Within Illinois, almost the entire population and economy is crammed into the flat top-right corner around Chicago, while the deep south is rugged, wild, and virtually empty. But what if I told you it used to be the exact opposite? Two hundred years ago, Southern Illinois was the booming center of the American frontier at the confluence of the two most …
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