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October 18, 2016 (October 18, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: Grange’s Ghost Story

Illinois / regional sports history

On October 18, 1924, a streak of fire and breath of flame named Harold “Red” Grange had a game for the ages, scoring six touchdowns against a University of Michigan defense […]

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October 12, 2016 (October 12, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: White Squirrel Roundup

Illinois / regional natural history

This weekend, citizens in Olney will begin the annual census of the town’s famous albino squirrel population, to see just how the white varmints have fared over the past year. […]

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October 5, 2016 (October 7, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: Mies van der Rohe in the House

architecture Illinois / regional

On October 7, 2004, the National Register of Historic Places added the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, to its list of significant locales. Beautiful, yet a challenge to human habitation, […]

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October 4, 2016 (October 4, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: Moses in No Man’s Land

Illinois / regional

On October 4, 1923, Charlton Heston floated down Lake Michigan in a reed basket and bumped ashore at No Man’s Land, Illinois. A proverbial land of milk and honey—well, booze and […]

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September 30, 2016 (September 29, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: Lead Is Galena and Galena Is Lead

Illinois / regional

On September 30, 1822, the federal government gave the first lease to mine lead in the Galena region to Richard M. Johnson. They also provided armed soldiers as guards to […]

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September 23, 2016 (September 23, 2016)

Trivia Friday

Illinois / regional

1. University of Illinois scientists have long endeavored to create a base for chewing gum that uses zein, a protein found in corn. In 2005, researcher Graciela Padua announced that […]

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September 22, 2016 (September 20, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Photos of America

Chicago Illinois / regional photography

Though UIP published photography on the beauty of the Midwest and the University of Illinois campus, we also venture out of these expected subjected areas. This week we present a […]

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September 16, 2016 (September 14, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: Danville and the Trail of Death

Illinois / regional native american

The President does not know the truth. He, like me, has been imposed upon. He does not know that you made my young chiefs drunk and got their consent and […]

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September 13, 2016 (September 8, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: This one goes out to Johnsburg

Illinois / regional music

September 13, 1983, saw the release of the song “Johnsburg, Illinois,” by Tom Waits, an artist fated to become the most beloved acquired taste in American music. Dubiously referred to […]

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September 9, 2016 (September 8, 2016)

Trivia Friday: Red Grange, John Belushi, and a gorilla

Illinois / regional

1. Red Grange’s six-touchdown game against Michigan in 1924 inspired poetry and cemented Grange’s legend. His performance featured four TDs in the first quarter alone, but which detail about the […]

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September 7, 2016 (September 7, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: Miss America’s trampoline

Illinois / regional

On September 7, 1968, Judith Anne Ford of Belvidere became the second-ever woman from Illinois to win the Miss America pageant. Feminist criticism of the contest was in the air, […]

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September 5, 2016 (September 1, 2016)

Release Party: Herndon’s Lincoln

biography Illinois / regional Lincoln

New in paperback, Herndon’s Lincoln offers today’s readers the most influential biography of the Railsplitter ever published. William H. Herndon aspired to write a faithful portrait of his friend and law […]

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