Although today the state's largest population center is around Chicago in the northern part of the state, the state's European population grew first in the west, with French Canadians who settled along the Mississippi River, and gave the area the name, Illinois. After the American Revolutionary War established the United States, American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s via the Ohio River, and the population grew from south to north. In 1818, Illinois achieved statehood. After construction of the Erie Canal increased traffic and trade through the Great Lakes, Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, at one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan.John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow turned Illinois' rich prairie into some of the world's most productive and valuable farmlands, attracting immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Railroads carried immigrants to new homes, as well as being used to ship their commodity crops out to markets.
Though soon outclassed by newer and larger vessels, Illinois was destined to enjoy a long and distinguished career, first as a transatlantic passenger liner and later as the U.S. Navy'sauxiliary vesselUSSSupply. In the 1870s, Illinois may have been the first ship to successfully transport a shipment of fresh meat from the United States to Europe, twenty years before the introduction of refrigeration. As USS Supply, the ship served in both the Spanish–American War and the First World War, and crew members may have been the first United States personnel to fire a hostile shot in the latter. Illinois was scrapped in 1928.
Surveying tornado damage in Hecker, Illinois from the air
Storm damage is still visible with uprooted trees, roof torn off buildings, and homes missing walls.
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published: 17 Apr 2023
Hecker, Illinois, suffers damage from severe weather Saturday
Hecker was one town hit by the severe weather Saturday night. Clean up efforts are underway to remove broken trees and structurally damaged homes.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/weather/severe-weather/tornadoes-rip-through-illinois-missouri-saturday/63-99283e08-694e-442f-a87a-8444af8c7369
published: 16 Apr 2023
Cleanup in Hecker, Illinois after EF-1 tornado roars through
Cleanup was underway in Hecker, Illinois, on Sunday after an EF-1 tornado tore through neighborhoods, taking off roofs and uprooting trees.
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Off-duty St. Louis County officer among two killed in overnight crash
The crash happened around 11:00 p.m. on Route 159, north of Hecker, Illinois.
published: 15 Oct 2019
Friedrich Hecker marker & monument, Summerfield, Illinois
A historical marker was erected in early 2023 in Summerfield Park in Summerfield, Illinois, which talks about how he was one of the agitators of the 1848 German Revolution and upon he being forced out of the country he led many Germans to the United States, most of them settling in the Midwest. Hecker lived on a farm outside Summerfield.
He is buried with several of his descendants in Summerfield Cemetery, just a mile or two south of the town.
published: 05 Sep 2023
Radar-confirmed tornado leaves damage across Monroe County, Illinois
One of the areas hardest hit by severe storms in the Metro East Saturday night was Hecker, Illinois, where radar confirmed a tornado touched down on Saturday night.
Neighbors were lending a hand as the cleanup process began across the town Sunday.
5 On Your Side was at the scene on Saturday night and spoke with a homeowner after a tree came crashing through her living room roof.
Sunday morning daylight revealed how much damage had occurred with down trees and power lines, across the city.
Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/weather/severe-weather/serious-storm-damage-hecker-illinois/63-12e32727-57f1-484e-8d4e-de79d0e1d804
published: 16 Apr 2023
Caught on camera: Possible mountain lion sighting in Hecker, Illinois
Several people may have seen a mountain lion last week in the small Illinois town of Hecker, and many of them are a little concerned.
Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/illinois/mountain-lion-sighting-hecker-illinois/63-d0dbee03-b58b-4c0a-8f10-37595dfaffcb
published: 16 Nov 2019
Early morning house fire in Hecker, Illinois
published: 15 Feb 2022
Village of Hecker, Illinois 125th Anniversary
Opening ceremony September 4, 2021.
published: 06 Sep 2021
Home in Monroe County, Illinois on fire Tuesday morning
Home in Monroe County, Illinois on fire Tuesday morning
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Storm damage is still visible with uprooted trees, roof torn off buildings, and homes missing walls.
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Storm damage is still visible with uprooted trees, roof torn off buildings, and homes missing walls.
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Hecker was one town hit by the severe weather Saturday night. Clean up efforts are underway to remove broken trees and structurally damaged homes.
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Hecker was one town hit by the severe weather Saturday night. Clean up efforts are underway to remove broken trees and structurally damaged homes.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/weather/severe-weather/tornadoes-rip-through-illinois-missouri-saturday/63-99283e08-694e-442f-a87a-8444af8c7369
Hecker was one town hit by the severe weather Saturday night. Clean up efforts are underway to remove broken trees and structurally damaged homes.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/weather/severe-weather/tornadoes-rip-through-illinois-missouri-saturday/63-99283e08-694e-442f-a87a-8444af8c7369
Cleanup was underway in Hecker, Illinois, on Sunday after an EF-1 tornado tore through neighborhoods, taking off roofs and uprooting trees.
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Cleanup was underway in Hecker, Illinois, on Sunday after an EF-1 tornado tore through neighborhoods, taking off roofs and uprooting trees.
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Cleanup was underway in Hecker, Illinois, on Sunday after an EF-1 tornado tore through neighborhoods, taking off roofs and uprooting trees.
