ILLINOIS
Aidan Randall
Illinois's nickname
The Prairie state
SYMBOLS
STATE TREE
QUERCUS ALBA
STATE FLOWER
VIOLA
STATE BIRD
NORTHERN CARDINAL
STATE ANIMAL
WHITE -TAIL DEER
STATE FISH
BLUE GILL
STATE INSECT
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
EXPLORERS
THESE FRENCH EXPLORERS EXPLORED THE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS IN 1673
LANDFORMS
HISTORY OF ILLINOIS
CAHOKIA, THE URBAN CENTER OF THE PRE-COLUMBIAN MISSISSIPPIAN CULTURE,WAS LOCATED NEAR PRESENT-DAY COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS.
NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN ILLINOIS
ILLINOIS,MIAMI,WINNEBAGO,SAUK,KICKAPOO,POTTAWATOMIE
STATE HOOD
DECEMBER 3, 1818