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Land Surveyor's Notes in McLean County


Title	Land Surveyor's Notes in McLean County
Coverage / Year	c. 1820
Description	These notes from a federal land surveyor provide the earliest detailed record of McLean County land.
Interpretation	Most of the comments on this federal land survey about the prairie are favorable. The sections mentioned here were later detached from McLean and placed in newly formed Woodford County.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; American Communities in History
Learning Standards	15 Economics; 16 History; 18 Social systems
Author or Creator	McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
Other Contributors	Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
Source	'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.; ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
Subject / Keywords	McLean County, Illinois; Surveying;
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
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Resource Identifier	mch0232; IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 2:9, p. 22
CONTENTdm file name	250491632002_mch0232.jpg