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I It I »l liOCiHAI'H. I w 1, 11 :.'i hi ve doi \\ ell i mi— t I !<• w .1 ,lw ;i\ friend h to t In w h i t e men a n d <h<l t h e m innnj serviei < H<l S h r inaii I I t o 1 ",!'<•;11 1 in I rl>;iii;i. i tbi teli wil h and i MI n. T l testii i i" I ind f where i i'V. m a v yel !>•• M ; m \ el h is II;I!KI n n in t In- <.|<l I t o COine in t he winter and build i heir camp-fire on h ig i«» lighl Ins Bpiril on lis way t > the < u 1 happ3 Iniiii in rounds.' Meanwhile tl settlement grew and lirived. Manj industrie sprang up in it. In the time when i Iroads were sp ading over tin* country, Urbana desired and needed one. \\ hen the Illinois Centra] was in proce of construction, ETrbana offered a certain Bum of n ind land to h;i\ e I he road pass t hrough thi In addition, land waa offered for sale, at a reduction, for the station. The railroad company w id land donated for a station. I rbana si itly refused to comply with the demand, be impany, being perfectly indepen . buill > for itself about two n mill E LJrbana. This was the beginnii !' Champaign. Being started in this w Iwaya I n a rivalry bel w i we There was much discussion as the new villi It wa ailed ( II • / ' for time. Finally ham( gr< I upon. From I his t ime !hampidly and proved a formidable I to 1 hich, n fi a f ime, came to 1 Tl Tow n. Now . looking over un v, we i n hardly imwhich IIH'I the I in ated Tl prairii tretcning • Ii a tr kniLT I rbann id ' h • populali'-n of 1 ' which <lhamp are sixl n chi 1 attempi I lish factoi iri< kii haye b n i lur< II I mall man • ' iThe i ban compen( for vicinil v of ' h a m p n 1 I rbai of tin t niiiK in Tin- feri ility o f tl il pi h urpri '1 our i rlj . . . firsl time, fch tl •*«! thrt il last bu1 w "leak Bu! after more than fifty \ II plaj - t he richness The people - tli i N \>. .nd I rrbana ime I a < >hio, S i rk M chusetts. That thev intelli \\ si i by t h e bn schools and new ere. I fir -I « Wish t i n 1S32, I was ta a to n< i '(] f hi! btruded ill i -!. Comi i i un t h e .1)1, n 1 1 i his 1 II in f heir si r a n g e s ! '-'•<!. Man, \\ it h his • I ci • power, has trai ormation llail- named Tompkins. Tin- firsl i rw . I « Wished in 1 s Bui th nil ninjih in educ f tl iti/.M \ s t h e I nii f III About [J i tin spi a gem 1 excitement 1 in imenl I state mm ities - 1']. qi il ion win tl in lllin s s| ,» 1 I ime »i int • [in ii and Mi I u i ntirs w < principal irals in th | ml both t i
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