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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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, 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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