P. A. see Works Progress Administration
Wabash River Valley, 142, 145, 316, 350
Walnut, Illinois, 579
Walt Disney Company, 2040
War of 1812, 5, 10, 11, 27, 32, 42, 43, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 76, 1770, 1859
Warsaw, Illinois, 215, 689
Waterloo, Illinois, 196
Watseka (Indian Maid), 157
Waukegan, Illinois, 829, 1604, 1605, 1606, 1607
Wayne County, Illinois, 791, 1270
Weather, 2165
Weaver, George (Buck), 2128
Welsh in Illinois, 556
West Frankfort, Illinois, 1323
Western Illinois University, 1825
Wheat Trade, 285, 301, 370, 566, 595, 614, 2186
White Hall, Illinois, 179, 584
Wilderness Survival, 1, 16, 17, 20, 33, 34, 44, 51, 61, 83, 93, 99, 111, 112, 115, 134, 144, 150, 157, 160, 176, 199
Williams, Eleazer, 95
Williamson County, Illinois, 444, 946, 2054
Willow Hill, Illinois, 2195
Wills, 2225
Winchester, Illinois, 178
Winnebago Indians, 67
Winnetka, Illinois, 1272, 1316, 1515, 1715
Wit and Humor, 137, 236, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 283, 386, 389, 391, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 452, 456, 457, 458, 459, 468, 550, 578, 723, 724, 725, 726, 873, 875, 876, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 1004, 1047, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1083, 1094, 1095, 1101, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1500, 1521, 1851, 1990, 2038, 2039
Witchcraft, 1854
Wobblies see Industrial Workers of the World
Wolfe, George, Jr., 71
Women as Physicians, 110, 287
Women in Business, 320, 329, 416, 446, 480, 510, 556, 632, 752, 797, 805, 849, 861, 943, 1087, 1108, 1119, 1128, 1214, 1551, 1564, 1567, 1618, 1766, 1773, 1803, 1911, 1933, 2053, 2080, 2086, 2109
Women in Politics, 1567, 1907
Women, Status of, 110, 113, 158, 287, 298, 305, 313, 383, 408, 409, 416, 443, 446, 448, 481, 501, 510, 511, 632, 637, 661, 721, 745, 746, 752, 753, 799, 804, 805, 810, 848, 849, 861, 969, 972, 1000, 1004, 1011, 1087, 1108, 1173, 1214, 1216, 1217, 1246, 1334, 1384, 1564, 1618, 1701, 1740, 1742, 1748, 1773, 1792, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1821, 1869, 1951, 2004, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2060, 2063, 2084, 2086, 2109, 2138, 2139, 2222
Women's Clubs, 721
Women's Suffrage, 441, 745, 757
Works Progress Administration, 898
World Domination, 1793
World Series (Baseball), 1616, 1900, 2128
World War I, 319, 333, 448, 498, 505, 511, 550, 639, 668, 746, 749, 810, 815, 838, 982, 989, 1062, 1137, 1189, 1195, 1208, 1213, 1584, 1617, 1672, 1810, 1926
World War II, 639, 668, 819, 820, 821, 836, 999, 1069, 1101, 1107, 1122, 1123 1240, 1282, 1324, 1548, 1629, 1639, 1658, 1692, 1735, 1824, 2040, 2070, 2074, 2145, 2146, 2163, 2194
World's Century of Progress Exposition (1933), 603, 743, 801, 957, 1073, 1118, 1145, 1148, 1608, 1926
World's Columbian Exposition (1892), 186, 228, 271, 310, 336, 33, 9, 340, 352, 353, 368, 369, 432, 455, 461, 502, 518, 530, 541, 547, 553, 603, 604, 653, 655, 697, 713, 739, 742, 743, 1771, 1811, 1886, 1926, 2222
Wright, Catherine, 24, 123, 412, 1355
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1920
Wrigley Field, 1619, 1801, 1950
Young, Brigham, 133, 1657
Youth, 8, 39, 46, 49, 50, 52, 72, 83, 89, 95, 113, 116, 118, 152, 165, 197, 232, 244, 245, 275, 312, 416, 553, 563, 590, 592, 602, 620, 672, 705, 712, 823, 825, 866, 914, 920, 923, 932, 934, 1010, 1069, 1080, 1103, 1108, 1121, 1177, 1182, 1189, 1269, 1322, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1364, 1372, 1374, 1396, 1406, 1446, 1481, 1488. 1494, 1495, 1505, 1540, 1551, 1552, 1621, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1673, 1742, 1753, 1806, 1911, 1912, 1929, 1998, 2037, 2124, 2193, 2198, 2199
Zion, Illinois, 1857