Etched into endless fields of corn and beans, Illinois 41 runs south from Galesburg to U.S. 136, where it ends just east of Macomb. Two-thirds of the way down its 45-mile length, 41 veers west for a mile or so, forming the main street of Prairie City, one of the hamlets that characterize western Illinois. […]
James Ballowe
James Ballowe is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus, Bradley University. He is an award-winning poet and essayist. His history of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, will be published in the fall of 2003. He is working on a biography of Joy Morton, the founder of Morton Salt Company and the Morton Arboretum. He lives in Ottawa.
