Illinois is a Midwestern state with rivers for borders on 3 sides. It is the country’s leading rail center. “The Windy City” [Chicago] in Illinois is an important industrial, financial and commercial center.
Located on Lake Michigan in Wilmette, The Bahá’í is the oldest temple of its kind in the world and attracts 250,000 visitors of all faiths every year. For the Bahá’í the
number 9 symbolizes completeness. The temple has 9 sides, 9 fountains, 9 exterior pillars and a 9 sided star that tops each pillar.
Wrigley Field is an open air ball park with ivy covered walls and features an old style scoreboard that dates back to 1937 and the scores, runs, hits, and errors are still posted by hand. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest ball parks and is the nations second oldest.
It is home to the Chicago Cubs who have not won the world championship since 1908. Cubs fans are famous for their eternal hope and all believe that THIS year will be the year they go all the way.
One of the most famous incidents in the park’s history was in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series when Babe Ruth called his shot by pointing to a bleacher in the stands before hitting Charlie Root’s next pitch straight out of the park in that direction.
Robert Pershing Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois in 1918 to less-than-average height parents as a normal-size baby. He developed a pituitary gland problem and by age 13 he was already 7ft 4in. He eventually grew to be 8ft 11.1in. when he passed away in 1940.
It took 12 men to carry him to his final resting place at Upper Alton Cemetery moments away from a life size bronze statue that was erected in his honour.
He averaged 4 inches of growth for each and every year of his life including his 22nd. He was still growing at the time of his death.
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Illinois’ favourite son is Abraham Lincoln. Although born in Kentucky he made a new start in Indiana after losing all his property in court cases. After more of the same problems there his family settled on public land in Illinois.
Lincoln was elected president on November 6, 1860 largely due to his stance on slavery. It was only then at the age of 51 did he grow a beard at the suggestion by an 11 year old Grace Bedell who wrote to him suggesting, “Let your whiskers grow, you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin”
He remained president up until his assassination on April 14th, 1865. He was the first president to die in office.
Illinois has a booming agriculture industry. The sprawling Chicago District is a great iron and steel producer and home to Americas 28th largest company, Boeing Co. Boeing is the worlds leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes. It also manufactures satellites.
Boeing is most famous for producing the Boeing 747, also known as the “Jumbo jet” and is one of the most recognizable planes in history. To accommodate the manufacture, Boeing built the largest building by volume ever made.
The worst air disaster in history occurred when two Boeing 747s crashed into each other in Tenerife in 1977 killing a total of 583 people. The crash was a result of numerous events including a redirecting of 4 planes, a bomb in the airport, heavy fog, a plane taking off without clearance and 2 people speaking on the radio simultaneously. If any one of these events did not occur the Boeing 747s would not have collided.
BELOW ARE JUST A FEW OF THE LOGOS WE HAVE DESIGNED FOR “ILLINOIS” IN 2007 SO FAR
Allen Truck Sales – A used heavy and medium duty truck dealership in Cawfordsville.
Dave’s Jo – Double drive through with walk up window espresso coffee business in St Louis, Illinois.
Battlegrounds 640 – An internet gaming café centred around competition in Matteson.
Calvary Baptist Church – A protestant church for all ages, ethnicities and origins in Chicago, Illinois.
Global Media Foundation – A non-profit organization to promote and support the development of children’s programs.
REFERENCES:
State Flag – Fact Monster,
State Outline – Wikipedia
State Bird – www.statelib.lib.in.us
State Flower – www.usstatereports.com
Bahai Temple Photo – Bahai Temple Website
Wrigley Field photo – Jason Ramage
Wrigley Field photo (2) – Hill Troy
Robert Wadlow – Mania World
Abraham Lincoln – Philadelphia Weekly
Boeing – Boeing
General facts from Fact Monster, US Census Bureau, Wikipedia
