Ivan Doig ( / ˈ aɪ v ən ˈ d ɔɪ ɡ / ; June 27, 1939 – April 9, 2015) was an American author and novelist , widely known for his sixteen fiction and non-fiction books set mostly in his native Montana , celebrating the landscape and people of the post-war American West.
82-627: With settings ranging from the Rocky Mountain Front to Alaska 's coast, Puget Sound and Oregon , the Chicago Tribune noted in 1987 that Doig wrote of "immigrant families, dedicated schoolteachers, miners, fur trappers, town builders" and of "the uncertainties of friendship and love, and colossal battles of will, set amid the vast unpredictabilities of a land noted for sudden deadly floods, agonizing droughts, blizzards and forest fires." Doig himself would later say "I come from
164-592: A New York Times best-seller . He won the Western Literature Association 's lifetime Distinguished Achievement award and held the distinction of the only living author with works of both fiction and non-fiction listed in the top 12 of the San Francisco Chronicle poll of best books of the 20th century. Doig's life and his works are the focus of the documentary film by Montana PBS and 4:08 productions, Ivan Doig: Landscapes of
246-472: A foreign trade zone and customs clearing, and the area is both an enterprise zone and tax increment financing district. In August 2019, Mueller Company announced plans to construct a "state-of-the-art" brass foundry in Decatur on a 30-acre site in the 2700 block of North Jasper Street. The facility is expected to employ 250 personnel. In November 2020, ADM and InnovaFeed announced plans to construct
328-461: A 7.1% population loss of (-5,376) from 2010 to 2019. The Japanese corporation Bridgestone owns Firestone Tire and Rubber Company , which operated a large tire factory here. Firestone's Decatur plant was closed in December 2001 amid a tire failure controversy . All 1,500 employees were laid off. Firestone cited a decline in consumer demand for Firestone tires and the age of the Decatur plant as
410-594: A 7.1% population loss of (−5,376) from 2010 to 2019. The Chicago Tribune says: "in 1980, Decatur's population was at a high of 94,000. Now it is 71,000." Decatur has production facilities for Caterpillar , Archer Daniels Midland , Mueller Co. , and Primient (previously Tate & Lyle , A. E. Staley ). Caterpillar Inc. has one of its largest manufacturing plants in the U.S. in Decatur. This plant produces Caterpillar's off highway trucks, wheel-tractor scrapers, compactors, large wheel loaders, mining-class motorgraders, and their ultra-class mining trucks (including
492-434: A Rainbow PUSH scholarship); another working as a butcher; and a fourth being arrested for home invasion in 2009. Jesse Jackson was criticized for turning what could have been a legitimate criticism/discussion of the effects of "zero tolerance" policies into national debate by attempting to present the seven youths as victims of bigotry. The USGS Domestic GeoNames resource has two listings for Decatur: "City of Decatur", which
574-677: A Western Mind . In 2006, Sven Birkerts described Doig as "a presiding figure in the literature of the American West." I don't think of myself as a 'Western' writer". To me, language—the substance on the page, that poetry under the prose—is the ultimate 'region,' the true home, for a writer. If I have any creed that I wish you as readers, necessary accomplices in this flirtatious ceremony of writing and reading, will take with you from my pages, it'd be this belief of mine that writers of caliber can ground their work in specific land and lingo and yet be writing of that larger country: life. Doig
656-684: A bachelor's degree in 1961 and a master's degree in journalism in 1962. His master's thesis was on the subject of televised congressional hearings on organized crime. He later earned a Ph.D. in American history at the University of Washington , writing his dissertation on John J. McGilvra (1827–1903). Important first-hand influences on his writing included his high school English and Latin teacher, Frances Tidyman; Sam Jamison, who taught him reporting at Northwestern; and Ben Baldwin, who taught him broadcast news. After he earned his degree in 1962, Doig
738-524: A bank was built. Local Macon County park resources include Lake Decatur , Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial , Rock Springs Conservation Area , Fort Daniel Conservation Area , Sand Creek Recreation Area , Griswold Conservation Area , Friends Creek Regional Park , and Spitler Woods State Natural Area . The Decatur Park District resources include 2,000 acres (810 ha) of park land, an indoor sports center, Decatur Airport , three golf courses, softball, soccer and tennis complexes, athletic fields,
