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Stubs expansion

• Charles Collingwood - Eric Sevareid - Cecil Brown - Rhyolite, Nevada - Kishwaukee River - The Big Duck - Crush, Texas - Michael Kelly (editor)

Clean up

National Historic Landmarks

• Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site - Farnsworth House - Fort de Chartres: delisted GA by me 21 February 2007 - Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio - Grosse Point Light - Illinois and Michigan Canal - Lincoln Park (Chicago) - Lincoln Tomb - James Charnley Residence - John J. Glessner House - Old State Capitol State Historic Site - Reliance Building - Rock Island Arsenal - Shedd Aquarium - S.R. Crown Hall - Stagg Field - Symphony Center - Ulysses S. Grant Home - Unity Temple - Unterseeboot 505

Registered Historic Places

• Black Hawk State Historic Site - Cahokia Courthouse State Historic Site - Coronado Theatre - Grand Village of the Illinois - Jarrot Mansion State Historic Site - Mermaid House Hotel - Old Market House State Historic Site - Paul W. Dillon Home

Other

• Fort McClellan - Kishwaukee River

Stuff that needs research

• 1896: A head-on collision is staged by the Katy Railroad at Crush, Texas as a publicity stunt. Witnessed by 40,000 people, two of the crowd die and several are wounded when the steam locomotives explode. [1]

Possible NRHP/NHL

• Fort King Site: NHL, Chicago, Illinois - John Farson House: NHL, Oak Park, Illinois

Articles to be started

Sometimes I do some pre research to see what I can find on certain topics, generally, this is because I am planning to soon pen the article. A list of those follows.

Architecture

Elements

Windows

• Sidelight ([2]; [3]; [4];) - Circular window - Ogee window - Gothic window - Casement window - - French window -

Stairs

• Maya stairway - Tribune stairs - Rampant vault staircase - Open newel staircase - Stairwell - Open string staircase

Styles

• French Colonial - Upright and Wing - Filling station architecture

Architects

• Allen Pond - Frederic J. Klein - Herbert Hewitt - Joseph F. Booten - George O. Garnsey - Oscar F. Dubius - Paul O. Moratz - Reeves and Baillee - Clifford Shopbell - Edward Angell - Edward Luytens - Edward F. Starck - Frederick R. Comstock - G.A. Schellenger - Grant Clark Miller - Henry W. Wilkinson - Henry R. Wynne - Irving Pond - John Grant Beadle - James Knox Taylor - J.M. Felson - Joseph F. Booten - Louis Ward Claude - Louis Korn - Nathan Korn - Patton and Miller - Normand Smith Patton - Paul O. Moratz ([5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]) - Robert J. Bodker - Robert L. Lyons - William A. Otis - William A. Potter.

Prairie School

• Andrew O. Anderson House - Charles E. White - Clifford Percy Evans ([11]) - E.E. Roberts - Dwight Heald Perkins - George Fred Keck - Robert E. Seyfarth - William Eugene Drummond -Y.C. Wong

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings

• Oak Park: Charles E. Roberts House - Charles E. Roberts Stable - Edwin H. Cheney House - Emma Martin Garage - Francis Wooley House - Francisco Terrace Apartments Arch - George Furbeck House - George W. Smith House - Harrison P. Young House - Henry C. Goodrich House - Harry S. Adams House - Horse Show Fountain - Nathan G. Moore Stable - Oscar B. Balch House - Robert P. Parker House - Rollin Furbeck House - Thomas H. Gale House - William E. Martin House - William G. Fricke House - William H. Copeland House

• River Forest: E. Arthur Davenport House - Isabel Roberts House - J. Kibben Ingalls House - River Forest Tennis Club - Waller Gates - Walter Gerts House

Building types

Houses

• Cobblestone building, or Cobblestone house, or Cobblestone architecture

Barns

• Basement barn - Bank barn - Barn advertising - Connected barn - Crib barn - Dairy barn - Dutch barn - English barn - Functionally classified barn - Gable roof barn - Ground stable barn - Hop-drying barn - House barn - Italianto barn - Pennsylvania barn - Plank frame barn - Prairie barn - Rice barn - Round barn - Threshing barn - Tobacco barn - Yankee barn

