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Sitting in the Midwest, Illinois is the 5th most populous state, principally stemming from the population of Chicago which consists of 2.7 million in the city limits and more than 9.8 million people comprising a metropolitan area, called “Chicagoland,” spanning parts the states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. .

Illinois was accepted into the union in 1818, and was settled for it’s rich farmland. The City of Chicago was incorporated on Saturday, March 4, 1837, but it’s history goes back to1803, when the United States Army built Fort Dearborn. The fort was destroyed in the War of 1812, aptly named the Battle of Fort Dearborn. That same ground was later the seen of a battle between the “Autobots” and the Decepticons in the trashy movie Transformers 3

Chicago with it’s large river and sitting on the shore of the great lake of Michigan, became an inland port. The Port of Chicago, via the St. Lawrence Seaway provide direct access to the Atlantic Ocean as well as to the Mississippi River making Chicago a great transportation hub. Cargo coming off ships, needed to be taken by rail, and later by trucks across the roads of Chicago and all of Illinois.

From the Illinois Route 66 Museum,to the Superman Museum in Metropolis, Illinois, Navy Pier, Museum of Science & Industry, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the campus that’s home to the Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum and the Planeterium of Chicago