820-410: A community aquatic center, an AZA-accredited zoo , and a banquet, food and beverage business. Decatur was once dubbed "Park City USA" because it had more parks per person than any other city in the country, as well as "Playtown USA" because of Decatur's position as an early national leader in providing recreational space for its citizens. A motion picture short by that name was made in 1944 that featured
902-436: A felony. Jesse Jackson intervened in the incident, bringing the controversy to national attention, protesting both the severity and length of the punishment and also alleging racial bias (schools in Decatur in 1999 had an enrollment that was about 44 percent black, while five of the six Decatur students expelled in the prior year were black). Jackson pointed out he was invited by the students' parents and that he spoke with them,
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#1732791959244984-749: A group of Decatur businessmen founded the Soy Capital Bank to trade on the nickname. Decatur was awarded the All-America City Award in 1960, one of eleven cities honored that year. Decatur is an affiliate of the U.S. Main Street program , in conjunction with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. On July 19, 1974, a tanker car containing isobutane collided with a boxcar in the Norfolk & Western railroad yard in
1066-504: A handle. For much of the 20th century, the city was known as "The Soybean Capital of the World" owing to its being the location of the headquarters of A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, a major grain processor in the 1920s, which popularized the use of soybeans to produce products for human consumption such as oil, meal and flour. At one time, over a third of all the soybeans grown in the world were processed in Decatur, Illinois. In 1955
1148-404: A mayor elected at-large and four commissioners to serve as administrators of city services: accounts and finance, public health and safety, public property, and streets and public improvements. The mayor also served as Commissioner of Public Affairs. The mayor and commissioner system prevailed until a special election on November 25, 1958, in which the present council-manager form of government
1230-499: A series of jobs, the ranch equivalent of sharecropping , subsequently moving to Dupuyer, Montana to herd sheep close to the Rocky Mountain Front . As a child, Doig read comics, sports pages and magazines like Life , Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post . Doig graduated salutatorian in a class of 21 students from Valier High School in Valier, Montana . He won a full-tuition scholarship to Northwestern University , where he earned
1312-752: A wide variety of wetland, riparian, grassland, and forested habitats". By one estimate there are more than 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km ) of Rocky Mountain Front land in Montana and Canada. The Rocky Mountain Front is such an important geologic feature that it affects the weather in North America. Warm air masses moving from the Gulf of Mexico are blocked by the front from moving west, causing hail , thunderstorms , tornadoes , and other kinds of violent weather which then move east. " Tornado Alley ", that part of
1394-446: Is 150 miles southwest of Chicago , 40 miles east of Springfield , the state capital, and 110 miles northeast of St. Louis . According to the 2010 census, consisted of 42.22 square miles (109.35 km ) of land and 4.69 square miles (12.15 km ) of water, amounting to a total area of 46.91 square miles (121.50 km ), consisting of 90% land and 10% water. Lakes include Lake Decatur , an 11 km reservoir formed in 1923 by
1476-483: Is a Civil-class designation, and "Decatur", which is a Populated Place designation. The two listings have slightly different coordinate centroids; the "City of Decatur" centroid is located at 39°51′20″N 88°56′01″W / 39.8556417°N 88.9337090°W / 39.8556417; -88.9337090 , while the "Decatur" centroid is at 39°50′25″N 88°57′17″W / 39.8403147°N 88.9548001°W / 39.8403147; -88.9548001 . Decatur
1558-760: Is expected to create more than 280 direct and 400 indirect jobs in the Decatur region by the second phase. According to the EDC of Decatur & Macon County, the top employers in Decatur are as follows: From 1917 to 1922, Decatur was the location of the Comet Automobile Company, and the Pan-American Motor Corporation. In 1950, the Marvel-Schebler Division of BorgWarner opened a new facility in Decatur. The plant, which once had as many as 1,300 employees,
