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  2. Charles J. Guiteau - Wikipedia

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    Charles J. Guiteau was born in Freeport, Illinois, the fourth of six children of Jane August (née Howe; 1814–1848) and Luther Wilson Guiteau (1810–1880), [1] whose family was of French Huguenot ancestry. [2]

  3. Arthur, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Arthur is a village in Douglas and Moultrie counties in Illinois, with Arthur's primary street, Vine Street, being the county line. The population was 2,231 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] The Arthur area is home to the largest and oldest Amish community in Illinois, [ 4 ] which was founded in the 1860s.

  4. List of tombs and mausoleums - Wikipedia

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    Location of Tomb: Article: Genghis Khan: Mongol military leader and founder of the Mongol Empire: Beside a river near Kandehuo Enclosure, Ejin Horo Banner, Inner Mongolia, China; Khan's body is not there (it has never been found) Mausoleum of Genghis Khan: Damdin Sükhbaatar: Revolutionary hero and founder of the modern Mongolian state

  5. Burrows Cave - Wikipedia

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    Burrows Cave is the name given to an alleged cave site in Southern Illinois reputedly discovered by Russell E. Burrows in 1982 which he claimed contained many ancient artifacts. Because the many inconsistencies and lack of evidence for his claims of discovery and findings, the cave, which has never been located, is considered a hoax by ...

  6. Vera historia de morte Arthuri - Wikipedia

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    Vera historia de morte Arthuri (The True History of the Death of Arthur) is a short, anonymous 12th- or 13th-century Latin text relating the story of King Arthur's last journey to the Isle of Avalon – which, uniquely, [1] it locates in North Wales – and the disappearance there of his body.

  7. List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    July 31, 2003 (Chicago: Cook: Magnum opus of landscape architect Jens Jensen.: 11: Arthur H. Compton House: Arthur H. Compton House: May 11, 1976 (Chicago: Cook: Home of Nobel Prize–winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the Compton Effect.

  8. Emmons Cemetery Site - Wikipedia

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    The Emmons Cemetery Site, also known as the Emmons Site, is a Middle Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Kerton Township, Fulton County, Illinois, on the edge of a bluff overlooking the Illinois River to its east. The location was a used as a cemetery and several unique and rare items were found interred with the burials.

  9. Oak Ridge Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is there, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Opened in 1860, it was the third and is now the only public cemetery in Springfield, after the City Cemetery and Hutchinson.