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Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base

Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base - Hardcover

by Mark D. Hanson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark D. HansonPublish date:2011-04-18Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531655228ISBN-10:153165522XUPC:9781531655228Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:State & Local, Aviation & Space, United StatesSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC41YVX266
Rantoul 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 town s 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."
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531655228ISBN-10:153165522XUPC:9781531655228Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:State & Local, Aviation & Space, United StatesSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC41YVX266
Hanson, Mark D.: - The images in Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base were discovered in the rich collections of the Rantoul Historical Society and Chanute Air Museum. For many of these visual treasures, this volume is their public debut. Mark D. Hanson is currently the curator for the Chanute Air Museum. He has an M.A. in anthropology and over 15 years of professional museum experience.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

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