1640-684: Is held for eight consecutive days at Fairview Park concluding on the first weekend in August. Decatur formerly hosted the annual Decatur-Forsyth Classic presented by Tate & Lyle and the Decatur Park District. The tournament was traditionally held in June. The final year for the tournament was 2019. Between 1829 and 1836, the County Commissioners Court had jurisdiction as it was the seat of Macon County. By 1836
1722-666: Is home to Millikin University and Richland Community College . The city is named after War of 1812 naval hero Stephen Decatur . The Potawatomi Trail of Death passed through the city in 1838. Post No. 1 of the Grand Army of the Republic was founded by Civil War veterans in Decatur on April 6, 1866. Decatur was the first home in Illinois of Abraham Lincoln , who settled just west of Decatur with his family in 1830. At
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#17327919592441804-599: Is largely unaltered by development and contains "unparalleled" numbers of wildlife. Although the Rocky Mountain Front is clearly distinct from both plains and mountains , in places like the Wyoming Basin , Montana , and New Mexico it is more ambiguous. One definition of the front is that it is a "transition zone between the Rocky Mountains and the mixed grass prairie ... [that] encompasses
1886-625: Is located at No. 2 Millikin Place, Decatur. In addition, the Robert Mueller Residence, 1 Millikin Place, and the Adolph Mueller Residence, 4 Millikin Place, have been attributed to Wright's assistants Hermann V. von Holst and Marion Mahony . In 1901 Andrew Carnegie gave City of Decatur $ 60,000 to construct a new public library. The library was built in 1902 at the corner of Eldorado and Main and opened to
1968-723: Is preserved within Montana State University Library's Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections. This library has also facilitated includes a collaboration with Acoustic Atlas , the Soundscapes of Ivan Doig, with recordings and interviews from the lands and peoples featured in his novels. Rocky Mountain Front The Rocky Mountain Front is a somewhat unified geologic and ecosystem area in North America where
2050-420: Is the council's employee, not an elected official. Since 1959, the following have served as City Managers: John E. Dever, W. Robert Semple, Leslie T. Allen, Jim Bacon, Jim Williams, Steve Garman, John A. Smith (acting), Ryan McCrady, Gregg Zientara (interim), Timothy Gleason, and Scot Wrighton, the current holder. Julie Moore Wolfe serves as the current mayor of Decatur. Moore Wolfe was appointed unanimously by
2132-549: Is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois , United States. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois . As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 70,522. It is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city
2214-603: The Caterpillar 797 ). Archer Daniels Midland processes corn and soybeans, Mueller produces water distribution products and Tate & Lyle processes corn in Decatur. Decatur has been ranked third in the nation as an Emerging Logistics and Distribution Center by Business Facilities: The Location Advisor, and was named a Top 25 Trade City by Global Trade . In 2013 the Economic Development Corporation of Decatur & Macon County established
2296-864: The United States Forest Service . Doig served as an editorial writer for the Lindsay-Schaub newspaper chain in Decatur, Illinois , and served as assistant editor of The Rotarian magazine in Evanston, Illinois . The western landscape and people play an important role in Doig's fiction, with much of it set in the Montana country of his youth. His major theme is family life in the past, mixing personal memory and regional history. The first three Montana novels— English Creek , Dancing at
2378-558: The high-fructose corn syrup class action case) to plaintiffs and customers that it stole from during the price-fixing schemes. In 2014, ADM moved its upper corporate management out of Decatur and established the new ADM World Headquarters in downtown Chicago. Following the ADM corporate exit, Decatur became listed by the United States Census Bureau as number 3 in "The 15 Fastest-Declining Large Cities" which showed
2460-707: The Chicago Staleys. In 1922, they played their first season as the Chicago Bears. From 1900 to 1974, Decatur was the home of the Commodores , a minor-league baseball team playing at Fans Field . The USTA /Ursula Beck Pro Tennis Classic has been held annually since 1999. Male players from over 20 countries compete for $ 25,000 in prize money as well as ATP world ranking points at the Fairview Park Tennis Complex. The tournament
2542-502: The East End of Decatur. The resulting explosion killed seven people, injured 349, and caused $ 18 million in property damage including extensive damage to nearby Lakeview High School. On April 18 and 19, 1996, the city was hit by tornadoes. On April 18, an F1 tornado hit the city's southeast side, followed by an F3 tornado the following evening on the northwest side. That same tornado then skipped twice, hitting businesses on
