Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base
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Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base

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Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base

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Rantoul and the former Chanute Air Force Base are inseparably intertwined as primary players in a single historical narrative. Rantoul was first founded as an agriculturally based community in 1848 near an area known as Mink Grove. The settlement boomed with the coming of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1854; a railroad championed by the towns namesake, Robert Rantoul Jr. Disaster followed in 1899 and again in 1901 with devastating fires. Then, in 1917, a U.S. Army flying field was built on the outskirts of Rantoul. Named after the aviation pioneer Octave Chanute, Chanute Field, later Chanute Air Force Base, became a premier technical training facility. A mutually beneficial relationship quickly developed between these civilian and military establishments that would last for over 75 years. Chanute Air Force Base closed in 1993, ushering in yet another new era for the village of Rantoul.

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Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Year
2011
ISBN
9781439640760
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. One - A FLOURISHING AND INVITING VILLAGE
  8. Two - A MODEL TOWN RISEN FROM ASHES AND RUIN
  9. Three - OUR BUSINESS IS AIR PILOTS
  10. Four - THE PHOENIX OF TECHNICAL TRAINING
  11. Five - RENAISSANCE, WAR, AND THE U.S. AIR FORCE
  12. Six - REFINEMENT IN TIMES OF CHANGE
  13. Seven - AN END OF AN ERA BEGINS ANOTHER
  14. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  15. INDEX