Matthiessen State Park is an Illinois state park located a few miles south of the more famous Starved Rock State Park. The main entrances to both parks...
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Oglesby, Illinois (section State parks)
Park Mine, 1900–1920 Black Hollow Mine, circa 1890s Matthiessen State Park and Starved Rock State Park are located a few miles east on Illinois State...
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production has been allowed in the park. Buffalo Rock State Park Grand Village of the Illinois Matthiessen State Park Plum Island Bald Eagle Refuge Starved...
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all three murders, as well as the rape and robbery at Matthiessen State Park, however the state chose to only try him for the murder of Lillian Oetting...
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entrance fee going to charity. In 1943, this property was named Matthiessen State Park in his honor. On the day of his funeral in February 1918, the entire...
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Hollywood Bowl – Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California Matthiessen State Park – State park in Illinois, US Wisconsin Dells – Gorge on the Wisconsin...
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in the creation of Matthiessen State Park. Matthiessen was the paternal grandfather of scholar and Harvard professor F.O. Matthiessen. Born March 5, 1835...
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Alex Matthiessen (born July 3, 1964) is an environmentalist and lives in New York City. He is the son of author and naturalist Peter Matthiessen. Mr....
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List of protected areas of Illinois (redirect from List of Illinois state parks)
areas, including over 123 state-protected areas, dozens of federally protected areas, hundreds of county-level and municipal park areas. Illinois also contains...
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district. They are partitioned by N 20th Rd, Vermillion River, Matthiessen State Park Central Road, E 8th Rd, N 24th Rd, E 12th Rd, N 2250th Rd, E 13th...
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Livingston McLean Woodford Matthiessen State Park Sandy Ford Nature Preserve Play Park, Pontiac https://www.pontiac.org/594/Play-Park Humiston Woods http://www...
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(USA), Founder of Westclox (now General Time), Philanthropist, Matthiessen State Park Deer Park, IL (USA) Hark Olufs (1708–1754), sailor from Amrum; was enslaved...
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parks provides a full experience of the area. Starved Rock State Park, (south of Utica on Illinois Route 178), is the crown jewel. Matthiessen State Park...
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Streator, Illinois (section Parks and recreation)
are popular activities along the Vermilion River. Matthiessen State Park and Starved Rock State Park offer hiking, hunting, camping and other amenities...
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hygienic institute. He eventually donated his Deer Park estate as a public park, today Matthiessen State Park. He had interests in the LaSalle Pressed Brick...
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went from Ottawa to Orland Park. From Orland Park to the Indiana state line, no named highway was available. The first state highways along the I-80 corridor...
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large bluff of St. Peter Sandstone, and Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park feature numerous outcroppings and canyons. St. Peter sandstone,...
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habitat for wintering bald eagles. It is close to Matthiessen State Park and adjacent to Starved Rock State Park. Remains found on Plum Island date to around...
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Pere Marquette State Park is an 8,050-acre (3,260 ha) protected area in southwestern Jersey County, Illinois, United States. It is located near the city...
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Illinois (redirect from State of Illinois)
Highland Park, and the famous Home Alone house in Winnetka, Illinois. The Illinois state parks system began in 1908 with what is now Fort Massac State Park, becoming...
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State Park is an Illinois state park, on 204 acres (0.83 km2), in the town of Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States. The state park...
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conservation efforts focused on areas such as Volo Bog, Illinois State Beach, and Matthiessen State Park. Morphological and Cytological Studies of Saprolegnia Sp...
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Illinois Route 178 (redirect from Illinois State Route 178)
short state road that connects two of Illinois' more popular state parks to Interstate 80; Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park. Starting...
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Amor Towles (category People from Gramercy Park)
Equity Group in New York. When Towles was a young man, he credited Peter Matthiessen, nature writer, novelist, and one of the founders of The Paris Review...
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Machine "NHL nomination for Old State Capitol". National Park Service. Retrieved April 22, 2017. Written history of the Old State Capitol in 1901 Crook, Alja...
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Rutherford Wildlife Prairie State Park. Although owned by the state, the Forest Park Foundation continued to manage the park operations under a contract...
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Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre (0.8 km2) park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River. It commemorates...
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Lincoln's New Salem (redirect from Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site)
Lincoln, and the site's archaeological remains were studied. In 1921, a state park opened on the village site to commemorate Lincoln and Illinois' frontier...
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Giant City State Park is an Illinois state park on 4,000 acres (1,619 ha) in Jackson and Union Counties, Illinois, United States. Illinois acquired more...
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remain owned by the state, as the Pullman State Historic Site. The Pullman District, including the national historical park, state historic site, and private...
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