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2624-521: The Great Plains where tornadoes are most frequent, is a direct outcome of the front's effect on weather. In Alberta , the Rocky Mountain Front is about 12 to 19 miles (19 to 31 km) wide. As early as 1935, it was well-recognized that significant coal resources underlay the Rocky Mountain Front in Alberta. As of 2013, about 60 percent of all Canadian coal reserves are believed to be beneath
2706-650: The Ivan Doig archive. He died from multiple myeloma on April 9, 2015. In October 2015, Carol Doig donated her husband's extensive holding of notes, photos and records of his writing to the Montana State University Library Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections. Montana State University was chosen over offers from Stanford University and the University of Washington based in part on the MSU Library's promise to digitize
2788-663: The Macon County Historical Museum on North Fork Road. John Hanks , first cousin of Abraham Lincoln, lived in Decatur. On May 9 and 10, 1860, the Illinois Republican State Convention was held in Decatur. At this convention, Lincoln received his first endorsement for President of the United States as "The Railsplitter Candidate". In commemoration of Lincoln's bicentennial, the Illinois Republican State Convention
2870-777: The Midwest Inland Port, a multi-modal transportation hub with market proximity to 95 million customers in a 500-mile radius. The port includes the Archer Daniels Midland intermodal container ramp, the two class I railroads that service the ramp and the city (the Canadian National Railway , and the Norfolk Southern Railway ), five major roadways and the Decatur Airport . The Midwest Inland Port also has
2952-532: The Rascal Fair , and Ride with Me, Mariah Montana —form the "McCaskill trilogy", covering the first century of Montana statehood from 1889 to 1989. Ivan met his future wife, Carol Muller, at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University while the two were students. They married on April 17, 1965. The two did not have any children. Carol assisted Ivan in writing and editing his books and
3034-674: The Rocky Mountain Front extends from the west-northcentral part of the border with Wyoming south to the city Pueblo and the Arkansas River . Peaks within the front include Pikes Peak , Mount Blue Sky , and Longs Peak . Just east of the Rocky Mountain Front is the Colorado Piedmont , and within the Piedmont is the most heavily urbanized part of the United States between Chicago and the West Coast. The only pass through
3116-411: The Rocky Mountain Front in Montana began in the 1970s. By the early 2000s, there were estimates of as much as 2.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas below the front in Montana, although only 200 billion cubic feet was available on leasable land. By 2003, much of the Rocky Mountain Front in the state consisted of land owned by the U.S. federal government and managed by the United States Forest Service and
3198-771: The Rocky Mountains in the area is the Tennessee Pass . The Rocky Mountain Front forms the eastern boundary of a triangular area of volcanic activity centered on western Colorado. Several sandstone horizons underlie the Colorado Rocky Mountain Front as well, and decline steeply to the east. "The Rocky Mountain Front" is the title of an essay by noted Montana author A. B. Guthrie Jr. It first appeared in Montana, The Magazine of Western History in 1987. Decatur, Illinois Decatur ( / d ɪ ˈ k eɪ t ər / dih- KAY -tər )
3280-462: The United States, and a symbol of the city's high culture and modernity just decades after it was founded as a small collection of log cabins. The second story of the building consisted of an open-air gazebo used as a stage for public speeches and concerts by the Goodman Band. Sitting in the middle of the square as it was, increasing automobile traffic flowing through downtown Decatur on US 51
3362-459: The age of 21, Lincoln gave his first political speech in Decatur about the importance of Sangamon River navigation, which caught the attention of Illinois political leaders. As a lawyer on the 8th Judicial Circuit, Lincoln made frequent stops in Decatur, and argued five cases in the log courthouse that stood on the corner of Main & Main Streets. The original courthouse is now on the grounds of
