92, 98; in East St. Louis, 131–32; Emancipation Baptists and, 74; Illinois legislature’s actions regarding, viii, 71–72; intermarriage, 44, 73; migration of, 72–73; pre–Civil War, viii–ix; pre–Civil War settlements, ix, 76, 76–79; runaway slaves and, 80–81; in Union County, 75–76 agriculture: in 1920s, 139; educational institutions, 113, 114; fruit and vegetable industry, 110–11, 161–62; growing season, 110, 143; new era, 159–62; railroads and, 108; soils, 14–18. See also farms and farming airplanes, precision flying, 149 Albion, 87, 113 Alexander County, 5, 9, 53, 65, 108 Allen (settlement), 76, 78 Allen, Arthur and Patience, 78 Allen, Tom, sculptures by, 44, 85 Allen, William Joshua, 91 Alton, 11, 14, 21, 52, 53, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, 74, 113, 146, 152 Alto Pass, 11, 110, 167, 168 Alto Vineyards, Alto Pass, 167, 168 American Bottom, 26, 52 American Fluorite Museum, 148 American Indians. See Native American tribes Amish people, 162, 172 “Angel of Cairo” (Mary Jane Safford), 92 Anna (town), viii, 11, 14, 46, 86, 108, 110, 115 Anna Pottery, 110 Appalachian Mountains, vii, ix, 23, 39, 44, 45, 62, 146, 148, 175 arts and crafts, 175 automobiles, 139–43, 178 Ava, 33, 34, 35, 110 bald cypress swamp, 9 Bald Knob, Union County, 14 Baldwin, T. W., 149 “Ballad of Casey Jones,” 125 Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad, 106 Baptized Churches of Christ, Friends to Humanity. See Emancipation Baptists barbecue, 50, 183 barns, deserted, 162, 163 Battle of the Crater, 98 Bay City General Store, 94 beavers, 27 bed-and-breakfast, 180 Beecher, Edward, 71 Beer, Thomas, 66 Belknap, 5 Belleville, 53, 63, 65, 113, 146, 149, 172, 175 Bell Smith Springs, 13 Benton, vii, 42, 88, 130 Bickerdyke, “Mother,” 92 Big Muddy River, 19, 26, 28, 42, 89, 90, 91 Bingham, George Caleb, 27, 49 Birger, Charlie, 129, 131, 132 Black Hawk War (1832), 43, 44, 64 black laws, 72, 75 Blackman, W. S., 76–77 Black Panthers, 135 black people. See African Americans Black Watch Regiment, Great Britain, 31 Blanchard, Israel, 91 boats, 18, 38, 51, 58, 92, 135–37 Bond, David, 132 Bone Gap, 43, 104, 105 Borger, John, 103 Borglum, Gutzon, 125 bottomlands, 3, 19, 26, 171 bridges, 59. See also railroad bridges Brilliant, Fredda, 150 British citizens: arrival and settlement in North America, 23, 24; control of Southern Illinois, 33; forts neutralized by Clark, 33–36; friction between French and, 31; Native American hunting grounds and, 39–41 Brooks, Thorndike, 88, 90–91 Brooklyn, St. Clair County, 76, 79 212 Brown, William Wells, 70–71 Brush, Daniel H., viii, 90–91 Bryan, Billy, 125 Bryan, William Jennings, 124–25 Bryan Memorial Park, Salem, 124 buffalo trail (U.S. Route 50), 28 Buncombe, 33–35 Burroughs, George J. L., 80 Cache River State Natural Area, 6, 8–9 Cahokia, 23–24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33–36, 42, 52, 53, 146 Cahokia Mounds, 19–21 Cahokia tribe, 41 Cairo, 18, 26; Civil War, 92–93; economic decline, 134–35; historic downtown, 133; news media, 132–34; railroads, 89, 106, 126, 129, 160–61; river traffic benefits, 59; violence in, 134 Camel Rock, Saline County, 11–12 Camm, William, 88 Campbell, Teri, 123 Campbell Hill, 121 canneries, 111 Cantonment Wilkinson, 37 capital cities, Illinois, 61–62, 67 Capps, Sarah, 144 Carbondale, 11; Black Panthers, 135; Grace Race, 176; railroader memorial, 107; railroads, 106; secessionists, 88–90; SIU, 113–15, 149–52; smallpox deaths, 97; Woodlawn Cemetery, 100, 103 Carmi, 53, 55, 88, 143 Carrier Mills, 147 Carterville, 33, 34, 60, 101, 124, 172 cartoon characters, Segar’s, 59 Cartwright, Peter, 88 castor beans, 58–59 Catholic immigrants, 129 Cave in Rock, 4, 11, 48, 51, 136–37 Cedar Creek, Johnson County, 141 Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 175, 177 cemeteries, 57, 79, 100, 102, 103 Centralia, 89, 106–7, 126, 129–31 Charleston, 95 Cherokee people, ix, 43–45, 46 Chester, 11, 26, 58–59, 108 Chicago, 24, 62, 64–65, 97, 101, 103–4, 116, 134 Chicago and Eastern Illinois (C&EI) Railroad, 124 churches, 32, 35, 46, 74, 77, 87–88 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 137–39 civil rights movement, 134–35 Civil War: African Americans and...
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