Illinois Central Railroad was once one of ... out of Chicago into the deepest South and west to Iowa for well over a century. The railroad was so powerful, a few towns along its lines were named ...

So Illinois dominating the Mississippi diaspora is unusual. But the reason is relatively simple: the Illinois Central Railroad ... what about Iowa? The Illinois Central ran the length of three ...

Abraham Lincoln spent more time working for the Illinois ... Iowa. In 1859 he presented a case for Illinois Central at Galena. After the case in Galena. He went to Dubuque with a party of railroad ...

ABOVE: An 1870 ad for the Illinois Central Railway touted a trip from Chicago to Cairo — ‘without change of Cars.’ BELOW: That railroad arose ... of Dubuque, Iowa, along with two east ...