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In 1896, the Auburn post office was the site of the first Rural Free Delivery service in Illinois, part of a nationwide test. [13] Three rural letter carriers rode 35-mile routes. [14] The experiment was well-received: some local farmers changed their post office to Auburn to take advantage of the new system. [14]
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is a 2,537-acre (1,027 ha) state park in Illinois. More than half of the state park is a tallgrass prairie maintained as an Illinois Nature Preserve. It is located in Grundy County near the town of Morris approximately 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Chicago. [1]
One of the largest systems is the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which includes Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden as well as 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of open land, or 11.6 percent of Cook County's land area. Under Illinois law, counties may set up a conservation land holding district, after approval by county voters.
Northern Illinois University shooting: DeKalb: 2008-02-14: 6: Mass shooting on a crowd of students [30] Murder of Jason Hudson: Chicago: 2008-10-24: 2: Brother and mother of singer Jennifer Hudson shot at their home [31] [32] Gage Park murders: Chicago: 2016-02-02: 6: Six members of Martinez family murdered in house in Gage Park, Chicago [33 ...
Devils Island Wildlife Management Area is managed as public access for hunting. It is managed, coterminously with the Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area, by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources from a full-time office in nearby Jonesboro. [1] The park is made up of bottomland, hardwood forest lands, and agricultural fields.
Investigators about 6 p.m. Thursday went to Indrio Savannahs Preserve in the 5200 block of Tozour Road regarding a shooting. The preserve is 297 acres on the west side of U.S. 1 north of Indrio Road.
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