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| 1 | 1851 | - 1851: Illinois Central Railroad Created
1851 The state of Illinois gives its federal land to Illinois Central Railroad to build a line from Cairo (at the southern tip of Illinois where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers meet) to Galena (in the extreme northwestern part of the state) and Chicago. Illinois Central is the first land grant railroad in the U.S. For the next decade, Abraham Lincoln is its attorney.
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| 2 | 1852 | - 1852—1852: Williams Pioneer Central Illinois
Richard Williams Jr brings his family to Central Illinois from Coshocton Co., OH.
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| 3 | 1861 | - 1861—1865: Civil War
War between the states.
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| 4 | 1871 | - 8 Oct 1871—10 Oct 1871: Great Chicago Fire
The fire killed up to 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km2) of Chicago, Illinois, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.
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| 5 | 1914 | - 1914—1918: WW I
World War One
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