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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

Gerald A. Danzer is professor of history emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For over three decades he directed the M. A. program for teachers of history, and he has written or edited over a dozen books, textbooks, and atlases. Most have included old maps.


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