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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi

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To: Ish who wrote (29814)6/24/1999 12:30:00 PM
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Actually, Ish, the town was Kaskaskia and it was the first state capital of Illinois. The capital then moved to Vandalia and eventually to Springfield in the 1830s. Lincoln was one of the legislators responsible for ramrodding the relocation of the capital to Springfield.
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