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3444-603: The area contains widely scattered but not uncommon Native American rock art sites. Development along the front is somewhat limited. In the 1940s, planners considered building the Alaska Highway along the Rocky Mountain Front in British Columbia and Alberta but ultimately decided on a coastal route. In the early 2000s, the Nature Conservancy was working to secure environmental easements along
3526-543: The city was 71.6% White , 23.3% African American , 0.2% Native American , 0.9% Asian , 0.9% from other races , and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.2% of the population. There were 32,344 households, out of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were married couples living together, 16.9% had a female household with no husband present, and 41.3% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who
3608-565: The city's recreational efforts. Decatur was the original home of the Chicago Bears , from 1919 to 1920. The football team was then known as the Decatur Staleys and played at Staley Field , both named after the local food-products manufacturer . A.E. Staley created the team from regular Staley Processing employees who had an interest in the sport. As the team continued to win games and show promise, Staley decided to invest in
3690-419: The city. Out of the 31,073 households, 21.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.9% were married couples living together, 36.1% had a female householder with no partner, and 20.6% had a male householder with no partner. The average family size was 3.00 persons. The median household income for the city was $ 45,404, the median family income was $ 62,699, and the median married-couple family income
3772-643: The damming of the Sangamon River . The Decatur Metropolitan Statistical Area (population 109,900) includes surrounding towns of Argenta , Boody , Blue Mound , Elwin , Forsyth , Harristown , Long Creek , Macon , Maroa , Mount Zion , Niantic , Oakley , Oreana , and Warrensburg . On July 19, 1999, the Department of Community Development prepared a map of the official neighborhoods of Decatur, used for planning and statistical purposes. Decatur has 71 official neighborhoods. The 2020 census reported there were 70,522 people and 31,073 households living in
3854-533: The eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains meet the plains . In 1983, the Bureau of Land Management called the Rocky Mountain Front "a nationally significant area because of its high wildlife, recreation, and scenic values". Conservationists Gregory Neudecker, Alison Duvall, and James Stutzman have described the Rocky Mountain Front as an area that warrants "the highest of conservation priorities" because it
3936-554: The entire collection in less than one year and make it available on a public website, as well as on MSU's proximity to Doig's childhood home and the encouragement of Montana authors Rick Bass , Tom McGuane and Jamie Ford . The Ivan Doig digital collection consists of manuscripts, proofs and galleys, typed and handwritten writing fragments, pocket notebooks, note cards, diaries, journals, photographs, audio/visual material, and memorabilia created or collected by Ivan Doig. The material has been described archivally. The physical collection
4018-443: The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM). By one count, BLM alone managed 13,000 acres (53 km ) of land on the Rocky Mountain Front in the state. Beginning in 2001, petroleum exploration was banned for a six-year period on Forest Service land in the front. In the fall of 2002, BLM issued new regulations making it easier to engage in oil and gas production along the Montana front. Conservationists have actively worked to protect
4100-647: The front in Alberta to protect grizzly bear habitat. The Rocky Mountain Front in Montana from the Canada–US border south to about Helena is heavily deformed by faulting , folding , and overthrusting . During the Sevier orogeny mountain-building event about 115 and 55 million years ago, what is known as the Cordilleran foreland thrust-and-fold event occurred along the east side of the Rocky Mountains in northwest Montana. The thrust-and-fold belt does not extend all
4182-574: The front in Alberta. Natural gas is also very plentiful. Royal Dutch Shell began producing natural gas there in the Pincher Creek Gas Field in the 1950s, and built a sweetening plant there in 1957. The Pincher Creek Gas Field can produce up to 150 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, and in the 1960s Shell Oil built a second sweetening plant near Waterton Lakes National Park . The Rocky Mountain Front in British Columbia and Alberta has long been inhabited by Plains Indians, and
