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Illinois (pronounced or "ill-i-NOY") is the 21st U.S. state and is located in the Midwest region of the United States of America. The state is known for its large and diverse population, its balance of rural areas, small industrial cities, vast suburbs and great metropolis, its highly diverse economic base, and its central location that has made it a transportation hub for 150 years. It is this mixture of factory and farm, of urban and rural that makes Illinois a microcosm of the nation.
About 2000 Native American hunters inhabited the area at the time of the American Revolution, and by a small number of French villagers. American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; they achieved statehood in 1818. Yankees arrived a little later and dominated the north, creating the metropolis of Chicago in the 1830s. The coming of the railroads in the 1850s made highly profitable the rich prairie farmlands in central Illinois, attracting large numbers of immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Northern Illinois, strongly Republican, provided major support for Illinoisans Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. By 1900, factories were being rapidly built in the northern cities, along with coal mines in central and southern areas, attracting large numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. Illinois was a major arsenal in both world wars; large numbers of blacks left the cotton fields of the South to come to Chicago, where they developed a famous jazz culture.
The state is named for the Illinois River which was named by French explorers after the indigenous Illiniwek people, a consortium of Algonquian tribes that thrived in the area. The word Illiniwek means "tribe of superior men."State of Illinois. Illinois Symbols. Accessed on April 20, 2006
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Illinois HospitalsPhysicians in Illinois
Hospice of the North Shore - Non-profit, community-based organization providing the Chicago area with end-of-life care throught hospice, home care and pain management programs.
Meta Description: [ Serving Chicago and suburbs (north and south), Cook County, Lake County, Illinois, Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter provides palliative care, hospice, grief support and home health services for serious illness, age-related conditions or terminal illness. ]
Fox Valley Hospice and Care for the Bereaved - A community-based volunteer organization that serves persons with life-threatening illnesses. Service is provide without charge. Geneva.
Horizon Hospice of Chicago - Provides a range of services to terminally ill patients and their families, from pain and symptom management, to household assistance and grief counseling.
Meta Description: [ Horizon Hospice providing a circle of care ]
Hospice of Northeastern Illinois, Inc. - Providing care and support to terminally ill patients and their families. Support in 137 communities throughout six counties.
Hospice of the Rock River Valley - Dixon. Frequently asked questions, information on fundraising and events, and links to bereavement resources.
Joliet Area Community Hospice - Their mission is to provide comprehensive, holistic, community based support services and care for terminally ill persons, their caregivers, and loved ones, without regard to economic status, to enable the dying person to live peacefully, in comfort, and with dignity to the last moment of life.
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Odyssey Healthcare, Inc. - Information on hospice care services to terminally ill patients and their families in Arlington Heights.
Meta Description: [ Odyssey HealthCare provides hospice care to terminally ill patients and their families. Our palliative care program assists patients with pain & symptom control, emotional, and spiritual support wherever the patient resides. ]
Pallative Care and VNA Hospice - Hospice services provided for by the Visiting Nurse Association of Fox Valley.
Seasons Hospice - Providing information on programs of care for patients and their families who are facing a terminal illness.
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St. John's Hospital Home Health Services - Providing for the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their families. Springfield and Decatur centers.
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