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Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: What's Included?
Chapter 1: Beginning “Where Illinois Began”
Chapter 2: Rivers Run Throughout
Chapter 3: Fertile Ground for Agricultural Change, Part 1
Chapter 4: Fertile Ground for Agricultural Change, Part 2
Chapter 5: Fertile Ground for Agricultural Change, Part 3
Chapter 6: Generating Energy (and Occasionally Controversy)
Chapter 7: Moving Materials, Goods, People, and Money
Chapter 8: A New Model for Rural Medicine
Chapter 9: Ethnicity, Immigration, Discrimination, and Social Dynamics
Chapter 10: Classrooms, Community, and Change
Chapter 11: Gathering around Sports, Entertainment, and Arts, Then and Now
Chapter 12: Contributing to a Renaissance in Winchester
Chapter 13: Connecting Old and New in Marshall
Chapter 14: Making Bold Strides Together in DeKalb County
Chapter 15: Communitywide Cooperation in Shelby County, Chester, and Atlanta
Chapter 16: Conclusion—Blessings, Curses, or Both?
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