relative to the U.S. economy, that's more than the New Deal spent on the job-creation programs of the 1930s. David's Bookclub: The New New Deal David Frum November 30, 2012. In the last decade Sinai tourism has boomed, a result of relative security ensured by endless police checkpoints.
Cass County Information. Formed in 1837 out of Morgan County. Named for Lewis Cass, a general in the War of 1812, Governor of the Michigan Territory, and United States Secretary of State in 1860. Cass was serving as Andrew Jackson's Secretary of War just before the County was named. County Seat: Virginia.
It also has Calhoun County (founded 1825), named after John C. Calhoun, outspoken for his pro-slavery and pro-southern views in the years preceding the American Civil War. Several of the counties are named after Southerners, reflecting the fact that Illinois was for a short time part of Virginia, and settled in its early years by many Southerners.