Other

• Carriage house

Creeks and rivers

Illinois

• Buffalo Creek (Rock River) - Indian Creek (Illinois) - Pine Creek (Illinois) -

Fox River

• [12]

Nippersink Creek - Buck Creek (Fox River) - Indian Creek (Fox River) - Somonauk Creek - Big Rock Creek - Blackberry Creek - Ferson Creek - Poplar Creek (Fox River) - Tyler Creek - Flint Creek (Fox River) - Squaw Creek (Fox River)

Kishwaukee

Killbuck Creek (Kishwaukee River) ([13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18]) - Piscasaw Creek (Kishwaukee River) - Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River) - Beaver Creek (Kishwaukee River) - North Branch Kishwaukee River - South Branch Kishwaukee River - Coon Creek (Kishwaukee River) - Lawrence Creek (Piscasaw Creek) - Mokeler Creek - Bessie Creek - Kent Creek - Owens Creek (Kishwaukee River) - East South Branch Kishwaukee River

Pecatonica

Rock Creek (Pecatonica River)

Other

Spring Creek (Pine Creek) - Sugar Creek (Illinois) - Otter Creek (Illinois) - Bureau Creek

Pennsylvania

• Blue Jay Creek (Tionesta Creek) - Farnsworth Branch (Tionesta Creek) - Mead Run- Tionesta Creek

DeKalb, Illinois related

• 1860 Isaac Ellwood Home - Annie Glidden - Clinton Rosette - Ellzey P. Young - George H. Gurler - Gurler Brothers Creamery - Henry B. Gurler - Lewis Huntley - Little House (DeKalb, Illinois)

Municipalities (incl. ghost towns)

Illinois

• Benjaminville, Illinois - Clare, Illinois - Daysville, Illinois - Esmond, Illinois - Elva, Illinois - Glendale, Illinois - Herbert, Illinois - Holder, Illinois - LaHarpe, Illinois - LaMoille, Illinois - McGirr, Illinois - Seville, Illinois - Valley View, Illinois

Pennsylvania

• Kinzua, Pennsylvania - Ludlow, Pennsylvania

Vermont

• Barry, Vermont

Wyoming

• Red Canyon, Wyoming

Illinois Project

• History of Illinois in the 19th century - History of Illinois in the 20th century - History of the Latter Day Saint Movement in Illinois - History of European exploration in Illinois - Pre-Colombian history of Illinois - Government of Springfield, Illinois - History of Springfield, Illinois - Mendota Hills Wind Farm - Twin Groves Wind Farm (Sources: Pantagraph, Horizon, Pantagraph, Legal Record, Business Week, Illinois Times) - Railsplitter Wind Farm - Blackstone Wind Farm (Illinois)

National Register of Historic Places

• Adams Memorial Library, Wheaton Il - Belleville Historic District - Benewah Milk Bottle, Spokane, WA - Berger-Kiel House - Blanchard Hall, Wheaton College, IL - Chesterwood (Massachusetts), Stockbridge, Mass. [19] - Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia) - DeKalb County Courthouse (Illinois) - Daily Chronicle (Illinois) - Dr. M.T. Pope House, Raleigh, NC [20] - Emerald Mound and Village Site - Frank G. Bloom House, Trinidad, CO - George B. Douglas House, Cedar Rapids, IA [21] - George Draser Jr. House - Gustave Koerner House - Hale Solar Laboratory, Pasadena, California [22] - Harquahala Peak Observatory, Wenden, AZ - King of Prussia Inn, King of Prussia, PA [23] - Knobeloch-Seibert Farm - Lebanon Historic District - Majestic Theatre (East St. Louis) - Marissa Academy - M'Clintock House, Waterloo, NY [24] - New Orpheum Theater, Champaign Il - Nicholas Jarrot Mansion - Parlin Library, Canton, Il - Pennsylvania Avenue Historic District - Pinehill Inn, Oregon Il - Reber Radio Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia, part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.[25] - Shell Service Station, Winston-Salem, NC - Rutter Store - Smithsonian Institution Shelter, Lone Pine, CA - Spivey Building - Stellafane Observatory, Springfield, Vermont - Sycamore Public Library[http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky5/astro4.htm] - Teapot Dome Service Station, Washington

