Chanute Air Force Base (AFB) Closure, Rantoul
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 496
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Published: 1990
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Published: 1990
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Published: 1991
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark D. Hanson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011-04-18
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1439640769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRantoul and the former Chanute Air Force Base are inseparably intertwined as primary players in a single historical narrative. Rantoul was first founded as an agriculturally based community in 1848 near an area known as Mink Grove. The settlement boomed with the coming of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1854; a railroad championed by the towns namesake, Robert Rantoul Jr. Disaster followed in 1899 and again in 1901 with devastating fires. Then, in 1917, a U.S. Army flying field was built on the outskirts of Rantoul. Named after the aviation pioneer Octave Chanute, Chanute Field, later Chanute Air Force Base, became a premier technical training facility. A mutually beneficial relationship quickly developed between these civilian and military establishments that would last for over 75 years. Chanute Air Force Base closed in 1993, ushering in yet another new era for the village of Rantoul.
Author: Daniel Loren Speigel
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 216
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 74
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 569
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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738583082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detailed history of Rantoul and the Chanute Air Force Base.
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