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#17327919592444264-434: The front in Montana as being 50 miles (80 km) wide and 200 miles (320 km) long. Ranches cover much of the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana. The spectacular scenery also led to the creation of a number of guest ranches in the area, and some of the state's best-known guest ranches are near Choteau and Augusta . The Rocky Mountain Front in Montana contains some of the last relatively untouched native prairies in
4346-481: The grandstands, with kicking and punching, as some of the fighters tumbled over the rails. The game was stopped and players gawked at the fighting in the bleachers. Ed Bohem, the principal at MacArthur High School who attended the game, described it as a riot: "I feared for the safety of our people -- my parents, my students," Bohem said, referring to the crowd in the bleachers. "You had people pushed through bars, people covering little children so they wouldn't get hurt. It
4428-573: The highest changes of elevation within a short distance anywhere in North America. Much of this part of the front, including the Lewis Range and Livingston Range , has suffered heavy glaciation . According to a definition used by the Christian Science Monitor , the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana extends only about 100 miles (160 km) south of the state's northern border. But professors Tony Prato and Dan Fagre define
4510-491: The kids, ministers and teachers before protesting the zero-tolerance severity of the punishment: "No one can survive zero tolerance," Jackson said. "We all need mercy and grace." Outside of Decatur, public support was largely against the School Board's decision but changed once a videotape of the incident surfaced filmed by a parent at the game. Broadcast on national TV news, it showed a melee that swept through one end of
4592-508: The lariat proletariat, the working-class point of view." In particular, Doig "believed that ordinary people deserve to have their stories told". This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind , Doig's 1977 memoir, was finalist for the National Book Award for Contemporary Thought. In 2007 Doig won the University of Colorado 's Center of the American West's Wallace Stegner Award. Doig's 2006 novel The Whistling Season became
4674-474: The median income for a household in the city was $ 41,977, and the median income for a family was $ 55,086. Males had a median income of $ 35,418 versus $ 34,389 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 25,042. About 22% of the population is below the poverty line , including 35% of those under age 18 and 10% of those age 65 or over. Decatur is listed by the United States Census Bureau as number three in "The 15 Fastest-Declining Large Cities" which showed
4756-400: The northeast side. The two storms totaled approximately $ 10.5 million in property damage. A new branding effort for Decatur and Macon County was unveiled in 2015, Limitless Decatur. The marketing strategy intended to attract and retain business and residents by promoting the Decatur area as modern and progressive with opportunities to live, work, and develop. In November 1999, Decatur
4838-583: The northern Great Plains . The front forms the eastern boundary of what is called the "Crown of the Continent Ecosystem". This area of Montana is prime habitat for wildlife, including the black bear , cougar , deer , elk , grizzly bear , lynx , moose , wolf , and wolverine . It is one of the few places in North America where grizzly bear habitat still extends onto the prairie. Extensive numbers of prairie rattlesnake are also found there. Heavy coal, oil, and natural gas development along
4920-414: The population reached approximately 300, and Richard Oglesby was elected president of the first board of trustees. Other members of the board of trustees included Dr. William Crissey, H.M. Gorin and Andrew Love as clerk. In 1839 a town charter was granted to Decatur that gave power to the trustees "to establish and regulate a fire department, to dig wells and erect pumps in the streets, regulate police of
5002-416: The public July 1, 1903. The building served the community until 1970 when the library moved to North Street at the site of a former Sears, Roebuck & Co. store. In 1999 the library moved to its present location on Franklin Street, which is also an abandoned Sears building. The library is part of the Illinois Heartland Library System. The original Carnegie library building was razed in 1972 and in its place
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#17327919592445084-404: The reasons for closing that facility. The Decatur Municipal Band was organized September 19, 1857, making it one of the oldest nonmilitary bands in continuous service in the United States and Canada. The band was originally known as the Decatur Brass Band, Decatur Comet Band and Decatur Silver Band until 1871 when it was reorganized by Andrew Goodman and became The Goodman Band. In 1942, the band
