Kankakee (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781536847369)

List of Poems 1. Early History 2. Vanished Towns 3. The Crescent City Tanker Cars Explosion/1970 4. Letourneau Museum/Bourbonnais/Adrien Richard Heritage Preserve 5. Perry Farm/Exploration Station/Indian Caves 6. B. Harley Bradley House/Frank Lloyd Wright 7. Strickler Planetarium/Bourbonais 8. Riverview Historic District 9. Haigh Quarry 10. Kankakee Torrent/Geologic History 11. Native American History in Kankakee 12. French-Canadians in the Kankakee County 13. Coal Mining in Kankakee Area 14. Carbon Hill School and Museum 15. Bison Introduction Prject/Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie 16. Jailbreaks 17. Basu Natural Farm/Museum and Cultural Center/Pembroke 18. Kankakee County Courthouse 19. Herscher Area Historical Society 20. Asbury Methodist 21. The Kankakee Railroad Museum 22. The French Heritage Museum at the Stone Barn/Kankakee 23. Conrad Park Pioneer Cabin/Momence 24. Kankakee County Barn Quilts Tour 25. James Riordan/Writer/Kankakee Area Music Awards 26. Nana's Cakery/Bradley/Wanda Warman 27. Burgers and Beer 28. Executive Centre 29. Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See 30. Friends of The Kankakee 31. Old Momence 32. The Birds Remain/Margo Milde 33. The Grand Kankakee Marsh/Margo Milde 34. The Kankakee County Museum 35. Kankakee River National Water Trail 36. Kankakee Kiwanis Club 37. Redwood Inn/Kankakee 38. People's Bank/Romy Hammes/ Kankakee 39. Judge J. Imani Drew 40. River Valley Metro Mass Transit District 41. Merchant Street Art Gallery of Artists 42. Kankakee River State Park 43. Kankakee Area Radio Stations 44. "Sir James" Watson/Longtime referee 45. Fred MacMurray/Actor 46. Acting Out Theater 47. Manteno Historical Society 48. Harbor House/United Way/Domestic Abuse 49. Greater Kankakee Airport 50. Pilot Hill Wind Farm/Kankakee County 51. Nina Epstein/Mayor of Kankakee 52. Len Small/Governor of Illinois 53. Kankakee Illinois Central Station 54. Lion's Club/Kankakee/Bradley/Bonfield 55. Bourbonnais Friendship Festival 56. Bonfield 57. Kankakee Food Pantries 58. Hay Palace/Momence 59. Kalisha Buckhanon/Author 60. Kankakee Public Library/Executive Centre 61. Lions at Executive Centre 62. Kankakee County Public Libraries 63. Tara Betts/Poet 64. Hopkins Park/Pembroke Township 65. Silva International/Momence 66. Volkmann's Diamonds/Kankakee 67. St. Viator College/Bourbonnais 68. Olivet Nazarene University/Bourbonnais 69. Stephen Small Kidnapping/ Murder/1987 70. Seussical Junior/Bradley-Bourbonnais High School Summer Youth Theatre 71. Kankakee Community College 72. Kankakee Daily Journal 73. The Majestic Theater 74. Kankakee County Fair 75. CSL Behring / Bradley 76. Kankakee River Dam/Kankakee/Washington Street 77. BASF/Kankakee 78. Rube Foster/Formed Negro Baseball League 79. Kankakee Valley Theater Association 80. David Bradley Manufacturing/Roper/Bradley 81. Chief Shau-wa-nas-see/Little Rock Village 82. Stacy Love 83. Being African-American in Kankakee County 84. Kankakee Farmers Market 85. Merchant Street Music Fest 86. Ross's Chicago Records 87. Thee Olde Time Farm Show/Bradley-Bourbonnais 88. Historic Momence Today 89. Little Daddy Blues 90. Kankakee Railroad Bridge 91. Kankakee Historic Churches 92. Harold & Jean Miner Festival Square at Depot Park 93. Grapes and Hops/Kankakee 94. Mazon Creek Fossils/Mazonia Braidwood State Park 1 95. Mazon Creek Fossils/Mazonia Braidwood State Park 2 96. George Ryan/Kankakee/Governor of Illinois 97. Statues of Three Governors/Kankakee Women's Club 98. Kankakee Kultivators 99. Reed's Canoe Trips/Kankakee 100. Manteno State Mental Hospital 101. The City of New Orleans Train Wreck/Bourbonnais/1999 102. Natural Gas Explosions near Herscher/1956,1961,1998,2011 103. Club Boomers/Kankakee County Community Services 104. Sam Shapiro/Governor of Illinois 105. Mancinos Pizza and Grinders/Bradley 106. The David Letterman Gazebo/Rocking Chair 107. Choosing Kankakee as the Kankakee County Seat 108. Crazy Joe's Diner/Kankakee 109. Jim Ridings/Author/Herscher 110. Kankakee Police Died in The Line

Author: Acie Cargill
ISBN-10: 1536847364
ISBN-13: 9781536847369
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/06/2016
Pages: 390
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.80d