joliet

     

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Trivia about joliet

  • Perhaps to sound more macho, the town of Juliet, Illinois "explored" new names & came up with this one in 1845
  • This Illinois city that's home to a state penitentiary was named for French explorer Louis
  • Without his partner Jacques Marquette, he mapped the coastline of Labrador in 1694
  • The towns of Romeo & Juliet in Illinois became Romeoville & this
  • After 144 years of good times & hard time, this Illinois prison where Jake Blues did time closed in 2002
  • 2 state penitentiaries are in or near this northeastern Illinois city, the seat of Will County

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