This is the site of the first building
erected as the seat of government of
Cass County, Illinois, on land provided by
Dr. H. H. Hall the founder of Virginia.
Circuit court was held here for the
first time in May, 1839 and the . . . — — Map (db m229610) HM
Until the Illinois Central Railroad rolled into town, geese flocked to a pond in this vicinity. The IC cleared the pond and donated the land to the Congregationalist (today the Community United Church of Christ). Their sanctuary, completed near the . . . — — Map (db m31113) HM
The First Congregational Church, built in 1855-56, was popularly known as the “Goose Pond” Church, because the site was once a water-filled area, home to flocks of wild geese and ducks. The church became a meeting center for numerous . . . — — Map (db m31118) HM
Nathan C. Ricker, the first person to graduate in architecture in the United States, established an architectural program here at his alma mater in 1873. Ricker emphasized the application of science and technology to design. He strove to create an . . . — — Map (db m225558) HM
Allen S. Weller led the Urbana campus
to a period of great artistic growth
and innovation from 1954 to 1971. His
imagination and efforts were the
force behind experimentation in the
visual arts, dance, and music, and
the development of . . . — — Map (db m225525) HM
In the early 20th century, Clarence W. Alvord gathered sources for Illinois history, directed the Illinois Historical Survey, edited the collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, wrote histories of colonial Illinois and the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m225556) HM
In 1944, Thomas K. Cureton became the
director of the Physical Fitness
Research Laboratory, one of the first
of its kind in the nation. He developed
methods to test motor and
cardiovascular fitness and aquatic
performance and to appraise . . . — — Map (db m225523) HM
In 1949, Wilbur Schramm organized the conference of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, which laid the philosophical basis for public broadcasting in the United States. From that beginning, grew both National Public Radio (NPR) and . . . — — Map (db m225554) HM
Renowned film critic, co-star of the “At the Movies”
television series with Gene Siskel and son of Urbana, Roger
Ebert changed the way people thought about movies. The
University of Illinois graduate was the film critic for the . . . — — Map (db m225498) HM
A National Historic trail of the Boy Scouts of America established in 1963 as part of the circuit traveled between Urbana and Danville, Il. By Abraham Lincoln on the Eighth Judicial District in 1847 - 1859.
The trail traverses 16 miles . . . — — Map (db m23955) HM
On the Bloomington Road
The Fort Clark Road, later known as the Bloomington or State Road, was an important artery for commerce between Danville and Urbana. The road was first approved in 1826 by the Illinois Assembly. It was the first . . . — — Map (db m23850) HM
Some 800 Potawatomi were forcibly removed by U.S. and Indiana officials from near Plymouth, Indiana and taken to eastern Kansas in 1838. Enroute 39 recorded deaths occurred. This tragic event became known as the “Trail of Death”. The . . . — — Map (db m32503) HM
Services for this congregation began in 1870 in the Fairview schoolhouse one mile west, on the N.E. corner. The congregation was organized on October 29, 1876. This site for the first church, 208' x 209', was donated on January 11, 1877 by Claus and . . . — — Map (db m89254) HM
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Champaign County was always on Lincoln’s circuit. Abraham Lincoln spent nearly 20 years of his life practicing law on the 8th Judicial Circuit, traveling from one county seat to another. Even as the circuit shrank while . . . — — Map (db m24340) HM
Lincoln’s Mahomet
Upper Section
The village of Middletown-Mahomet was platted by Daniel Porter in 1832 on the west bank of the Sangamon River near its headwaters. The main street of the village was actually a new road, made necessary by . . . — — Map (db m24374) HM
Over 800 Potawatomi were forcibly removed from near Plymouth, Indiana by U. S. And Indiana Officials and taken to eastern Kansas in 1838. This historic event was named the “Trail of Death” after the tragic occurrence of 39 recorded . . . — — Map (db m33251) HM
