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Lightning a menace, past and present

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Weston Cemetery Prairie window to lost world

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For pioneers, river crossings sometimes matter of life and death

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Twin Cities once hosted own Chautauqua

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Museum collections window to East Bay’s early years

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Solar superstorm awes locals in 1859

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Before railroads, stage lines crisscrossed the prairies

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Moraine View park opened in 1959

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Teays River coursed through Central Illinois eons ago

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Honeybees sweetened 19th century life in Central Illinois

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Bloomington witness to 1869 total solar eclipse

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Fearsome ‘Sudden Change’ threatened pioneer life and limb

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Springtime once meant return of prairie flowers

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Evergreen Lake groundbreaking 50 years ago

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‘Tied in knots’ outside of Heyworth June 1949

Farming in the Great Corn Belt

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Our Rich Land

Draining the Prairie

Erosion

Nature's Forces

1946 to 2000: Corn and Soybean Crops

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Grand Prairie Bird Alliance Collection

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ParkLands Foundation

Aldrich, Frank W.

Almanac

Apollo 11 Pantagraph Run

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Lightning a menace, past and present

=""

Weston Cemetery Prairie window to lost world

="a

For pioneers, river crossings sometimes matter of life and death

=""

Twin Cities once hosted own Chautauqua

=""

Museum collections window to East Bay’s early years

=""

Solar superstorm awes locals in 1859

=""

Before railroads, stage lines crisscrossed the prairies

=""

Moraine View park opened in 1959

=""

Teays River coursed through Central Illinois eons ago

="lithograph

Honeybees sweetened 19th century life in Central Illinois

="This

Bloomington witness to 1869 total solar eclipse

="portrait

Fearsome ‘Sudden Change’ threatened pioneer life and limb

=""

Springtime once meant return of prairie flowers

=""

Evergreen Lake groundbreaking 50 years ago

‘Tied in knots’ outside of Heyworth June 1949

Our Rich Land

Draining the Prairie

Erosion

Nature's Forces

1946 to 2000: Corn and Soybean Crops

Grand Prairie Bird Alliance Collection

Water

ParkLands Foundation

Aldrich, Frank W.

Almanac

Apollo 11 Pantagraph Run

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