Author: John ReynoldsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The Pioneer History of Illinois
Author: John ReynoldsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois
Author: Christiana Holmes TillsonPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809319800
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Christiana and John Tillson moved from Massachusetts to central Illinois in 1822. Upon arriving in Montgomery County near what would soon be Hillsboro, they set up a general store and real estate business and began to raise a family. A half century later, in 1870, Christiana Tillson wrote about her early days in Illinois in a memoir published by R. R. Donnelley in 1919. The Tillsons lived quite ordinary lives in extraordinary times, notes Kay J. Carr, introducing this edition. They moved west and prospered in the land business at a time when America was being transformed from a rural, agricultural country into an urban, industrial nation. Their views and sensibilities, Carr says, might seem strange to us, but they were entirely normal to people in the early nineteenth century. Thus Tillson's memoir provides fascinating but believable snapshots of ordinary nineteenth-century American life.
The Pioneer History of Illinois, Containing the Discovery in 1673, and the History of the Country to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen, Etc
Author: John REYNOLDS (of Illinois.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Illinois in the War of 1812
Author: Gillum FergusonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252094557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Russell P. Strange "Book of the Year" Award from the Illinois State Historical Society, 2012. On the eve of the War of 1812, the Illinois Territory was a new land of bright promise. Split off from Indiana Territory in 1809, the new territory ran from the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers north to the U.S. border with Canada, embracing the current states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and a part of Michigan. The extreme southern part of the region was rich in timber, but the dominant feature of the landscape was the vast tall grass prairie that stretched without major interruption from Lake Michigan for more than three hundred miles to the south. The territory was largely inhabited by Indians: Sauk, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, and others. By 1812, however, pioneer farmers had gathered in the wooded fringes around prime agricultural land, looking out over the prairies with longing and trepidation. Six years later, a populous Illinois was confident enough to seek and receive admission as a state in the Union. What had intervened was the War of 1812, in which white settlers faced both Indians resistant to their encroachments and British forces poised to seize control of the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes. The war ultimately broke the power and morale of the Indian tribes and deprived them of the support of their ally, Great Britain. Sometimes led by skillful tacticians, at other times by blundering looters who got lost in the tall grass, the combatants showed each other little mercy. Until and even after the war was concluded by the Treaty of Ghent in 1814, there were massacres by both sides, laying the groundwork for later betrayal of friendly and hostile tribes alike and for ultimate expulsion of the Indians from the new state of Illinois. In this engrossing new history, published upon the war's bicentennial, Gillum Ferguson underlines the crucial importance of the War of 1812 in the development of Illinois as a state. The history of Illinois in the War of 1812 has never before been told with so much attention to the personalities who fought it, the events that defined it, and its lasting consequences. Endorsed by the Illinois Society of the War of 1812 and the Illinois War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission.
The Pioneer History of Illinois, Containing the Discovery, in 1673, and the History of the Country to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen, when the State Government was Organized
Author: John ReynoldsJacob Bunn
Author: Andrew Taylor CallPublisher: Brunswick Publishing Corp
ISBN: 9781556182099
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This book traces the business career of Jacob Bunn. A New Jersey-born farmer who ventured west to Illinois in the mid 19th century and had his hand in a wide variety of business enterprises, ranging from a grocery business, coal, iron, sugar beets, railroads, banks, newspapers, and timepieces, he helped make Illinois a center of innovative industry. Bunn was involved in the making of Lincoln as President, in the success of the Illinois Watch Company, and set the stage for Illinois-based companies like the Sangamo Electric Co., well-known into recent times around the world. His real legacy, according to this young scholar, is his legacy of integrity and his honorable behavior when faced with bank failure in the Panic of 1873. Read of a time when industrial pioneers were settling a frontier. Jacob Bunn's life has had a global impact. He left companies and a legacy, and should serve as a model for the contemporary business world.
History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois
Author: John Carroll PowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
History of Henry County, Illinois
Author: Henry L. KinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Pioneer history of Illinois, containing the discovery, in 1673, and the history of the country to the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, when the state government was organized
Author: John ReynoldsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
My Own Times
Author: John ReynoldsPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022538030
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this autobiography, John Reynolds recounts his fascinating life story and reflects on the major events and ideas of his time. The book covers a wide range of topics, from politics and society to religion and philosophy. Reynolds provides a unique perspective on the world of the mid-19th century, and his insights remain relevant to this day. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.