The village name Bourbonnais is attributed to Fran§ois Bourbonnais. He was a 19th-century French Canadian fur trader who maintained a post in a grove of trees along the east bank of the Kankakee River. This location became known as Bourbonnais Grove. Noel LeVasseur, a former American Fur Company employee, bought two sections of land in the grove in 1834 and established a settlement of immigrant French Canadians. At first, the village was called variously La Point, La Ville, and Vasseurville. A post office named Bourbonnais Grove opened in 1838. The village was known as Bourbonnais Grove until 1875, when it was incorporated as Bourbonnais. By the 1860s, Bourbonnais Grove had 1,719 inhabitants, a blacksmith shop, livery stable, hotel, and a new church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Nativity and built of native limestone. The images in this book depicting life in Bourbonnais have been gathered from local private and museum collections.

Bourbonnais (Images of America: Illinois)

Arts & Photography

Johnson, Vic

Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

At the age of 49, Ohio-born J. Herman Hardebeck had earned a gilt-edged reputation as a real estate developer in Kankakee. In the spring of 1891, to the north of Kankakee and south of Bourbonnais, lay a flat, mile-wide prairie. The land stretched eastward from a grove of Kankakee river timber, past the Illinois Central Railroad into the watershed of Soldier Creek. In May, Hardebeck signed agreements with Alvah Perry and Hiram Goodwin for the purchase of 340 acres of this property. He had taken options on additional tracts. Here Hardebeck would establish an industrial community first named North Kankakee and later renamed Bradley in honor of farm implement manufacturer David Bradley.

Bradley (Images of America: Illinois)

W Mitchell has lost his fingers and most of his body is paralyzed. Bound to a wheelchair, his once-burned face resembles a Halloween mask. That hasn t been enough to keep him from co-founding a $65 million company, serving as mayor of his community, and saving a mountain! Becky Guinn has a different challenge --- she lost her hands and feet -- but that hasn t stopped this artist from painting and her passion --- teaching art to her students. Bill Porter has all of his body parts --- they just don t always work right --- because of a lifetime of cerebral palsy. However, that apparently never entered his mind as he became the top salesman in his company with a daily routine so grueling that it would cause all but the most persistent to wither. These are just three of the seventeen great examples of everyday persistence that are to be found between the covers of Dance Until It Rains.

Persistence & Perseverance: Dance Until It Rains

Self-Help

Success

No Dream Too Big LLC

Reviews: “Vic Johnson’s tried and true methods will expand your vision, invigorate your imagination and set you on the path to living the life you dream.” ~ Jim Rohn, America’s Foremost Business Philospher “1 chapter into the book and already I have made a ‘dream list.’ I am looking forward to doing the other 12 action steps in the book. I find that when an author has you take action steps, you're no longer just reading a book, you are taking a class. A course if you will.” ~ Amazon reader review “Vic's writing style has a way of taking timeless wisdom and putting it in words that are down-to-earth and easy to understand.” ~ Amazon reader review "This book contains no "fluff". Vic Johnson brings information together from many sources and he tells it like it is. Each chapter has action steps to reinforce the ideas as you learn them." ~ Amazon reader review Description: Are you ready to achieve virtually anything you want, even if you’ve failed at every goal you’ve ever set? These 13 “secrets” are the proven formula used by world-class achievers across the ages. We live in a time where many people have lost touch with the qualities that produce extraordinary lives. Imagination, ingenuity, drive, and a no-fear, no-quitters allowed mentality often seem to be disappearing from our culture and our world. This is a book for everyone who has ever had a dream. This book will teach you how to set goals and achieve that dream, step-by-step and day-by-day.You’ll discover some great news! If you’ve been struggling, if you’ve ever felt like you were going “nowhere fast,” you’ll learn that it’s not because there’s something intrinsically wrong with you. You’ll learn, instead, that it has a lot to do with ways of thinking that you’ve adopted in the past. This is great news because you can change the way you think, speak, and act. Success isn’t the result of winning some sort of lottery. It’s the result of applying the right principles with the right action and the right mindset. Do you feel like you’re stuck? Do you feel like you’ve been watching life pass you by? Then this book is written with you in mind. About the Author Despite being totally unknown in the personal development industry when he launched his first website in 2001, Vic Johnson has gone on to become an international expert in goal setting and host of the popular TSTN show Goals 2 Go. Evicted from his home in 1996 and his last car lost to repossession a year later, his story has become an oft-quoted source of inspiration to the more than 300,000 subscribers he serves worldwide. He is the author of the bestselling book Day by Day with James Allen and has appeared in numerous video programs with Bob Proctor, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Denis Waitley and Mark Victor Hansen. *** Includes an offer for a free goal setting worksheet and video ***

