Richard Moreno served as publisher of Nevada Magazine and has authored seven Nevada-related books. A former Director of Advertising and Public Relations for the Nevada Commission on Tourism, he was selected as a 2007 recipient of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen award.
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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. 1673 - Jolliet and Marquette Discover Illinois 2. 1778 - The Americans Take Over (Battle for Kaskaskia) 3. 1832 - The Blackhawk War 4. 1837 - The First Abolitionist Martyr: Elijah Lovejoy 5. 1844 - The Murder of Joseph Smith 6. 1846 - The Donner Party Departs from Springfield 7. 1858 - Debates that Shaped a Nation: Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen A. Douglas 8. 1860 - The "Lady Elgin" Sinks 9. 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire 10. 1876 - The Plot to Steal Abraham Lincoln's body 11. 1887 - The Chatsworth Train Disaster 12. 1894 - Pullman's Strike 13. 1903 - The Iroquois Theater Fire 14. 1908 - Springfield's Race Riots 15. 1909 - The Cherry Coal Mine Tragedy 16. 1917 - The East St. Louis Riot 17. 1922 - The Herrin Massacre 18. 1925 - The Tri-States Tornado Strike 19. 1926 - Williamson's County's Birger-Shelton Gang War 20. 1931 - Al Capone Goes to Prison 21. 1933 - Major League Baseball's First All-Star Game 22. 1934 - Death of an Outlaw: John Dillinger Gunned Down 23. 1947 - The Centralia Mine Explosion 24. 1969 - The Chicago Seven Trial 25. 1979 - Chicago's Improbable Disco Record Riot 26. 1979 - America's Worst Air Disaster: The Crash of American Airlines Flight 191 27. 1982 - Chicago's Tylenol Murder Mystery 28. 2008 - Death in the Classroom: Shootings at Northern Illinois University 29. 2009 - The Impeachment of Governor Rod Blagojovech