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Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie

Follows the development of a rural Illinois community from its origins near the beginning of the nineteenth century, looks at community activity, and tells the stories of ordinary pioneers.

Subject
history
Setting
illinoiscollege
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 280 pages

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