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Chicago

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 State House in Springfield

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Rural Illinois

 

 

 

converted storage silo

 

 

harvesting soybeans

 

harvesting corn

 

transferring the corn from the field truck to the truck going to the grain facility

 

 

grain facility

 

adding the new corn to the left outside covered storage bin

 

"stump" grave markers

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Galena, Illinois

 

Galena, Illinois

 

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U.S. Grant

Grant had started working in his brothers' leather shop in Galena, Illinois, when the Confederate States of America, or Confederacy, seceded from the federal Union and the Civil War broke out. Loyal to the Union, Grant applied to serve as an officer when a call for troops went out in Illinois.

Grant mustered in a volunteer Galena regiment and took it to the state capital, Springfield. There he took charge of mustering several more regiments and came to the attention of the governor, Richard Yates. In June 1861 Yates appointed Grant colonel of the rebellious 21st Illinois volunteer regiment. Grant soon taught the unruly men military discipline and led them against pro-Confederate guerrillas in Missouri. Because of his demonstrated leadership ability, Grant was then made brigadier general in command of the volunteers district at Cairo, Illinois.

 

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his home in Galena

 

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vintage Post Office at Halloween

 

The Traveler at his name sake town

 

town heights
 

 

(note the gate in the flood levee)

 

older home

 

on the hill

 

being restored

 

 

 

 

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LaSalle

 

LaSalle is the southwestern terminus of the I & M Canal
meeting steamers coming up the Illinois River

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water tower disguised as a Catsup bottle, Collinsville

 

passing home of Popeye on a rainy day, Chester

Cahokia Mounds

Grafton Ferry

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