Small-Town Heritage: Life in Illinois Communities, 1870-1920

A fascinating look at the Illinois small town from the post-Civil War period through World War I, when most of the state`s more than 1,000 small communities flourished. Employing dozens of slides, John Hallwas discusses prairie, woodland, and river environments, townscapes and transportation, business activities, and social life during the fifty-year period when small Illinois towns were thriving economic centers, as well as deeply meaningful places for local residents.

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