Across
- 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.
Down
- 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.