Cahokia People
Al Capone – Leading the Chicago Outfit
“Hell’s Belle” Gunness – Black Widow of the Midwest
The Vicious Harpes – First American Serial Killers
H. H. Holmes and the Murder Castle of Chicago
Illinois Tribe of the Mississippi River Valley
The Kaskaskia Tribe of Illinois
Abraham Lincoln – Standing as a Hero
Abraham Lincoln, by Jean Louis Gerome, 1908
Mad Gassers of Virginia and Illinois
“Baby Face” Nelson – Midwest Gangster
John Wesley Powell – Exploring the Grand Canyon
Roger Touhy – Chicago Gangster
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated April 2024.
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