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The poor farm was designed to provide shelter for the county's impoverished residents under the condition that they work on the farm if able. During the late 1800s, this was the most common means of providing social relief for the poor in Illinois; by 1903, only two of the state's 102 counties had not established a poor farm or almshouse.
The Kincaid Mounds Historic Site (11MX2-11; 11PO2-10) [3] c. 1050–1400 CE, [4] is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located at the southern tip of present-day U.S. state of Illinois, along the Ohio River.
The city of Chicago, Illinois is home to a significant Appalachian population. The Appalachian community has historically been centered in the neighborhood of Uptown. Beginning after World War I, Appalachian people moved to Chicago in droves seeking jobs. Between 1940 and 1970, approximately 3.2 million Appalachian and Southern migrants settled ...
First Coles County Almshouse, c.1890. From 1857 until 1869, the Coles County Poor Farm was located in Charleston Township near the small town of Loxa, Illinois.In 1870, the county purchased 260 acres from A. N. Graham in Section 35 of Ashmore Township for a new farm, which was crossed by the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad.
Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District, Logan County East Dubuque School, Jo Daviess County Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County Illinois State Capitol, Sangamon County Dennis Otte Round Barn, Stephenson County Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, Lee County Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria County General Dean Suspension Bridge, Clinton County
In the 1890s, a new spokesperson for Appalachian poor whites took the stage: Berea College’s president William Goodell Frost. A master at oratory, advertising, and public relations, Frost ...
Adams has photographed Appalachian families since the mid-1970s. [2] He had first encountered the poor families of the Appalachian Mountains as a child, travelling around the area with his uncle, who was a doctor. [3] His work has been published in three monographs: Appalachian Portraits (1993), Appalachian Legacy (1998), and Appalachian Lives ...
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