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| Title | Delivering grain at Shirley elevator |
| Coverage / Year | 1995 |
| Description | Darrell Beehn, Jr. delivers grain to the elevator near Shirley, Illinois, in the fall of 1995. |
| Interpretation | Because of the diminishing of railroads, ground transportation was necessary for transporting grain. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; American Communities in History |
| Learning Standards | 13 Science, Technology and Society; 15 Economics; 16 History; 17 Geography; |
| Author or Creator | McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill. |
| Other Contributors | Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
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| 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; Farms; Corn; Grain elevators; Transportation; Tractors |
| Collection Publisher | McLean County Museum of History
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | mch0367; IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 8:17, p. 123 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 7344192232002_mch0367.jpg |
