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Zion, Illinois
Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 United States census, the population was 24,655. History The city was founded in 1900 by John Alexander Dowie, a Scots-Australian evangelical minister and faith healer who had migrated to the United States in 1888. By 1890, he had settled in Chicago, where he built a large faith healing business (which included a large mail order component) and had attracted thousands of followers. He bought land north of Chicago to found Zion, where he personally owned all of the land and most businesses. The city was named after Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Dowie also founded the Zion Tabernacle of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, which was the only church in town. The structure was built in the early 1900s and was burned down in 1937, following several decades of tumultuous rule by Dowie's successor, Wilbur Glenn Voliva. Geography Zion is located at According to the 2010 census, Zion has a total area of , of which ...
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List Of Cities In Illinois
Illinois is a U.S. state, state located in the Midwestern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, Illinois is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 6th most populous state with inhabitants but the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 24th largest by land area spanning of land. Illinois is divided into 102 County (United States), counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 Municipal corporation, municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages. The most populous city is Chicago with 2,746,388 residents while the least populous is Valley City, Illinois, Valley City with 14 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Chicago, which spans , while the smallest is Irwin, Illinois, Irwin at . List File:ChicagoFromCellularField.jpg, alt=Skyline of Chicago, Chicago is Illinois' most populous municipality. File:Paramount Theatre - panoramio.jpg, alt=Paramount Theatre, Aurora, Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois, Aurora, Illi ...
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Map Highlighting Zion Township, Lake County, Illinois
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North Point Marina
North Point Marina State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on in Lake County, Illinois, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 .... It has 1,500 slips for the mooring of boats. References * * State parks of Illinois Protected areas of Lake County, Illinois {{LakeCountyIL-geo-stub ...
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Wisconsin
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Naval Station Great Lakes (NAVSTA Great Lakes) is the home of the United States Navy's only current boot camp, located near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois, along Lake Michigan. Important tenant commands include the Recruit Training Command, Training Support Center and Navy Recruiting District Chicago. Naval Station Great Lakes is the largest military installation in Illinois and the largest training station in the Navy. The base has 1,153 buildings situated on and has of roadway to provide access to the base's facilities. Within the naval service, it has several different nicknames, including "The Quarterdeck of the Navy". It is also referred to as "second boot camp" for those attending Training Support Command. The original 39 buildings built between 1905 and 1911 were designed by Jarvis Hunt. The base functions similarly to a small city, with its own fire department, Naval Security Forces (Police), and public works department. One of the landmarks of the area ...
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Illinois National Guard
The Illinois National Guard comprises both Army National Guard and Air National Guard components of Illinois. As of 2013, the Illinois National Guard has approximately 13,200 members. The National Guard is the only United States military force empowered to function in a state status. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. Those functions range from limited actions during non-emergency situations to full scale law enforcement of martial law when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control. The National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the President or Congress. History Illinois Territorial Militia During the War of 1812, the Illinois Territory was the scene of fighting between Native Americans and United States soldiers and settlers. There were few U.S. Army soldiers this far west on the frontier. Ninian Edwards, the territorial governor, directed ...
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Rifle Range
A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, sports venue, venue, or playing field, field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice, or shooting sport, competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by military or law enforcement agencies, though the majority of ranges are privately owned by civilians and sporting clubs and cater mostly to recreational shooters. Each facility is typically overseen by one or more supervisory personnel, known as a ''Range Officer'' (RO), or sometimes a ''range master'' in the United States. Supervisory personnel are responsible for ensuring that all firearm safety, safety rules and relevant gun law, laws are followed at all times. Shooting ranges can be indoor or outdoor, and may be restricted to certain types of firearm that can be used such as handguns or long guns, or they can specialize in certain shooting at the Summer Olympics, Olympic disciplines such as trap sho ...
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Camp Logan, Illinois
Camp Logan, Illinois was an Illinois National Guard base and rifle range from 1892 to the early 1970s. At one time the Camp was . Several buildings survive today as they are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Camp Logan was named after General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ... John Alexander Logan. The Camp Logan site is now part of the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park. References External links History of Camp Logan https://web.archive.org/web/20080429054110/http://dnr.state.il.us/OREP/nrrc/cultural/cmpLogan/camplogan.htm Buildings and structures in Lake County, Illinois Former installations of the United States Army Training installations of the United States Army National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, I ...
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Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
Winthrop Harbor is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Winthrop Harbor is considered the corner stone of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 6,705. It is located along the northern border of Illinois and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Winthrop Harbor is known for its North Point Marina, and is a warning demarcation point for the National Weather Service's marine warnings for Lake Michigan. With moorage over 1,500 boats, it is the largest marina on the Great Lakes. Nearly one million visitors take advantage of the marina, its associated beaches and other recreational facilities every summer. History J. H. Van Vlissingen originally intended on developing the area in 1883, however nothing came of it. In 1899 the Winthrop Harbor and Dock Company purchased over 2,000 acres just south of the state line of Wisconsin. In 1871 a post office was built on Sheridan Road named Spring Bluff. Not only did this spur an increase in population in the area, ...
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Illinois Beach State Park
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park, part of the Illinois state parks, Illinois state park system, is located along Lake Michigan in northern Lake County, Illinois, Lake County in northeast Illinois. Together with lands to the north, including Chiwaukee Prairie, it forms most of the Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach Lake Plain, an internationally recognized List of Ramsar sites in the United States, wet-land of importance under the Ramsar Convention. The park is broken into two units that encompass an area of and contains over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. In 2010, it was renamed for former state senator Adeline Geo-Karis. Recreational activities at the park include boating, swimming, hiking, bicycling, camping, bird watching, and picnicking. Known primarily for the beach, the park also includes hiking trails of dune areas, wetlands, prairie, and black oak savanna. The area at the far southern end of the park is a designated nature preserve, which was named ...
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Illinois Route 131
Illinois Route 131 (IL 131) is a north–south state route in northeastern Illinois. It extends south from Wisconsin Highway 31 and Lake CR A1/19 (128th Street) at the Illinois/Wisconsin state line by Pleasant Prairie, south to Illinois Route 176 in Lake Bluff, a distance of . Route description Illinois 131 is called Green Bay Road for its entire length, but Green Bay Road becomes a residential street and extends south through various North Shore communities to Evanston, a distance of approximately south of Illinois 176. It is one of very few state routes whose named road is longer than the marked state road. Green Bay Road actually continues south to Old Elm Road (Lake CR 52) while there is a second segment of Green Bay Road that starts at a dead end in Highwood and ends at Ridge Avenue in Evanston. The Green Bay Road name also stretches continuously through Racine County and Kenosha County, WI, with route signage changing to Wisconsin Highway 31, before merging with ...
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Illinois 131
Illinois Route 131 (IL 131) is a north–south state route in northeastern Illinois. It extends south from Wisconsin Highway 31 and Lake CR A1/19 (128th Street) at the Illinois/Wisconsin state line by Pleasant Prairie, south to Illinois Route 176 in Lake Bluff, a distance of . Route description Illinois 131 is called Green Bay Road for its entire length, but Green Bay Road becomes a residential street and extends south through various North Shore communities to Evanston, a distance of approximately south of Illinois 176. It is one of very few state routes whose named road is longer than the marked state road. Green Bay Road actually continues south to Old Elm Road (Lake CR 52) while there is a second segment of Green Bay Road that starts at a dead end in Highwood and ends at Ridge Avenue in Evanston. The Green Bay Road name also stretches continuously through Racine County and Kenosha County, WI, with route signage changing to Wisconsin Highway 31, before merging ...
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