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Early Settlers

Articles

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Picture postcard speaks to power of donations
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For pioneers, river crossings sometimes matter of life and death
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Before railroads, stage lines crisscrossed the prairies
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Honeybees sweetened 19th century life in Central Illinois
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Wild West legend ‘Pawnee Bill’ got start in Bloomington
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Fearsome ‘Sudden Change’ threatened pioneer life and limb

Biographies

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Bradner, Judith Ann
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Bunn, T.J.
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Paist, Maria Dawson
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Fell, Hester Vernon
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Withers, Allen
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Dillon, Martha Fisher
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Cheney, Owen Lee
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Marmon, Mary Ann
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Guthrie, Adam
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Allin, James
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Hendryx, Jane Frankeberger
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Brokaw, Abraham
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Haggard, David
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Ferre, Goodman
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Gridley, Asahel
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Goodheart, James
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Stipp, Dr. George Winfield
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Funk, Benjamin Franklin
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Hobbs, Dr. William C.
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Scott, Charlotte Ann Perry

Farming in the Great Corn Belt

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Frontier Resources

Draining the Prairie

Farm Improvements

1822 to 1852

Marketing Crops and Livestock

A Scientific Revolution: Eugene Funk and Hybrid Corn

Finding Aids

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Sebastian-Bishop

Stubblefield – Funk Reunion Minutes

Orendorff, Ella

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Funk, George Washington

Trimmer Family

Funk Family

Speakers Bureau

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The Unconquerable: Kickapoo of Central Illinois

Buckle of the Corn Belt: An Illustrated Tour of McLean County and Everyone’s Favorite Grain

The Night the Stars Fell

Pioneer Cattle and Hog Droving

Videos

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The Night the Stars Fell