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Coordinates: 40°22′28″N 90°21′30″W. Camp Ellis was a United States World War II Army Service Forces Unit Training Center [ 1] and prisoner-of-war camp between the towns of Bernadotte, Ipava, and Table Grove in Fulton County, Illinois. [ 2] Construction began on 17 September 1942, [ 2] and the camp opened on 16 April 1943, [ 1] with an ...
Fort Sheridan, Highwood, Illinois (closed 1993) Fort Arlington, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Green River Ordnance Plant. Haley Army Airfield. Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Joliet, Illinois. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois. Savanna Army Depot, Savanna, Illinois (Closed circa 2000)
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 1,628 acres (6.59 km 2) and has 69 mi (111 km) of roadway to provide access to the base's facilities. Within the naval service, it has several different nicknames, including "The ...
Camp name Council Location Status Notes Camp Big Timber: Three Fires Council: Elgin, IL: Active: Camp Bunn: Abraham Lincoln Council: Hettick, IL: Active: Camp Cherokee Hills: Prairielands Council: Georgetown, IL: Sold: The land was sold to the State of Illinois in 1996. Camp Dan Beard: Northeast Illinois Council: Northbrook, IL: Transferred
Housing. Hoopeston received its first complement of 75 prisoners on April 26, 1944. The men were housed in the Illinois Canning Company farm area (now the location of M&N Pallet). By July, more than 1,250 POWs were housed in Hoopeston. Housing for the Germans was in the storage area and mule barns at first until new buildings were moved in.
Camp Grant (Illinois) Coordinates: 42°12′30″N 89°04′56″W. Camp Grant was a U.S. Army facility located in the southern outskirts of Rockford, Illinois named in honor of American Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant. Camp Grant covered an area of 5,600 acres during World War I and 3,200 acres during World War II, and was in operation from ...
Elevation. 689 ft (210 m) Established. 1946. McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, located in Naperville, state of Illinois, is a 439-acre (178 ha) preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River . The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930.
W. White Pines Forest State Park. White Pines State Park Lodge and Cabins. Categories: Civilian Conservation Corps by U.S. state. New Deal in Illinois. Buildings and structures in Illinois.