Illinois Posters, Prints, Photographs, Maps, & Calendars
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Illinois, known as the “Prairie State” and the “Land of Lincoln”, joined the Union on December 3, 1818 as the 21th state. The word ‘illinois’ is from the Algonquin Indian word for “tribe of superior men” and was the name given to the Illinois River by explorer de La Salle.

Illinois is bordered on the east by Lake Michigan (Michigan water border) and Indiana, the south by the Ohio River with Kentucky, the western border is the Mississippi River with Missouri and Iowa, and on the north by Wisconsin. Illinois is in the East North Central Region (US Census Bureau).

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Central Plains Poster Map, National Geographic, 1985, side 2

Central Plains Map from National Geographic

Audubon Cardinal, Giclee Print

Cardinals are passerine birds (perching songbirds) native to both North and South America. Cardinals have red plummage and are seed eaters.

Cardinals are also the state bird of Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus), Photographic Print

Monarch butterflies feature an orange and black pattern on their wings, and are known for their lengthy and multigenerational migrations. Monarch butterfly is also the state insect of Alabama, Idaho, and Texas, and the state butterfly of Minnesota and West Virginia.

Over Cup White Oak, Art Print

The Illinois State Tree is the white oak. Individual trees commonly reach a height of 100 feet and when growing in the open, they often have widely spreading branches, making them excellent shade trees.

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Prairie Grass, Blue Sky, Marion County, Illinois, USA, Photographic Print

Central Illinois is a flat grasslands biome. In the US grasslands are called prairie, in Africa grasslands are known as “savannahs” and “veldts”, South America - “pampas”, and Asia - “steppes”.)

The Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, Cairo, Illinois, Photographic Print

Southern Illinois, known as “Little Egypt”, supposedly because the area around the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers was similar to the Nile River Delta.

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Marquette and Joliet Meeting Native Americans in Illinois, c.1670, Giclee Print

Northeast Native American Cultures -
The northeastern part of the U.S. and Canada includes coastal lands, rivers, the Great Lakes, valleys and mountains. Before the arrival of European settlers, this region was mostly one vast forest. In these woodlands teeming with deer, bear, rabbit, and other animals, most of the Indians were hunters and gatherers. They also fished in the lakes and rivers. In wet marshy areas Indians gathered wild rice. And in the summer, some tribes planted crops of corn, squash, and beans.

Illinois is home to what was once one of the greatest cities of the world, Cahokia. The Mississippians who lived here were accomplished builders who erected a wide variety of structures from practical homes for everyday living to monumental public works that have maintained their grandeur for centuries. Cahokia was larger than London in AD 1250.

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