This Week in Illinois History: Joseph Glidden...

On May 23, 1900, the world's first portable Ferris wheel, known as "Big Eli," made its debut. Its inventor, William Sullivan, launched an amusement ride business that still thrives today. 

On May 17, 1955, the Illinois General Assembly approved the official state slogan: "Land of Lincoln." Before that, Illinois was known as the Prairie State. But Illinois also had an older, unofficial slogan that dates back to the state’s earliest days: the Sucker State. 

Bienvenue dans l'Illinois.

Le lieu de naissance des gratte-ciel.

Un État dans lequel vous pourrez croiser Barack Obama, Michael Jordan, Batman, la Route 66 et aussi une vache qui s’appelle Daisy.

Voix et réalisation : Guillaume Hennette.

Invitée : L ...

Though best remembered today for his brief tenure as the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison’s most significant contribution to American history was his service as a general in the War of 1812. In William Henry Harrison and the Conquest of the Ohio Countr ...  Show more

En 1850, el escocés Allan Pinkerton fundó en Chicago una agencia de detectives que se haría célebre por atrapar a salteadores de trenes, criminales políticos... y huelguistas. 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what, in C19th America's Gilded Age, was one of the most significant protest movements since the Civil War with repercussions well into C20th. Farmers in the South and Midwest felt ignored by the urban and industrial elites who were thriving as the ...  Show more