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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22KB_illini-supersweet-corn_Urbana-IL.html
Illini Supersweet Corn In 1953, John R. Laughnan discovered that kernels of mutant corn were "unusually sweet." Within eight years, Laughnan had developed the "Illini Supersweet" hybrid that revolutionized the sweet corn industry. Supersweet, now …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22KA_anthropology-and-society_Urbana-IL.html
Anthropology and Society During the mid-twentieth century, two anthropologists made landmark contributions to their field. Julian H. Steward developed cultural ecology, a method for studying cultural change by analyzing the interaction of social l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTJ_lincoln-photography_Urbana-IL.html
Top Section During the Spring term of the Circuit Court in 1858, Abraham Lincoln sat for a portrait with photographer Samuel Alschuler. Alschuler's studio was on the second floor of the Lowenstern Building, at the southwest corner of Main and Ra…
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Top Section Murder, larceny, and even rape- - -the young circuit lawyer Abraham Lincoln, practicing in Urbana, handled cases involving all of these in the courthouse which stood on this city block. Lincoln unsuccessfully defended William Weaver,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7VM_abraham-lincoln-eighth-judicial-district_Urbana-IL.html
Abraham Lincolntraveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ???1847 - 1857