The Spoon River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 160 miles (257 km) long in northwestern Illinois in the United States. The river drains largely agricutural prairie country between Peoria and Galesburg. The river is noted for giving its name to the fictional Illinois town in the 1916poetry work Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, who was from Lewistown, which is near the river. This article is about the river in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... State nickname: The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th) - Land 143,968 km² - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... A prairie is an area of land of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. ... Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County6, Illinois. ... Galesburg is a city located in Knox County, Illinois. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950) was a United States American poet, biographer and dramatist. ... Lewistown is a city located in Fulton County, Illinois. ...
It rises in two short forks near Kewanee in southern Bureau County. The East and West forks join in northern Stark County, approximately 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Kewanee, and the combined stream meanders south and southwest through rural Stark, Knox and Fulton counties. The lower portion of the river passes through a scenic region of hills in Fulton County, and passes approximately 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Lewistown. The river joins the Illinois from the west opposite Havana, approximately 40 miles (64 km) downstream and southwest of Peoria. Kewanee is a city located in Henry County, Illinois. ... Bureau County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Stark County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Knox County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Fulton County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Havana is a city located in Mason County, Illinois. ...
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Historic Peoria: The Spoon River (http://www.historicpeoria.com/select.cfm?chose=178)
The SpoonRiver is a tributary of the IllinoisRiver, approximately 160 miles (257 km) long in northwestern Illinois in the United States.
The river is noted for giving its name to the fictional Illinois town in the 1916poetry work SpoonRiver Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, who was from Lewistown, which is near the river.
The river joins the Illinois from the west opposite Havana, approximately 40 miles (64 km) downstream and southwest of Peoria.
SpoonRiver is a community, a microcosm, not a collection of individuals.
SpoonRiver Anthology is, then, not only a kind of fragmented "Song of Myself," it is a more pessimistic version of Whitman's Democratic Vistas, focused on the triumph of the forces of disorder and decline in turn-of-the-century America.
Indeed, SpoonRiver Anthology is culturally important because it reveals the inherent contradictions in the myth of America and the potentials for good and evil that such a cultural myth contains.
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