Central Elementary School, Wilmette, IL
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| Illinois/Chicago Waterways Splash! Illinois has lots of waterways. Somehow they were created, and now they help us live our lives. For example, if it wasn't for Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes, it would be hard for us to get fresh water. The waterways are all around Illinois. The Mississippi River is the western border of Illinois. There are more than two hundred types of fish in the Mississippi River and it has many tributaries such as the Ohio River and the Illinois River. The Illinois River is three hundred twenty-two miles long and runs all the way through Illinois. The Chicago River is one hundred fifty-six miles long and is twenty-six feet deep at it’s deepest point. The Chicago River runs through Chicago. What river has a forty-five mile stretch? The Rock River! The Rock River has ninety-seven species of fish. The Kaskaskia River is two hundred ninety-two miles long. The Embarras River flows into the Wabash River. |
Fur Trading Fur trading was most common in the 1600's to the 1790's. John Kinzie was a good fur trader. French traders traded some cheap goods like metal pots for things like tall stacks of fur. The French traders wanted to trap bears, otters, wolves, beavers, and foxes. Trading people came to Canada to collect furs. The voyagers were the ones who picked up big stacks of fur and brought them back to their trading posts along the rivers. Without the fur from the traders, the settlers who bought the fur would freeze during the winter. |
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| Natives The first Native American tribes in Illinois were Fox, Chicago, Miami, Peoria, Potawatomi, Sauk, and Shawnee. They depended on hunting and farming for food. During 1800, the Kickapoo kept moving west because they were trying to avoid the white settlers who were trying to take their land. The other tribes like the Miami, were pushed out of Illinois. In order to survive, the natives needed to change and learn new ways to live. |
Marquette and Joliet Marquette and Joliet were famous French explorers. After traveling, Marquette and Joliet became very famous. Marquette was a priest. Joliet was a fur trader and mapmaker. Marquette spoke many Indian languages. They changed history because they found the Mississippi River. They traveled in a birchbark canoe down the Mississippi River. They traveled to preach to others. Marquette and Joliet will be remembered for a long time. |
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Bibliography: 1. Important People in Illinois. (Central School Virtual Museum). 2. Stepien, Bill, Lewis, Chanelle, and Lewis, John.The Illinois Adventure. Gibbs Smith. 1999 |
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