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Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, Images of America, Paperback

Description: Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, Images of America, Paperback Join Mark D. Hanson as he chronicles the long-standing and cohesive relationship between the farming town of Rantoul and the Chanute Air Force base.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.

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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

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Item must be returned within: 30 Days

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Brand: Unbranded

MPN: 9780738583082

Book Title: Rantoul and Chanute Air Force BASE

Item Length: 9.2in

Item Height: 0.3in

Item Width: 6.5in

Author: Not Available

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Military / General, Military / United States, Military / Pictorial, United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Publication Year: 2011

Genre: History

Item Weight: 0.7 Oz

Number of Pages: 128 Pages

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