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The Morton Pumpkin Festival is an annual four-day festival held in mid-September in Morton, Illinois since 1967. The event now draws more than 75,000 attendees annually. [ 1 ] It is organized and sponsored by the Morton Chamber of Commerce.
In mid-September, Morton hosted its 57 th annual Pumpkin Festival. Eventgoers could visit the art and craft market, participate in a pie eating contest, enjoy a variety of pumpkin-themed treats ...
The Pumpkin Festival may be Morton's signature event, but the community apparently offers far more to upscale home buyers. Of the 10 most expensive homes sold last month in Tazewell County, seven ...
Imagine a fall pumpkin patch where every gourd was made from hand-blown glass. That is the basis of the San Jose Glass Pumpkin Festival. The event is held in conjunction with The Bay Area Glass ...
Morton is the home of a Caterpillar Inc. distribution facility and a Libby's pumpkin cannery. [7] [8] Morton is also home to the corporate headquarters of Morton Buildings, Inc. [9] Morton's economy has been shaped by its proximity to both east/west and north/south interstates (I-74, I-474, I-155, I-55), central location between Chicago, St ...
The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, United States, is a public garden [1] and outdoor museum with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research including the Center for Tree Science. [2] Its grounds, covering 1,700 acres (6.9 square kilometres), include cataloged collections of trees and other living plants, gardens, and restored ...
It's hard to top an events like Stroll On State, Festival of Lights and All Aglow, but if you're looking for more holiday things to do, we got you. 10 places within 100 miles of Rockford to visit ...
May Petrea Theilgaard Watts (1 May 1893 – 20 August 1975) was an American naturalist, writer, poet, illustrator, and educator. She was a naturalist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, and author of Reading the Landscape of America.