Over 800 Potawatomi encamped at Sidney after their forced removal by U.S. and Indiana officials from near Plymouth, Indiana. They were being marched to eastern Kansas. Two people died at Sidney, including a child. A total of 39 Potawatomi tragically . . . — — Map (db m33248) HM
Kelley’s Tavern was originally called Strong’s Inn after Cyrus Strong, who built a mud-mortar log cabin here in the 1830's. The inn at Strong’s Ford was a stop on the Bloomington or State Road from Danville west to Urbana. Kelley’s Inn was a stop . . . — — Map (db m23803) HM
Abraham Lincoln made his farewell address to the people of Illinois at the Tolono Station February 11, 1861. "I am leaving you on an errand of national importance, attended as you are aware with considerable difficulties. Let us believe as some poet . . . — — Map (db m4720) HM
Abraham Lincoln traveled through Tolono by locomotive at least eighteen times. He whiled the time away for his train connections by playing horseshoes and visiting with the Tolono residents. While campaigning in Illinois, Lincoln would frequently . . . — — Map (db m23816) HM
During the mid-twentieth century, two anthropologists made landmark contributions to their field. Julian H. Steward developed cultural ecology, a method for studying cultural change by analyzing the interaction of social life, environment, and . . . — — Map (db m109619) HM
Illini Supersweet Corn In 1953, John R. Laughnan discovered that kernels of mutant corn were "unusually sweet." Within eight years, Laughnan had developed the "Illini Supersweet" hybrid that revolutionized the sweet corn industry. . . . — — Map (db m109618) HM
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During the Spring term of the Circuit Court in 1858, Abraham Lincoln sat for a portrait with photographer Samuel Alschuler. Alschuler’s studio was on the second floor of the Lowenstern Building, at the southwest corner of . . . — — Map (db m31120) HM
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Murder, larceny, and even rape- - -the young circuit lawyer Abraham Lincoln, practicing in Urbana, handled cases involving all of these in the courthouse which stood on this city block. Lincoln unsuccessfully defended . . . — — Map (db m31119) HM
In 1969, Carl Woese began using molecular sequences of RNA to study the evolutionary history of life on Earth, eventually determining the first “tree of life.” This project led, in 1977, to the discovery of a third branch of life: the archaea . . . — — Map (db m225539) HM
Lejaren A. Hiller and Leonard M. Isaacson
created the first substantial computer-
produced musical composition. The
premiere of the “ILLIAC Suite” for string
quartet on August 9, 1956 at the Urbana
campus of the University of Illinois
changed . . . — — Map (db m225597) HM
The Channing-Murray Foundation, originally established in 1908 as the Unitarian Church of Urbana, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places May 13, 1991 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m225573) HM
In 1961, Don L. Bitzer, co-inventor of the plasma display panel, and Chalmers W. Sherwin introduced PLATO, the first computer-based education system, the first time-shared education system, and the home of the first on-line community. By the early . . . — — Map (db m225545) HM
Under the administrations of Phineas L. Windsor (1909-1940) and Robert B. Downs (1943-1971), the library grew from fewer than a million volumes to nearly five million volumes and became one of the world's great libraries. Windsor aggressively built . . . — — Map (db m225557) HM
In 1932, Harold R. Wanless introduced
the term cyclothem to describe the
succession of sedimentary rock layers
found in coal-bearing formations. The
understanding of cyclothems remains
an indispensable tool for predicting
the location . . . — — Map (db m225540) HM
Combining the administrative and computer experience of Louis N. Ridenour, the mathematical ability of Abraham H. Taub, and the electrical engineering background of Ralph E. Meagher, in 1952 the Digital Computer Laboratory developed ILLIAC I. The . . . — — Map (db m225548) HM
The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
(1971-2022) educated over 4500 physicians, including many
from underrepresented groups in the urban health and
rural medicine programs, who went on to practice in . . . — — Map (db m225538) HM
A leading researcher of clay minerals (which constitute 40% of all sedimentary rock), Professor
Ralph Early Grim discovered the mineral illite and opened a new field of geological study, clay mineralogy. Grim's work led to important advances in . . . — — Map (db m225542) HM
