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"National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Illinois (84)" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2011 Note this lists 85 current NHLs as well as 1 withdrawn NHL, and hence the overall count of 84 is due to crediting one (Eads Bridge) to Missouri.
City or town Description 1: Floyd and Glenora Dycus House: Floyd and Glenora Dycus House: March 2, 2001 : 305 S. Second St. Brownstown: 2: First Presbyterian Church: First Presbyterian Church: March 24, 1982 : 301 W. Main St.
Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior.
In 1875, Mackinac National Park was created on a resort island in Lake Huron in Michigan, the second national park. As at Yellowstone, the army garrison at Fort Mackinac were in charge of supervising and improving the park. The fort and the national park were turned over to state control in 1895.
The district had its origins in the manufacturing plans and organization of the Pullman Company and became one of the most well-known company towns in the United States, as well as the scene of the violent 1894 Pullman strike. It was built for George Pullman as a place to produce the Pullman railroad-sleeping cars. [2]
The Water Association made the national parks one of its top lobbying targets. In July 2015 Rep. Keith Rothfus added a "last-minute" amendment into Congress's appropriations bill, blocking the NPS from funding or enforcing the program. [115] The NPS discontinued its ban on disposable water bottles in August 2017. [116]
South Pass (Continental Divide) (1,065 miles (1,714 km) west) – South Pass, a 20-mile (32 km) wide pass across the Continental Divide, is located between the modern towns of Atlantic City and Farson. At an elevation of 7,550 feet (2,300 m) above sea level, it was one of the most important landmarks of the Mormon Trail.
The town no longer exists, having been abandoned between the 1880s and 1920s. [80] [81] Nicodemus: Kansas: 4.39 acres (0.0178 km 2) The town of Nicodemus, Kansas, was founded in 1877, and serves as the only remaining western town established by African-Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the American Civil War.