Goal Setting: 13 Secrets of World Class Achievers

Business & Money

Business Culture

Reasons Why You Should Eat Meat

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

Independently published

ARE THERE ANY GOOD REASONS FOR DRINKING MILK? According to the blank pages of this book there aren't! Perfect as a gag gift for your dairy-loving frenemies or a conversation starter for your coffee table. Full of 199 blank pages, this volume calls attention to the idea that there are no good reasons for drinking milk. If you wish people consumed less dairy, this is the book for you!

Reasons Why You Should Drink Milk

James Allen’s classic As A Man Thinketh has inspired millions around the world since its introduction more than 100 years ago. Many contemporary writers have been influenced by it, including Mark Victor Hansen, Og Mandino, Denis Waitley, Brian Tracy and John Maxwell, among others. In Day by Day with James Allen, author Vic Johnson gives us a bite-sized, daily helping of As A Man Thinketh, along with the insights and experiences of himself and others. Some days bring comfort, some bring hope and inspiration, and still others bring a call to action. But every day brings the ageless wisdom that has helped so many understand that as we think in our hearts, so we become. Book includes complete text of As A Man Thinketh.

Day By Day With James Allen

Motivational

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

At 15, John Goddard resolved not to have regrets when he became an adult. So he took out a yellow legal pad and wrote down 127 specific life goals. He not only accomplished almost all of those goals, but another 400 he set along the way, including defeating prostate cancer. Best-selling author Vic Johnson met Goddard in the last decade of his life after reading about him in the first Chicken Soup of The Soul book. A friendship ensued and Johnson spent hours with Goddard to learn the secrets that made him arguably the greatest achiever who ever lived. He recounts those lessons here in an easy-to-read format that includes actions steps you can take to achieve your ultimate bucket list.

50 Lessons I Learned from the World's #1 Goal Achiever

Job Hunting & Careers

Gildan Media on Dreamscape Audio

One of the biggest hurdles people over 50 have to overcome is the mindset about their age. There's an old cliché of age ain't nothin' but a number. But as we all know, getting older does have certain obstacles such as dwindling health, limited income, and the end of long-time careers followed by “now what in the heck do I do?” Yes, age is the number of candles on a birthday cake, and a stark reality of things to come. But getting older isn’t a deal breaker, a reason you can’t start a business or any other new venture, a limit on success, a valid excuse for inaction, a valid excuse to give up on your dreams.

It's Never Too Late and You're Never Too Old: 50 People Who Found Success After 50

Personal Finance

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Bourbonnais (Images of America: Illinois)

Bradley (Images of America: Illinois)

Persistence & Perseverance: Dance Until It Rains

Goal Setting: 13 Secrets of World Class Achievers

Reasons Why You Should Eat Meat

Reasons Why You Should Drink Milk

Day By Day With James Allen

50 Lessons I Learned from the World's #1 Goal Achiever

It's Never Too Late and You're Never Too Old: 50 People Who Found Success After 50

It's Never Too Late and You're Never Too Old: 50 People Who Found Success After 50