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Illinois

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Illinois

Location
Illinois’s location is in the Midwest. The states that border it are Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. Lake Michigan also runs along 40 miles of the Illinois coastline. This area also includes Chicago.

History

“The Land of Lincoln” and “The Prairie State”are names we call Illinois. There is more to it then that. Illinois has a rich history from The Ice Age to the present.
The land we now call Illinois was once at the the bottom of an inland ocean.Yes, I’m talking about the land that is home to the nation’s 2nd largest city, Chicago. Now, as I was saying, this inland ocean was constantly changing. The land underneath the ocean rose and sank, not quickly, ,but over 60 million years. The rising and sinking of Illinois happened from 3 to 5 times before finally staying above the ocean. However, nature was not through with Illinois. The Ice Age came and went, leaving the most fertile soil in the nation.
Not much is known about the early......


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