Illinois History

1. The last name of the man who invented barbed wire.
5. The name of our county which got its name from the man who was a supporter of Illinois statehood.
8. Marquette and Jolliet explored what river in 1673?
9. Because of this invention, Illinois farmers had a faster way to harvest wheat and other grains.
12. State Bird
14. Illinois is favorable for farming due mainly to the
15. a type of river transportation that could carry heavy loads and had flat bottoms.

2. the farthest northeastern border of the Land of Lincoln
3. Illinois soil is dark becaue of the high amount of organic matter that comes from the ____________ of prairie plants.
4. The place once known as the butter capital of the world.
6. This team was once known as the Chicago Staley/s.
7. Archaic people made advances in this
10. During the American Revolution, Illinois was considered part of what state?
11. in 1993 this caused 1.5 billion in losses to crop and damage to property.
13. Making Illinois a ________ state was important to many members of Congress
16. The fuel produced when sugars and corn ferment.