Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Famous quotes containing the words northern and/or illinois:

    “Warmest climes but nurse the cruelest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “An Illinois woman has invented a portable house which can be carried about in a cart or expressed to the seashore. It has also folding furniture and a complete camping outfit.”
    —Lydia Hoyt Farmer (1842–1903)