Chanute Air Force Base (AFB) Closure, Rantoul
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Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1991 |
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Total Pages | : 418 |
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Author | : Mark D. Hanson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2011-04-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439640769 |
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 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 | : Gary L. Welch |
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Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Air bases |
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Author | : Daniel Loren Speigel |
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Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Air bases |
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Total Pages | : 1246 |
Release | : 1992-02-12 |
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Author | : Mark D. Hanson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738583082 |
A detailed history of Rantoul and the Chanute Air Force Base.
Author | : Donald O. Weckhorst |
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Total Pages | : 569 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Chanute Air Force Base (Ill.) |
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Author | : Daniel Loren Spiegel |
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Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Air bases |
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