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Clear Creek rises in the uplands of the Shawnee Hills near Cobden, Illinois. In its upper reaches, Clear Creek is an unusually clean and undisturbed stream for Illinois, as its watershed includes two of the largest wilderness areas in Illinois, Bald Knob Wilderness and Clear Springs Wilderness .
The project at White Pines was originally meant to be the construction of a lodge building. Two hundred men worked on the State Park construction project at one time, in the years 1933-1939, many of them World War I veterans. [4] After the lodge was completed, it was decided to build a restaurant and breezeway onto the lodge building. [4]
A truck crossing one of the park's fords at Pine Creek. White Pines State Park is a 385-acre (156 ha) state park located in the heart of the Rock River Valley in Ogle County. [9] The park represents the southernmost remaining stand of virgin white pine (Pinus strobus) forest in the state. The state park, like all Illinois state parks, is ...
Belmont (also known as Belmont Valley) is a former village and unincorporated community in Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was first settled in 1835. It was incorporated as a village in 1980 and disincorporated in 2004, after which portions of the area were annexed into nearby Downers Grove. [ 3 ]
Stringer bought the camp site in 1929, calling it Frontier Court. In 1934, he built five log cabins and a central camp building. The main lodge was started in 1939 and was completed in 1941, when the name was changed to Twin Pines, named for two blue spruces that Stringer planted at the entrance. By 1950 Stringer had sold the property. [2]
Belmont Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,410 and it contained 1,139 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,410 and it contained 1,139 housing units.
The Clear Springs Wilderness is a 4,730-acre (19.1 km 2) parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States. Adjacent to it is the LaRue-Pine Hills Research Natural Area , a National Natural Landmark noted for a large and diverse population of snakes .
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