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Galesburg is home to Knox College, a private four-year liberal arts college, and Carl Sandburg College, a two-year community college.
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Galesburg and is
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It is north of Canton and Lewistown, west of Peoria and Bloomington, and east of Galesburg and Macomb.
Galesburg is the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Knox and Warren counties.
As of the closing of the Maytag plant in fall of 2004, BNSF is once again the largest private employer in Galesburg.
Galesburg is served by Interstate 74, whose route runs north to Moline, Illinois in the Quad Cities region, and to the southeast to Peoria, Illinois and beyond.
The Galesburg Register-Mail is the result of the merger of the Galesburg Republican-Register and the Galesburg Daily Mail in 1927.
Galesburg and home
Galesburg was home to the first anti-slavery society in Illinois, founded in 1837, and was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Galesburg was the home of Mary Ann Bickerdyke, who provided hospital care for Union soldiers during the American Civil War.
In addition, Galesburg was home to the pioneering brass era automobile company Western, which produced the Gale, named for the town.
The Chicago – Kansas City Expressway, also known as Illinois Route 110 ( IL 110 ), runs through Galesburg, to the southwest it passes through Macomb, Illinois, the home of Western Illinois University, and towards Quincy, Illinois, before crossing into Missouri.
Galesburg is the home to the world's fourth tallest currently standing structure, the KXJB-TV mast at 628 meters.
Galesburg and Knox
He attended the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, transferring to Knox College, in Galesburg, Illinois, where he was a friend of Carl Sandburg, joined Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and graduated in 1895.
Galesburg was founded by George Washington Gale, a Presbyterian minister from New York state, who dreamed of establishing a manual labor college which became Knox College.
* Galesburg and Knox College are both mentioned by the character Walowick in Walter Dean Myers ' novel Fallen Angels, about the Vietnam War.
Monmouth began its college football rivalry with Knox College in Galesburg in 1888, making it the sixth oldest college football rivalry in the country.
Hanssen graduated from William Howard Taft High School in 1962 and went on to attend Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1966.
He attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1967.
Wheaton's first president, Jonathan Blanchard, was a former president of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and a staunch abolitionist with ties to Oberlin College.
He then went to Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, but dropped out after a year, followed by the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, where his brother Roswell was also attending.
After attending Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, for one year, Buford was accepted into the Class of 1848 at the United States Military Academy ( West Point ).
Knox College is a four-year coeducational private liberal arts college located in Galesburg, Illinois.
While taking part in these programs, he painted portraits, taught classes, and created a set of murals at Knox College, Galesburg, IL.
Rainey attended the public schools and Knox Academy and Knox College, Galesburg, Ill. he transferred to, and graduated from Amherst College in 1883 and then the Union College of Law, in Chicago which he graduated in 1885.
The future Governor attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, but took a leave of absence to fight in the American Civil War for the Union Army.
He then taught zoology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and at the Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, each for a year.
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