Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Starved Rock State Park was added in 1911 and remained, by far, the largest of Illinois' State Parks until the 1930s. In 1917 Illinois Governor Frank Lowden instituted major reforms in government which gave the governor direct control of state departments through a director who sat on a cabinet. Though many of the 1917 reforms, including one ...
The Illinois state park system began in 1908 with what is now Fort Massac State Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois, becoming the first park in a system encompassing over 60 parks and about the same number of recreational and wildlife areas.
Pere Marquette State Park is an 8,050-acre (3,260 ha) protected area in southwestern Jersey County, Illinois, United States. [2] It is located near the city of Grafton, Illinois , at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Illinois River .
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — On Monday, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced that communities around Illinois will receive funding for local park projects.
ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order on Wednesday to help expand affordable housing for Illinoisians. The order will enlist agencies throughout the state to explore ...
Cache River State Natural Area; Cahokia; Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area; Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area; Castle Rock State Park (Illinois) Cave-in-Rock State Park; Cave-In-Rock, Illinois; Chain O'Lakes State Park (Illinois) Channahon State Park; Clinton Lake State Recreation Area; Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
“Given how critical our housing issue is, we need everything on the table,” she said. On a square-foot basis, manufactured homes cost 45% less to build than site-built homes, according to ...
The White Pines State Park Lodge and Cabins are located in rural Ogle County, Illinois near the village of Mount Morris. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Cabins are one of two Historic Places found in or near Mount Morris, the other is the Samuel M. Hitt House .