tant steps in the development of culture from the 

 earliest times to modern civilization. This series 

 dovetails neatly with the studies of the fifth and 

 sixth grades in our Illinois schools. It includes the 

 invention or discovery of stone tools, art, navigation, 

 farming, beasts of burden, law, written language, 

 printing, exploration, democracy, and invention. 



45. STORY OF ILLINOIS DIORAMAS. (East 

 Corridor) Between the Hall of Man and the Main 

 Hall is a series of twelve dioramas. This series is 

 completely described in the booklet, "Story of Illi- 

 nois: Indian and Pioneer." The exhibits include: 



1673 — Marquette and the Indians 



1763 — Indians Fighting the British on the 



way to Fort Chartres 

 1779 — Clark Advancing from Kaskaskia to 



Vincennes 

 1820 — The Circuit Rider 

 1833 — Indians Agree to Leave Illinois 

 1837 — John Deere and the Prairie Plow 

 1850 — The Underground Railroad 

 1858 — The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 

 1871 — The Chicago Fire 

 1877 — The Railroad Strike 

 1880 — Meat Packers for the World 

 **** — Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 



46. FIREARMS. (West Corridor) At the other 

 end of the Main Hall in the West Corridor is an ex- 

 tensive collection of guns given to the Museum by 

 the late Frank R. Grover. The collection covers wide 

 development of guns from the time of the crossbow 

 and the matchlocks of 1400 A.D., through the flint- 

 lock blunderbusses of the Colonial days, guns of the 

 Revolutionary War period, the flintlocks of the 



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