5166-579: The region from energy exploration. Southwest Wyoming, where the borders of Idaho , Utah , and Wyoming come together, is another area where the Cordilleran foreland thrust-and-fold remains largely intact. (The other is northwest Montana, as noted above.) The Rocky Mountain Front in Wyoming is believed to have extensive oil and natural gas reserves. In the late 1970s, the U.S Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management attempted to open these lands to energy exploration. This led to extensive litigation and changes in federal land use regulations. In Colorado ,
5248-465: The seven students had missed a combined 350 days of high school. The issue dissipated when the school board reduced the original expulsions from two years to one year and agreed to let the students earn credit while attending an alternative school. The students involved in the fight have since taken different paths in life: one having been sentenced to state prison for 10 years for a 2004 felony drug conviction; another having finished college (helped by
5330-419: The team further by hiring George Halas as its second head coach. Halas led the team to success in the 1920 season, going 10–1–2. As the team continued to win, Staley realized that he could make more money and further develop the team if there were larger crowds and a larger venue to play at. Halas and Staley agreed to move the team to Chicago in 1921 and play at Wrigley Field . The team was to play one season as
5412-506: The town, [and] raise money for the purpose of commencing and prosecuting works of public improvement." Those who served as president of the town of Decatur were: Richard Oglesby (1836), Joseph Williams (1837), Henry Snyder (1838), Kirby Benedict (1839), Joseph King (1840), Thomas P. Rodgers (1841), David Crone (1846–47), J.H. Elliott (1848), Joseph Kauffman (1849), Joseph King (1850), William S. Crissey (1851), W.J. Stamper (1852), William Prather (1853–54), and Thomas H. Wingate (1854–55). In
5494-442: The way south through Montana. Instead, it cuts west above Three Forks continues south—crossing the Snake River Plain and skirting the west side of the Colorado Plateau before cutting west again to enter California . Although most of this mountain-building has since been obliterated by additional orogeny and volcanic activity, most of it still exists in northwestern Montana. The Rocky Mountain Front in this area represents some of
5576-419: The winter of 1855–56, a special city incorporation charter was obtained. This charter provided an aldermanic form of government and on January 7, 1856, an election was held for mayor, two aldermen for each of the four wards, and city marshal. This aldermanic form of government continued until January 18, 1911, when Decatur changed to city commissioner form of government. The new commissioner system provided
5658-416: The world's largest insect protein facility targeted to begin in 2021. The facility will be owned and operated by InnovaFeed and will co-locate with ADM's Decatur corn processing complex. This new project represents innovative, sustainable production to meet growing demand for insect protein in animal feed, a market that has potential to reach 1 million tons in 2027. Construction of the new high-capacity facility
5740-502: Was $ 77,901. The employment rate was 52.1%. 19.4% of Decatur residents were living below the poverty line; 30.2% of them were under 18 years old, 18.8% were ages 18 to 64, and 9.6% were 65 or older. As of the 2010 census , there were 76,122 people, 32,344 households, and 18,991 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,800.9 inhabitants per square mile (695.3/km ). There were 36,134 housing units at an average density of 854.8 per square mile (330.0/km ). The racial makeup of
5822-458: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.86. In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 10.8% from ages 18 to 24, 23.4% from ages 25 to 44, 26.8% from ages 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.0 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 85.3 males. As of 2017,
5904-428: Was a longtime professor of journalism. In 2001, Ivan was diagnosed with MGUS ( monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance ). In 2006, he was diagnosed with “ smoldering myeloma ,” which can remain dormant for years. In November, doctors told Ivan that his high levels of proteins meant that his myeloma was progressing. Ivan kept a detailed record of his medical journey in journals now held by Montana State University in
