Illinois History Links

The following links may take you to offsite locations.

General:

• “Illinois in 1818”
• Illinois Newspaper Project
• Illinois Fact Sheet
• Illinois’ State Symbols – song, flag, seal, slogan, etc.
• Lyrics of State Song
• At Home in the Heartland – history, culture, timelines, etc.
• Chronology of Illinois History
• Underground Railroad in Illinois
• Illinois Heritage Association
• Illinois State Archives
• Illinois State Historical Library
• Illinois Maps
• Illinois State Academy of Science
• Illinois State Museum
• Historical Maps of Illinois and the Northwest Territory
• Illinois City Photos
• Illinois Newspaper Project

 

Famous Places:

• Famous Places, Memorials, Historic Sites
• Fort Dearborn
• Illinois Courthouses
• Jane Addams and the Hull House Museum
• Illinois State Museum – natural history, cultural and artistic history
• Illinois Michigan Canal -photos, facts, history, tour, etc.
  • Canal Virtual Tour
• Shell Wood River History Museum – refinery in Wood River, IL

 

Native Americans:

• Native Americans in Illinois
• Chief Black Hawk and the Sauk Nation
• The Illini Confederation
• Prehistoric Cahokia
• Kaskakia Indians
• Legend of the Piasa

 

Railroads, Coal Mining, Illinois Labor, etc.:

• Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society – maps, history, etc.
• Illinois Railroad, 1850-1860
• History of Illinois Central Railroad
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Early Days of Coal Mining in Northern Illinois
• Illinois Labor History
• Chronology of Illinois Labor History

 

Prominent People in Illinois History:

• Famous Illinoisans
• Early Illinois Women
• List of Governors
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – including those from Illinois
• Lincoln Biography
• Grant Biography
• Reagan Biography
• George Rogers Clark in Illinois
• Lincoln-Douglas Debates
• Famous Illinoisans with Civil War Ties
• Illinois Women and the Civil War

 

More Lincoln Info:

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
• Lincoln Assassination Page
• Mary Todd Lincoln
• Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
• The History Place Presents A. Lincoln – timeline, photos, words
• Lincoln’s Home in Springfield
• Sites Related to Lincoln
• Lincoln’s Tomb in Springfield
• Lincoln Documents Online
• Lincoln’s Legal Career
• Lincoln Museum
• Abraham Lincoln Online – the ultimate Lincoln website
• Abraham Lincoln’s Classroom
• Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association
  The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (JALA) is the only academic journal devoted exclusively to Lincoln scholarship. In addition to selected scholarly articles—on Lincoln in the popular media, for example, or British reactions to the War— the journal also features photographs and newly discovered Lincoln letters and documents.

 

Military Links:

• ILGenWeb Civil War Website
• Illinois Civil War Links
• Illinois and the American Civil War
• Illinois in the Civil War
• Camps and National Cemeteries:
  • Cairo
  • Mound City National Cemetery
  • Camp Butler Civil War Camp and National Cemetery
  • Camp Douglas Civil War Camp
  • Camp Fuller
  • Quincy National Cemetery
  • Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal and Prison Barracks
• GAR in Illinois

 

Historical Events:

• Lincoln-Douglas Debates
• The Chicago Fire
• The Haymarket Tragedy
• The Pullman Strike
• The World’s Columbian Expo – Chicago 1893
  • The World’s Columbian Expo: Ideas, Experience, Aftermath
• The Century of Progress – Chicago 1933-34
• Cherry Coal Mine Disaster
• The 1908 Springfield Race Riot

 

Location Specific

• Logan County
  • Xenia Illinois – A One Place Study