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New Philadelphia in western Illinois was the first town in the nation founded, platted, and legally registered by an African American.
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New Philadelphia was the first U.S. community founded, platted, and legally registered by an African American. It was located in western Illinois.
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A study will determine whether a historic site in Pike County will become a national park. Congress gave the go ahead for the National Park Service to…
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An effort to create a national park at former town site in western Illinois remains stalled in the US Senate. Congressman Aaron Schock, a Republican, is...
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The U.S. House passed a measure to explore whether the New Philadelphia town site should become a unit of the National Park System. New Philadelphia…
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A bill that would bring a historic site in Western Illinois one step closer to being preserved by the National Park Service has passed a U.S. House…