From 1961 to 1981, Professor of Chemistry
Willis H. Flygare developed powerful
new methods to measure the properties
of molecules, culminating in the invention
of the Fourier Transform Microwave
Spectrometer. This apparatus and . . . — — Map (db m225536) HM
Today's swine industry was fundamentally changed by the animal nutrition research of D. Eugene Becker. In the 1950s, he demonstrated that it was possible to ensure swine growth with a simple combination of corn, soybean meal, vitamins and minerals. . . . — — Map (db m225530) HM
Started in 1876, the Morrow Plots are the oldest field experiment in the United States. First known as “Rotation Experiment No. 23” and modeled after trials at Rothamsted, England, the plots were established to study the long-term effects of crop . . . — — Map (db m225531) HM
Shao L. Soo's research at Illinois
from 1959 to 1992 helped clarify
the intricacies in the physics and
equations of motion governing
multiphase flows, in particular
the electric effects in gas/solid
particle flows. Soo's work . . . — — Map (db m225544) HM
The Cohen Building was designed by noted local architect Joseph W. Royer for prominent Urbana businessman and cigar manufacturer Nathan (Nat) H. Cohen. Other major downtown buildings designed by Joseph W. Royer include the Urbana Free Library, the . . . — — Map (db m226012) HM
This facility originally known as the
Natural History Building
constructed in 1892
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m225572) HM
Herbert S. Gutowsky showed that
nuclear magnetic resonance could
be used to establish molecular structure
and to measure rates of chemical and
biological reactions and motion in
solids. As a result of his work beginning
in 1948, nuclear . . . — — Map (db m225537) HM
Paul Lauterbur was a pioneer in the
use of nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) to visualize molecules, solutions
and solids. He was the first
researcher to produce an image with
NMR. His work led to the development
of magnetic resonance imaging . . . — — Map (db m225599) HM
Joseph M. Hunt was a pioneer in the
study of child development. He provided
experimental evidence for the powerful
and lasting effects of early experience
on the development of intelligence
and personality. Hunt helped to convince
the Kennedy . . . — — Map (db m225580) HM
Nick Holonyak Jr., John Bardeen's first graduate student at Illinois, invented the first practical light-emitting diode (LED) at General Electric before returning in 1963 to Illinois as a faculty member. In 1977, Holonyak and his students . . . — — Map (db m225549) HM
Childhood home of Roger Ebert (b.1942), Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, journalist, and television personality. Mr. Ebert lived at this address between 1942 and 1961. — — Map (db m226034) HM
The first public demonstration of
sound recorded simultaneously with
pictures on film took place at the
Urbana campus on June 9, 1922. Joseph
T. Tykociner's double-feature motion
picture included ringing a bell and
reading the Gettysburg . . . — — Map (db m225552) HM
Paul Rolland was the first to use science-based research to consider the role of movement in the acquisition of stringed-instrument performance technique. His movement-centered approach has had world-wide influence in the teaching of children to . . . — — Map (db m225576) HM
Anthony J. Leggett was awarded the
2003 Nobel prize in physics for his
pioneering work in the theory of
superconductors and superfluids.
Leggett's research into zero-
viscosity superfluid liquids gave
science a deeper understanding of
the . . . — — Map (db m225600) HM
This facility originally known as the
Astronomical Observatory
constructed in 1896
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m225534) HM
This facility originally known as the
Farm House
constructed in 1870
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m225529) HM
Theoretical physicist John Bardeen was the first person to win two Nobel prizes in the same field. His first, in 1956, shared with Walter Brattain and William Shockley, was for the invention of the transistor, the basic component of electronic . . . — — Map (db m225551) HM
Illinois was home to two pioneers
of photosynthesis research. Robert
Emerson and Eugene Rabinowitch made
fundamental discoveries that revealed
the mechanisms for converting light to
chemical energy in photosynthesis.
