Showcase of Illinois.

State history

• Killer Tornado Hits Coal Mining Village March 18, 1925 in Franklin County.
• 1853—First Illinois State Fair is held.
• 1818—Illinois becomes the 21st state.
• 1809—Illinois Territory is created.
• 1699—Cahokia is founded, the oldest town in Illinois

illinois popultion

• Total Population 12,830,632.
• 6,292,276 male.
• 6,538,356 female.

commerce

• The ICC's mission is to pursue an appropriate balance between the interest of consumers and existing and emerging service providers to ensure the provision of adequate, efficient, reliable, safe and least-cost public utility services.

state slogans

• "Land of Lincoln,".
• "State Sovereignty, National Union".
• "The Prairie State".
• "The Garden of the West" or the "The Garden State".
• "The Corn State".

motto

• "State Sovereignty, National Union".

state Animal

• Illinois schoolchildren voted the white-tailed deer as the state animal in 1980. An animal of incredible beauty and power, white-tailed deer are able to run up to 40 miles per hour, jump 9 foot fences, and swim 13 miles per hour.

stATE FLOWER

• The incentive for adopting state flowers was inspired during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Illinois was the first of 4 eastern states to designate the purple violet as official state flower nearly 100 years ago (in 1908 Illinois schoolchildren voted to select the violet as the state flower and the Native Oak as state tree ).

STATE BIRD

• llinois schoolchildren selected the cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) as the State Bird of Illinois, made official in 1929 by the Illinois General Assembly. One of America's favorite backyard birds, cardinals are distinctive in appearance and song - known for their "cheer cheer cheer," "whit-chew whit-chew" and "purty purty purty" whistles.

major cities

• 1 Chicago with 2,718,782 people.
• Aurora with 199,963 people.
• Rockford with 150,251 people.
• Joliet with 147,806 people.
• Naperville with 144,864 people.
• Springfield with 117,006 people.
• Peoria with 116,513 people.
• Elgin with 110,145 people.
• Waukegan with 88,826 people.
• Cicero with 84,103 people.
• Champaign with 83,424 people.

waterways

• Lake Michigan.
• Rock River.
• Green River.
• Fox River.
• Kankakee River.
• Spoon River.
• Illinois River.
• Mississippi River.
• Upper Peoria Lake.
• Mackinaw River.
• Sangamon River.
• Lake Shelbyvitle.
• Lake Springfield.
• Edwards River.
• Carlyle Reservior.
• Rend Lake.
• Wabash River.
• Ohio River.