41 Highways Benefiting Illinois Interstate 39 Amanda Etnyre Oregon High School, Oregon 42 Railroads in West Central Illinois Eric Detmer Schuyler Middle School, Rushville 44 The Beginnings of Railroads in St. Clair County Sarah Jones Belleville Township High School West, Belleville 46 Old Hamburg Road: If This Road Could Talk Darren Bailey Annu-Jonesburo Community High School, Anna 47 Out of the Mud: Illinois' Good Roads Movement Miriam C. Carlson Heritage School, Rockford 49 Alexander Varney Muhammed Safdari Washington School, Peoria 52 The Trail of Tears: The Cherokee Tribe Elizabeth Antonacci All Saints Academy, Breese 53 Chicago History Rides the Ravenswood El Margot DiMuzio Jamieson School, Chicago 55 Lincoln Highway Tiffanie Yocum Oregon High School, Oregon

56 Illinois Small Towns and the National Road Elizabeth Oseland St. Bede Academy, Peru 58 The Illinois and Michigan Canal: A Channel to Progress and Prosperity Benjamin M. Wassel New Hebron Christian School, Robinson 60 Route 66: The Road of Dreams Britany C. Harl Enfield Elementary School, Enfield On the cover: Travel in frontier Illinois was a challenge. Subsequent technological advances and road improvement made life for the independent traveler much easier. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Julie Cellini, Trustee, Chair Pamela A. Daniels, Trustee Edward M. Genson, Trustee Samuel Lilly, Trustee Carol Stein, Trustee Susan Mogerman, Director Maynard Crossland, Division Manager Public Affairs and Development Illinois History Keith A. Sculle, Editor Cynthia A. Fuener, Design Illinois History (ISSN 0019-2058) is published three times during the school year, December, February, and April, by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Printed by the authority of the State of Illinois. Articles may be reprinted with credit. Subscription rates: One copy is sent free on request to all schools in Illinois. Additional school-use subscriptions are $1 per volume (three issues). All other subscriptions are $6 per volume. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Illinois History, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 62701.

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