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  2. Albany Mounds State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Albany Mounds State Historic Site, also known as Albany Mounds Site, is a historic site operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It spans over 205 acres of land near the Mississippi River at the northwest edge of the state of Illinois in the United States. In 1974, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places list.

  3. Elsie Paroubek - Wikipedia

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    Resting place. Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Known for. Murder victim. Eliška " Elsie " Paroubek (1906 – c. April 8, 1911) was an American girl who was a victim of kidnapping and murder in the spring of 1911. Her disappearance and the subsequent search for her preoccupied Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota law ...

  4. Bede people - Wikipedia

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    Bede people. Bede (famine: Bedeni) or Bedey, also known as Manta, is an Indo-Aryan nomadic ethnic group of Bangladesh. [1] The Bede traditionally live, travel, and earn their living on the river, which has given them the name of "Water Gypsy" or "River Gypsy". [2] Bedes are similar to European gypsies. [3]

  5. Romani Americans - Wikipedia

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    There has been reality shows about Romani Americans such as American Gypsies and My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding on TLC. Settlements. Romani Americans are concentrated in large cities such Chicago and Los Angeles and states such as New York, Virginia, Illinois, Texas and Massachusetts.

  6. New Albany Shale - Wikipedia

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    The New Albany formation consists of brown, black, and green shale with minor beds of dolomite and sandstone. It was deposited under anoxic marine conditions. Pyrite is a common accessory mineral, and parts of the shale have greater than 4% by weight of organic carbon. The black shale layers have anomalously high radioactivity (due to uranium ...

  7. Greektown, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Greektown is a social and dining district, located on the Near West Side of the United States ' city of Chicago, Illinois. Today, Greektown consists mostly of restaurants and businesses, although a cultural museum [1] and an annual parade and festival [2] still remain in the neighborhood. The district can be found along Halsted Street, between ...

  8. Vincennes Trace - Wikipedia

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    Vincennes Trace. The Vincennes Trace was a major trackway running through what are now the American states of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Originally formed by millions of migrating bison, the Trace crossed the Ohio River near the Falls of the Ohio and continued northwest to the Wabash River, near present-day Vincennes, before it crossed to ...

  9. White Pines Forest State Park - Wikipedia

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    White Pines Forest State Park, more commonly referred to as White Pines State Park, is an Illinois state park in Ogle County, Illinois. It is located near the communities of Polo, Mount Morris and Oregon. The 385-acre (156 ha) park contains the southernmost remaining stand of native white pine trees in the state of Illinois, and that area, 43 ...