"Voices of the Hennepin Canal" — the latest book in the New Western Illinois Monograph Series and published by the University Libraries and WIU College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) — encompasses the ...

Groundbreaking on the Main Line commenced the same day at Cairo, ultimately aimed for the terminus of the Illinois-Michigan Canal at LaSalle-Peru. As the track approached Champaign County ...

We were today permitted to inspect the drawings and working models of a new invention, the aim or which is a solution of the long-standing problem of a ship-canal from ocean to ocean, across tha ...

A long-lost shipwreck hidden in the depths of Lake Michigan has recently been discovered by a team of maritime experts — ...

ABOVE: An 1870 ad for the Illinois Central Railway touted a trip from Chicago to Cairo — ‘without change of Cars.’ BELOW: That railroad arose out of a pair of land-grant bills introduced two ...

6, J, N, Q, R, Z to Canal St.; 1 at Canal St.; A, C, E at Canal St.; F at East Broadway Following the path of a canal dug in the early 1800s to drain southern Manhattan's contaminated Collect Pond ...

Under the circumstances, anyone and everyone associated with Saturday's game in Champaign, where No. 22 Illinois will host No. 24 Michigan in a pivotal matchup for both teams, should be pleased ...

Michigan football will return from its bye week Oct. 19 to play Illinois at 3:30 p.m., CBS announced Monday. Michigan (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) is ranked No. 21, dropping 11 spots after its 27-17 ...

And at Illinois, Bielema is 0-1 against Michigan. That's a respectable 4-6 overall record against the winningest program in FBS history. Of course, none of those previous games helps No. 22 ...

Saturday marks a rare ranked-on-ranked matchup between the #24 Michigan Wolverines vs. #22 Illinois ... “So everybody’s got their history. This game means a lot to me. We will put our best ...