Rabinowitch applied . . . — — Map (db m225543) HM
The need to repair or replace the original Universalist Church building, built in 1871 at the corner of Green and Birch Streets in Urbana, was discussed at the annual meeting of the Church Board on January 15, 1913. The Reverend E. V. Stevens . . . — — Map (db m226009) HM
Mosaic, the first popular graphical browser for the World Wide Web, was created by Marc L. Andreessen and Eric J. Bina at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications [NCSA]. Upon its 1993 release to the public, Mosaic gave internet users . . . — — Map (db m225547) HM
This facility originally known as the
Barn #2
constructed in 1910
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m225581) HM
This facility originally known as the
Barn #3
constructed in 1912
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m225585) HM
These three round barns served as model dairy facilities for the University's
20-acre demonstration dairy farm developed in the early 20th century. The
farm's sole purpose was to produce the largest amount of milk per acre at the
lowest possible . . . — — Map (db m225577) HM
From the 1930s through the 1980s Norman D. Levine conducted research on protozoa and other parasitic organisms that cause disease and can be transmitted from animals to humans. His work resulted in advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention . . . — — Map (db m225579) HM
Navy
US Navy Core Values
Honor • Courage • Commitment
Honor - I will bear true faith and allegiance
Courage - I will support and defend
Commitment - I will obey orders
Army
A Soldier's Creed . . . — — Map (db m237725) WM
Coal was discovered in Moweaqua in 1886
With mining operations beginning in 1891
The method of mining was room and pillar
At a depth of 620 feet
Haulage was by mule and motor
On Christmas Eve 1932 an explosion in the mine
Claimed the . . . — — Map (db m55635) HM
(front of statue, which is the last line from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address:)
That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this notion under God shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of . . . — — Map (db m188398) HM WM
This memorial is in honor of the pioneer farm families who settled in Christian County and have passed their farms down through the generations to cultivate and to care for this rich Christian County, farm land for the future.
When the . . . — — Map (db m237374) HM
The first courthouse of Christian County (originally Dane County) was built in 1840 for $2,350. It was located in the center of Taylorville’s Public Square. Court was held on the lower level with County Officers sharing the upstairs floor. Since the . . . — — Map (db m29091) HM
Major Francis M. Long was employed as a hotel keeper in Taylorville at the time of his enlistment on July 26, 1861. When Frank joined the service, he was a 23 year old, single man who stood five feet five and one-half inches. He had blue eyes and . . . — — Map (db m237261) HM WM
Lincoln was in the General Assembly in 1839 and helped engineer the creation of Dane County at the best of area friends Taylorville was a location without the least sign
of habitation, but landowner Daniel C. Goode convinced the appointed . . . — — Map (db m237582) HM
“I had pleasant accommodations at Taylorville in company with Mr. Lincoln & Mr. Thorton,” Circuit Judge David Davis once wrote from here.
He found this town–the last county seat on his circuit route–to be . . . — — Map (db m12208) HM
Made by Trent Groothuis with help from Landon Hoehn & Brandi Millikan Year made: Spring/Summer 2020 Application submitted to Guinness World Records in June of 2020. Waiting to hear back in late Summer of 2020 to see if it meets the criteria for: . . . — — Map (db m229789) HM
It's a story often told on the National Road. Two towns, both poised to prosper, grow up within walking distance of one another. One thrives. The other fades into the footnotes of history.
In the 1830s, Ewing Chancellor settled land along an . . . — — Map (db m152559) HM
With gratitude to all the workers, for the children of tomorrow, we raise this bell to the glory of God: in the love of holiness, and to the cause and just pursuit of freedom.
This 48-inch, 2000-pound bell was part of the original United . . . — — Map (db m184622) HM
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