Ottawa, Illinois Ottawa, Illinois Downtown Ottawa, Illinois in May 2008 Nickname: Radium City, The Friendly City, The Town of Two Rivers, The City On Sand, The Town of Stovepipe hats Townships Ottawa, South Ottawa, Dayton, Rutland, Wallace Location of Ottawa inside Illinois Location of Ottawa inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Ottawa, Illinois Ottawa is a town/city located at the confluence of the navigable Illinois River and Fox River in La - Salle County, Illinois, United States.
The Illinois River is a conduit for river barges and joins Lake Michigan at Chicago, to the Mississippi River, and North America's 25,000 mile river system.
Ottawa was the site of the first of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858.
During the Ottawa debate Stephen A.
The John Hossack House was a "station" on the Underground Railroad, and Ottawa was a primary stop because of its rail, road, and river transportation. Citizens in the town/city were active inside the abolitionist movement.
Ottawa was the site of a famous 1859 extrication of a runaway slave titled Jim Gray from a courthouse by prominent civic leaders of the time.
Ottawa was also meaningful in the evolution of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which terminates in La - Salle, Illinois, 12 miles to the west.
On February 8, 1910, William Dickson Boyce, then a resident of Ottawa, incorporated the Boy Scouts of America.
Five years later, also in Ottawa, Boyce incorporated the Lone Scouts of America.
The Ottawa Scouting Museum, on Canal Street, opened to the enhance on December 6, 1997.
In 1922, the Radium Dial Company (RDC) moved from Peru, Illinois to a former high school building in Ottawa.
According to the 2010 census, Ottawa has a total region of 12.799 square miles (33.15 km2), of which 12 square miles (31.08 km2) (or 93.76%) is territory and 0.799 square miles (2.07 km2) (or 6.24%) is water. Because of various silica sand deposits (Ottawa sand was on board the ill-fated Columbia space shuttle for experimental purposes) Ottawa has been a primary sand and glass center for more than 100 years.
Transportation of the sand is facilitated by the navigable Illinois river and the Illinois Railway Ottawa Line.
Ottawa sand continues to be extracted from a several quarries in the area, and is recognized in glass-making and abrasives for its uniform granularity and characteristics.
Sabic recently purchased GE Plastics, a successor to Borg Warner automotive glass manufacture, operates a large plastics facility in Ottawa, and is a primary employer.
Ottawa sand is a standard testing medium in geotechnical engineering (laboratory demonstrations and research into new technologies).
Ottawa has many historic homes and registered historic landmarks.
Recent additions to Ottawa have encompassed renovations to its historic mansion, Reddick Mansion, and creative murals throughout the central company district.
Ottawa is known as the scenic gateway to Starved Rock State Park, the most prominent state park in Illinois, with some 2 million visitors per year.
The Fox River, which flows through communities like Elgin and Aurora, empties into the Illinois in downtown Ottawa.
Ottawa Scouting Museum honors Ottawa resident William D.
Once an old Norwegian Lutheran Church, Norsk Museum is positioned 9 miles northeast of Ottawa, on Highway 71.
The tavern contains the initial mahogany bar assembled by the Sanders Bros in Ottawa, marble counters, tiled floors and walls, stained glass door and light fixtures.
The older of the two, The Times, formed in 2005 when the Streator Times-Press consolidated with The Daily Times, based in Ottawa.
Several areas of Ottawa are still radioactive.
These areas include homes, enhance areas, schools, and even a car revenue lot that is homed directly over the old Radium Dial Company site.
It should be noted that the radium in Ottawa's waterworks is not from Radium Dial and Luminous Processes.
Main article: List of citizens from Ottawa, Illinois "Ottawa Scouting Museum".
Ottawa Scouting Museum website.
"Ottawa, IL Quick - Facts".
1834 settlement at Norway, Illinois (Illinois History) The Times, based in Ottawa, Illinois, is owned by the Small Newspaper Group Inc.
In September 2005, The Daily Times, based in Ottawa, consolidated with its sister paper, The Times-Press, based in Streator.
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