Oddball NRHP

• McDonald's Store #433 Sign or just McDonald's Sign (Pine Bluff, Arkansas): [26], [27], [28] (good EL), [29], [30], [31]
• Fresno Sanitary Landfill, Fresno, California
• Umatac Outdoor Library, Guam
• Fence at Alamo Cement Company, Bexar, Texas
• Lincoln Street Electric Street Lights, Twin Falls, Idaho
• Fireman's Drinking Fountain, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
• Old U.S. 67 Rest Area, Curtis, Arkansas

Lincoln Stuff

• Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War
• Lincoln Oak
• Lost Speech ([32] - contains claimed text. [33], [34] - discredits Whitney's version. [35] - Ida Tarbell's take, corroborating Whitney, later debunked. [36] - on why it's lost. [37], [38] -cited in British court 1918. JSTOR article - Hanchett, [39], [40] - NYT, anniversary event in B-town, 1918, JSTOR article - Luthin, [41].

Other

Also, I need to check on the status of the observatories listed at this website. And the sites listed here.

• Isadore Saks - Joseph Saks - Lyman Bloomingdale - Olmsted Manor - George Davenport - George W. Olmsted - Andrew Clemens - Rock Springs Independent - Nick Zarvos: [42], [43]

• Christmas tree farm

Journals

• The Wisconsin Magazine of History; Wisconsin Magazine of History (redirect to Wisconsin Historical Society)
• Illinois Historical Journal
• Michigan Historical Review
• Indiana Magazine of History
• Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

Galena Historic District

• John Dowling House
• Customs House & U.S. Post Office
• DeSoto House Hotel

Bob Dylan songs

• Caribbean Wind: [44], [45], [46], [47] (Aidan Day paper), [48], [49], [50]

Random topics

• Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin, by Kerry Trask (see his article for sources
• Smoke flare
• Dugway sheep incident
• Memory Park: Buenos Aires
• Amos Fries
• David Sheean: [51], NYT, Google search
• Wagon works
• William Reddick
• National Prison Rape Elimination Commission
• Great Lakes Compact: [52], [53], [54], [55], House bill, Senate bill
• Sheep kill: [56], [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [62]
• Sullivantia sullivantii: [63], [64],
• Albert J. Mauroni
• Colorado Committee for Environmental Information
• 1969 Rocky Flats Plant fire
• First Chemical Regiment
• Plumeria alba: [65], [66], [67],
• Entomological warfare: [68], [69], [70], [71], [72], [73], [74]
• Artificial Christmas tree: [75], [76], [77],

• Work page: User:IvoShandor/Artificial Christmas trees

• Specific refs: Feather trees: [78], [79], [80], [81] Plastic trees:, Aluminum Christmas trees:[82], [83], [84], [85], [86], [87], [88], [89], [90] (good EL), [91] (Further reading/EL), [92], [93] Other designer trees: (incl. glass, stacked ornaments, cardboard, ceramic (often tabletop decorations)

• Motor pool
• 2009 BD: [94], [95], [96]
• Rain lamp: Sources are sparse on the web, but I can try; [97], [98]
• 2003 ricin letters: Sources - NYT, Time, FBI w/ photos, [99], [100], [101], [102], [103], [104],

Christmas

• Blue Room Christmas tree: [105], [106], [107], [108], [109], [110]
• Victoria Square Christmas tree: [111], [112] (cache), [113], [114], [115], [116] (cache)
• Downing Street Christmas tree:

Kilns

Improvement: Kiln - Lime kiln

Create:

• Perpetual kiln - Heap kiln - Fire box - Draw out - Vertical kiln

Expansions

• United States Army Chemical Corps

Populism

• S.O. Daws
• William R. Lamb: [117], [118],
• Cleburne Demands
• Henry Vincent (populist)
• Charles W. Macune
• St. Louis Platform (1889)
• Dallas Demands (1888)
• Andrew Dunlap
• J.N. Rogers