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ILLINOIS HISTORY TEACHER

Editor
Keith A. Sculle

Advisory Board, Volume 15:1

Kay J. Carr
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois

Ann Garrett
Mt. Vernon High School
Mt. Vernon, Illinois

Robert H. Lombard
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois

David Maurer (retired)
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY

Board of Trustees
    Julie Cellini, Chair
    Pamela A.Daniels
    J. Douglas Donenfeld
    Edward M. Genson
    Roger Taylor

Director
    Jan Grimes

Chief, Office of
Constituent Services

    Evelyn R. Taylor

All illustrations courtesy
of H. Roger Grant except
where noted.

CONTENTS

Introduction ...........................................................................1
    H. Roger Grant, Guest Editor

The Iron Horse Comes to Illinois, 1835-1860.................2-17
    H. Roger Grant

    Curriculum Materials
    Bruce David Janu

Railroad and Community Life........................................18-26
    H. Roger Grant

    Curriculum Materials
    Jamie Lynn Kassner

Chicago: America's Railroad Mecca..............................27-41
    H. Roger Grant

    Curriculum Materials
    Thomas Best

Still Hauling: Today's Railroads in Illinois...................42-47
    H. Roger Grant

    Curriculum Materials
    Mary Ann Hanlin

Bibliography..................................................................... 48

Contributors' Biographies........................Inside Back Cover

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