Southern Illinois: Local Legends & Lore!
1.
What happened on December 17, 1811 that made the Mississippi River flow backward momentarily?
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An Earthquake
2.
Where was Lewis and Clark's first stop in Illinois?
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Old Shawneetown
3.
In what year was Southern Illinois University chartered?
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1869
4.
What was Southern Illinois University originally chartered as?
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Southern Illinois Normal University
5.
Where was the first bank to be chartered in Illinois?
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Old Shawneetown
6.
What was southern Illinois known as in the 1830's?
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Little Egypt
7.
In what county did the infamous "Bloody Vendetta" take place?
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Williamson County
8.
Who was the leader of the Birger gang that was convicted of ordering the murder of the mayor of West City?
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Charlie Birger
9.
Whom did Lewis and Clark recruit at Fort Massac to act as an interpreter?
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George Drouillard
10.
When were the earliest inhabitants of Illinois thought to have arrived?
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12000 B.C.
11.
In what year was the first bank in Illinois chartered at Old Shawneetown?
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1816
12.
When are the earliest inhabitants of what is now southern Illinois thought to have died out?
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1400-1500 A.D.
13.
In what year, after several strikes and conflict, did Joseph Leiter close his Illinois coal mine?
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1909
14.
In what year did the Ku Klux Klan first publicly appear in Williamson County?
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1923
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