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Preparing corn planter

Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm

Cornbelt Bank Building, Bloomington, Illinois (detail)

Cultivating Soybeans with Horses

Hedged Cornfield about 1925

Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival

Views of the Sholty Homestead in Dale Township

Grassed Waterway

Drag Roller

Plowing, about 1917

Corn Planter Advertisement

Rail Corn Crib

Asahel Gridley, businessman, McLean County, Illinois

Land Warrant

Sailors Harpooning Prairie Hogs

Land Surveyor's Notes in McLean County

Recovered Indian Corn Fragments

Single Pen Corn Crib

Planting Osage Orange

Funk Inbreds

Funk Warehouse

Concrete Fence Post

Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875

Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl

Marking Cornfield

Slatted Corn Crib bins

Untrimmed Osage Orange Hedge Row

Murphy Farms in winter

Tile Barn Remains

James Wilson Jessee

Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois

Melvin and Ada Hendricks

Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest

P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887

Chicago Stock Yards

Yellow Dent Corn

Husking Hook

Cattle Crossing Broken Fence

Cultivating Corn with Horses

Masthead from McLean County Anti-Monopolist

Preparing corn planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Harold Smith prepares a John Deere 16 row planter in the spring of 1995.
Harvesting Corn on Funk Trust Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Cat Challenger grain cart and combine work in a cornfield on Funk Trust Farm near Shirley, Illinois, in October 1995.
Cornbelt Bank Building, Bloomington, Illinois (detail)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)After the great Bloomington fire of 1900, the Cornbelt Bank was rebuilt and featured corn ears on the pilaster capitals.
Cultivating Soybeans with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer, pulled by two horses, cultivates his soybean crop about 1930.
Hedged Cornfield about 1925
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Behind the hedging is a harvested cornfield with a utility pole and wire running through it. Two barns sit in the background.
Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This giant ear of corn made for the 1915 Bloomington Cornfest is comprised of hundreds of smaller ears of corn.
Views of the Sholty Homestead in Dale Township
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Sholty farmstead, built by Jacob Sholty, featured a corn crib, large barn, and his son's residence.
Grassed Waterway
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The development of grassed waterways in the late 1930s revolutionized the appearance of the Cornbelt.
Drag Roller
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a drag roller, a rotating cylinder on one end and a hitch on the other.
Plowing, about 1917
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A team of horses plows sod in McLean County about 1917.
Corn Planter Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An ad for a corn planter with description.
Rail Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Rail corn cribs like this one, photographed about 1910, were popular forms of early pioneer corn storage.
Asahel Gridley, businessman, McLean County, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Asahel Gridley, McLean County's first millionaire, had much to say about early farming. Gridley is recognized as one of the first citizens to arrive in Bloomington, Illinois. He arrived there in 1831 and played a role in the founding of the first newspaper and telegraph office. He was a prominent businessman, lawyer and a politician. He was also a friend of Abraham Linco...
Land Warrant
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Richard Baldridge used land warrants, similar to this title, to purchase his McLean County farm.
Sailors Harpooning Prairie Hogs
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This satirical cartoon from Prairie Farmer depicts New England sailors harpooning hogs.
Land Surveyor's Notes in McLean County
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)These notes from a federal land surveyor provide the earliest detailed record of McLean County land.
Recovered Indian Corn Fragments
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Fragments of corn recovered from the Grand Village of the Kickapoo in 1972.
Single Pen Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Many corn crib forms were possible for corn storage. This is a single crib.
Planting Osage Orange
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Farmers planted Osage orange on the large Sibley Farms in neighboring Ford County.
Funk Inbreds
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men stand by stalks of inbred Funk's corn.
Funk Warehouse
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ears of corn fill a Funk warehouse in the early 1900s.
Concrete Fence Post
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This wooden fence was constructed using longer-lasting concrete fence posts.
Steam Engine in McLean County about 1875
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A steam engine in McLean County about 1875.
Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)During the Corn Bowl, patrons sit at long tables and dine on sweet corn in celebration.
Marking Cornfield
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing of a hand-held planter shows a farmer planting in evenly-marked spaces.
Slatted Corn Crib bins
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Bins at either side of corn cribs were designed to hold ear corn.
Untrimmed Osage Orange Hedge Row
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This Osage orange hedgerow in Blue Mound Township, McLean County, has remained untrimmed for many years.
Murphy Farms in winter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)During the winter months, snow covers the topsoil of cornfields with dead cornstalks, exposed here at Murphy Farms near Shirley.
Tile Barn Remains
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The remains of this round tile barn include the walls. It is located north of Normal, Illinois.
James Wilson Jessee
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A veteran of the Civil War, James Wilson Jessee worked as a farmhand after the war.
Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Karr homestead near Bloomington, photographed about 1885, shows an example of what pioneer field and fences were like.
Melvin and Ada Hendricks
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows Melvin and Ada Hendricks on their wedding day, February 25, 1939.
Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This cartoon depicts a 1916 tractor contest and demonstration.
P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Phineas M. Stubblefield built this farm and home in 1887.
Chicago Stock Yards
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cattle are stored in pens at the Chicago stock yards.
Yellow Dent Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Yellow Dent corn was well known to McLean County's earliest white settlers. This is Reid's Yellow Dent, a later development.
Husking Hook
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A corn husking hook was used to strip the ear from its outer covering. It attachs to the hand with canvas and maintains a sharp metal hook.
Cattle Crossing Broken Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows how cattle and other livestock would wander beyond farms if proper fencing was not installed.
Cultivating Corn with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer cultivates a field of corn with a team of two horses.
Masthead from McLean County Anti-Monopolist
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This masthead is from an anti-monopolist newspaper briefly published in Saybrook.

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