5986-585: Was adopted. According to the city website, the "City of Decatur operates under the Council-Manager form of government, a system which combines the leadership of a representative, elected council with the professional background of an appointed manager." The mayor and all members of the council are elected at-large. Their duties include determining city policy and representing the city in public ceremonies, for which they receive nominal annual salaries. The appointed manager handles all city administration and
6068-489: Was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana to Charles "Charlie" Doig, ranch hand and Berneta Ringer Doig. After the death of his mother on his sixth birthday, he was raised briefly (1947 - 1949) by his father and his father's second wife, Fern White, who had been hired as a ranch cook, and later by his father and his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth "Bessie" Ringer. Doig moved with his father and grandmother on
6150-483: Was brought into the national news when Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition protested the two-year expulsion of seven African American students who had been involved in a serious fight at an Eisenhower High School football game under a recently enacted "zero tolerance" policy. Six of the students were arrested but not charged after the fracas. Four were later charged as adults with mob action,
6232-565: Was built in the original town square (now called "Lincoln Square") where the city's mass transit lines (streetcars and interurban trains) met. Designed by Chicago architect William W. Boyington , who also designed the Chicago Water Tower , the Transfer House was constructed to serve as a shelter for passengers transferring from one conveyance to another. It was regarded as one of the most beautiful structures of its kind in
6314-543: Was drafted into the Air Force Reserve. He was released from active duty in 1963. Doig lived with his wife Carol Doig, née Muller, a university professor of English, in Seattle , Washington until his death from multiple myeloma in 2015. He was related to Fully Informed Jury Association co-founder, Don Doig . Before becoming a novelist, Doig wrote for newspapers and magazines as a free-lancer and worked for
6396-568: Was forced to circle around the structure, and the Transfer House came to be seen by some as an impediment. The Illinois Department of Transportation , who maintained the US 51 highway route through Decatur, requested it be removed, and in 1962, the structure was transported by truck to nearby Central Park, where it stands today. In that location, it has served as a bus shelter, a visitor information center, and civic group offices. The Edward P. Irving House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1911,
6478-539: Was held in Decatur at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel on June 6 and 7, 2008. The first modern fly-destruction device ( fly swatter ) was invented in 1900 by Robert R. Montgomery , an entrepreneur based in Decatur, Ill. Montgomery was issued Patent No. 640,790 for the Fly-Killer, a “cheap device of unusual elasticity and durability” made of wire netting, “preferably oblong,” attached to
6560-676: Was officially designated as the Decatur Municipal Band and chartered within the City of Decatur. The present Decatur Municipal Band, directed by Jim Culbertson since 1979, is composed of high school and college students and area adults from all walks of life, many of whom look to the Band as a serious avocation, or as a prelude to a life-long profession. The city's symbol is the Transfer House , an 1896 octagonal structure that
6642-574: Was sold to Facet Aerospace Products in 1982. The plant closed in April 1983. In early November 1992, business executive Mark Whitacre of Decatur-based Archer Daniels Midland confessed to an FBI agent that ADM executives, including Whitacre himself, had routinely met with competitors to fix the price of lysine , a food additive. The lysine conspirators, including ADM, ultimately settled federal charges for more than $ 100 million. ADM also paid hundreds of millions of dollars ($ 400 million alone on
6724-472: Was violent." Jackson and his Rainbow PUSH Coalition organized marches that included hundreds of people bused in from outside the area, criticizing the school board for what Jackson said was unfairly harsh treatment of the boys over a fight. Jackson was arrested and detained briefly; however, charges were later dropped. School officials say the students involved in the fighting were known as truants, described three of them as "third-year freshmen", and noted that
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