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A historical marker was erected in early 2023 in Summerfield Park in Summerfield, Illinois, which talks about how he was one of the agitators of the 1848 German...
A historical marker was erected in early 2023 in Summerfield Park in Summerfield, Illinois, which talks about how he was one of the agitators of the 1848 German Revolution and upon he being forced out of the country he led many Germans to the United States, most of them settling in the Midwest. Hecker lived on a farm outside Summerfield.
He is buried with several of his descendants in Summerfield Cemetery, just a mile or two south of the town.
A historical marker was erected in early 2023 in Summerfield Park in Summerfield, Illinois, which talks about how he was one of the agitators of the 1848 German Revolution and upon he being forced out of the country he led many Germans to the United States, most of them settling in the Midwest. Hecker lived on a farm outside Summerfield.
He is buried with several of his descendants in Summerfield Cemetery, just a mile or two south of the town.
One of the areas hardest hit by severe storms in the Metro East Saturday night was Hecker, Illinois, where radar confirmed a tornado touched down on Saturday ni...
One of the areas hardest hit by severe storms in the Metro East Saturday night was Hecker, Illinois, where radar confirmed a tornado touched down on Saturday night.
Neighbors were lending a hand as the cleanup process began across the town Sunday.
5 On Your Side was at the scene on Saturday night and spoke with a homeowner after a tree came crashing through her living room roof.
Sunday morning daylight revealed how much damage had occurred with down trees and power lines, across the city.
Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/weather/severe-weather/serious-storm-damage-hecker-illinois/63-12e32727-57f1-484e-8d4e-de79d0e1d804
One of the areas hardest hit by severe storms in the Metro East Saturday night was Hecker, Illinois, where radar confirmed a tornado touched down on Saturday night.
Neighbors were lending a hand as the cleanup process began across the town Sunday.
5 On Your Side was at the scene on Saturday night and spoke with a homeowner after a tree came crashing through her living room roof.
Sunday morning daylight revealed how much damage had occurred with down trees and power lines, across the city.
Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/weather/severe-weather/serious-storm-damage-hecker-illinois/63-12e32727-57f1-484e-8d4e-de79d0e1d804
Several people may have seen a mountain lion last week in the small Illinois town of Hecker, and many of them are a little concerned.
Full story: https://www.k...
Several people may have seen a mountain lion last week in the small Illinois town of Hecker, and many of them are a little concerned.
Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/illinois/mountain-lion-sighting-hecker-illinois/63-d0dbee03-b58b-4c0a-8f10-37595dfaffcb
Several people may have seen a mountain lion last week in the small Illinois town of Hecker, and many of them are a little concerned.
Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/illinois/mountain-lion-sighting-hecker-illinois/63-d0dbee03-b58b-4c0a-8f10-37595dfaffcb
Home in Monroe County, Illinois on fire Tuesday morning
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Home in Monroe County, Illinois on fire Tuesday morning
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Home in Monroe County, Illinois on fire Tuesday morning
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Storm damage is still visible with uprooted trees, roof torn off buildings, and homes missing walls.
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Hecker was one town hit by the severe weather Saturday night. Clean up efforts are underway to remove broken trees and structurally damaged homes.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/weather/severe-weather/tornadoes-rip-through-illinois-missouri-saturday/63-99283e08-694e-442f-a87a-8444af8c7369
Cleanup was underway in Hecker, Illinois, on Sunday after an EF-1 tornado tore through neighborhoods, taking off roofs and uprooting trees.
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A historical marker was erected in early 2023 in Summerfield Park in Summerfield, Illinois, which talks about how he was one of the agitators of the 1848 German Revolution and upon he being forced out of the country he led many Germans to the United States, most of them settling in the Midwest. Hecker lived on a farm outside Summerfield.
He is buried with several of his descendants in Summerfield Cemetery, just a mile or two south of the town.
One of the areas hardest hit by severe storms in the Metro East Saturday night was Hecker, Illinois, where radar confirmed a tornado touched down on Saturday night.
Neighbors were lending a hand as the cleanup process began across the town Sunday.
5 On Your Side was at the scene on Saturday night and spoke with a homeowner after a tree came crashing through her living room roof.
Sunday morning daylight revealed how much damage had occurred with down trees and power lines, across the city.
Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/weather/severe-weather/serious-storm-damage-hecker-illinois/63-12e32727-57f1-484e-8d4e-de79d0e1d804
Several people may have seen a mountain lion last week in the small Illinois town of Hecker, and many of them are a little concerned.
Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/illinois/mountain-lion-sighting-hecker-illinois/63-d0dbee03-b58b-4c0a-8f10-37595dfaffcb
Home in Monroe County, Illinois on fire Tuesday morning
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Although today the state's largest population center is around Chicago in the northern part of the state, the state's European population grew first in the west, with French Canadians who settled along the Mississippi River, and gave the area the name, Illinois. After the American Revolutionary War established the United States, American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s via the Ohio River, and the population grew from south to north. In 1818, Illinois achieved statehood. After construction of the Erie Canal increased traffic and trade through the Great Lakes, Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, at one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan.John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow turned Illinois' rich prairie into some of the world's most productive and valuable farmlands, attracting immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Railroads carried immigrants to new homes, as well as being used to ship their commodity crops out to markets.