He wanted to know who chose the name and why. Present-day Madison County was once part of the Northwest Territory. In 1809, the Illinois Territory was created that included two counties, St. Clair and ...

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, fearless throngs defied prison or worse to secretly shuttle as many as 7,000 ...

A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate ... put ...