Guest Editor
Gerald A. Danzer
Advisory Board, Volume 10:4
James Akerman The Newberry Library, Chicago
Raymond Brod The University of Illinois at Chicago
David Buisseret The University of Texas at Arlington
John H. Giles
Northside College Prep High School, Chicago
Larry Hays
Highlands Junior High School, La Grange
Victoria Hollister Hubbel Middle Scshool, Wheaton
Mark Newman National Louis University, Chicago
Board of Trustees
Julie Cellini, Chair Pamela A. Daniels J. Douglas Donenfeld Edward M. Genson Laurie Ann Hoffman Elizabeth I. Smith Roger Taylor
Director
Maynard Crossland
Chief of Constituent Services
Evelyn R. Taylor
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Introduction: "Maps from Illinois History: Resources for Teachers" ........1
Gerald A. Danzer
The Geographic Setting .............................2 - 18
Map1. Physiographic Divisions of Illinois .....................3
Map 2. Landforms of Illinois ............................ 6
Map 3. The Great Lakes ..............................8
Map 4. The Mississippi Valley .......................... 11
Map 5. The Illinois River .............................13
Map 6. Vegetation on the Eve of European Settlement, ca. 1700 ...17
Map 7. The Prairie Peninsula .......................... 18
The Illinois Country, 1673-1787 .......... 19 - 31
Map 8. Notchininga's Map: A Native American Perspective
on the Upper Mississippi Valley .....................21
Map 9. Marquette's Map, 1673 ..........................24
Map 10. Jolliet's Map, 1674 ............................26
Map 11. A New Map of Louisiana and the River Mississippi, 1720 .......28
Map 12. Thomas Hutchins, "Several Villages in the Illinois Country," 1778 ...31
Illinois in the Pioneer Period, 1787-1832 .................32 - 54
Map 13. Evolution of the States of Northwest Territory .....34
Map 14. Indian Land Cessions in Illinois, 1803-1833 ..............36
Map 15. Federal Land Survey in Illinois .....................39
Map 16. John Melish Map of Illinois, 1818 ....................42
Map 17 John Melish Map of Illinois, 1819 ....................43
Map 18. Proposed Route for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, 1830 ...47-50
Map 19. From Fort Dearborn to Galena, ca. 1830 ................53
The Era of Canals and Railroads, 1832-1930s ......54 - 71
Map 20. The Navigable Route from Chicago to St. Louis, 1851 ....56
Map 21. Railway Guide for Illinois, 1854 .....................58
Map 22. The Position of Chicago, 1862 .....................60
Map 23 "Illinois" from Butler's Geography (1881) ................ 62
Map 24. Map of Chicago, 1886 ..........................65
Map 25. "Illinois Traction System and Connections," 1914 ....68
Map 26. "Only a Few Hours Distance ... by Railroad" ............. 71
Automobile State, 1920s-2000 ........................72 - 87
Map 27. State Highways, 1925 ..........................73
Map 28. Best Roads of Illinois: 1920s and 1930s ................77
Map 29. Suburban Highways: New and Proposed, 1928 .....80
Map 30. Marketing Map of Illinois, 1928 .....................82
Map 31. Airway Map: Chicago and Southern Air Lines, 1940 ....85
Map 32. Economic Resources, 1941 ......................87
Illinois: Yesterday and Today, 1960-Present ......88 - 101
Map 33. Cartogram of Illinois Population, 1960 ...........89
Map 34. Interstate Highways in Illinois, 1962 .........91
Map 38. Illinois Centers of Population, 1830-2000 ...........98
Map 39. Reading the State Highway Map ........99
Illinois State Social Studies Standards Correlation .............. 102
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