Illinois Printers — Competition’s Fierce

The hog butcher capital of the United States, Chicago is the third largest city in the nation behind New York and Los Angeles. The Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world from 1973 until 1996; it remains the tallest in North America. The first McDonald’s sprouted up in Des Plaines. And, according to the state’s official Website, the name Illinois comes from a Native American word meaning “tribe of superior men.”