Illinois in the Fifties

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Excerpt from Illinois in the Fifties: Or a Decade of Development, 1851-1860 One hundred years ago Illinois became a State and began making history. In that history no period is of more interest and importance than the Fifties, which in the fullest sense was a decade of development. During that decade in wealth and population the State advanced from eleventh to fourth place among her sister commonwealths. Meantime railway construction increased more than tenfold and finally the total mileage in operation in Illinois was exceeded by Ohio alone. In 1860 the Prairie State distanced all rivals in the production of corn, wheat and oats. But beyond and above all this in that -remarkable decade Illinois became the arena upon which was staged one of the worlds great forensic contests - the Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858. In this volume the author has endeavored to describe things, people and conditions as he saw and knew them in the Fifties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.