Dixon

Dixon
/dik"seuhn/, n.
1. Jeremiah, died 1777, English astronomer and surveyor. Cf. Mason-Dixon line.
2. a city in N Illinois. 15,659.
3. a male given name.

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(as used in expressions)
Cowell Henry Dixon
Dixon Joseph
Dixon Willie
William James Dixon
Margaret Rumer Godden Haynes Dixon
Mason Dixon Line
Porter David Dixon

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 city, seat (1839) of Lee county, northwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Rock River, about 100 miles (160 km) west of Chicago. The area was settled in 1828 by Joseph Ogee, who established a ferry service across the river. Two years later the town was founded by John Dixon (for whom the city is named), a postmaster who took over operation of the ferry service and established a tavern on his mail route between Peoria and Galena. General Henry Atkins built Fort Dixon as a base for his campaign in 1832 against Chief Black Hawk. On the river's north bank, at the site of the former Dixon Blockhouse, is a bronze statue (by Leonard Crunelle; dedicated 1930) depicting the young Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln, Abraham) as a captain in the militia during the war, which brought to Dixon several men of later prominence, including Lincoln and Zachary Taylor (Taylor, Zachary) (both future presidents of the United States) and Jefferson Davis (Davis, Jefferson) (who became president of the Confederate States of America).

      Dixon is the commercial centre of an agricultural (corn [maize], soybeans, and livestock) region and has some industry, notably commercial printing, food processing, and the manufacture of garage doors, packaging, and automobile parts. It is the site of a state prison, and government services are a leading employer. President Ronald Reagan (Reagan, Ronald W.) spent his boyhood in Dixon, and his home has been preserved. The Loveland Museum features pioneer furnishings and Native American artifacts. The Dixon Theatre (1922) has been restored. Sauk Valley Community College (1965) is 5 miles (8 km) west. White Pines Forest State Park and Castle Rock State Park are to the north. More than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of native Illinois prairie are protected in the Nachusa Grasslands in nearby Franklin Grove. The John Deere (Deere, John) Historic Site, where Deere produced the first self-scouring steel plow in 1837, is 6 miles (10 km) northeast. Inc. 1857. Pop. (1990) 15,144; (2000) 15,941.

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