Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base Contributor(s): Hanson, Mark D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 153165522X ISBN-13: 9781531655228 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | Military - Aviation - History | Military - United States |
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 130 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Locality - Champaign-Urbana, Illinois |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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." |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |