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The village was originally in territory claimed by the Sauk and Meskwaki Native Americans, and several Woodland era Native mounds are located in the village limits, and in the adjacent Illiniwek Forest Preserve. The village in 1834 was platted as "Milan" (not the village 13 miles south-southwest in Illinois—see Milan, Illinois for more).
The Illinois Confederation, also referred to as the Illiniwek or Illini, were made up of a loosely organized group of 12 to 13 tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley. Eventually member tribes occupied an area reaching from Lake Michicigao (Michigan) to Iowa , Illinois , Missouri , and Arkansas .
DeKalb County Forest Preserve - 4,000 acres (16 km 2) Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - 26,000 acres (110 km 2) Forest Preserve District of Kane County - 20,000 acres (81 km 2) Forest Preserves of the Kankakee River Valley - 465 acres (1.88 km 2) Kendall County Forest Preserve District - 2,663 acres (10.78 km 2)
Saganashkee Slough – It was formerly a huge swamp that extended from west of 104th Avenue to the limits of Blue Island, and its original name, Ausaganashkee, is a Potawatomi Indian word that means "slush of the earth," wrote former Forest Preserve District general superintendent Cap Sauer in a historical account written in the late 1940s. [7]
Starved Rock State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by the many canyons within its 2,630 acres (1,064 ha).Located just southeast of the village of Utica, in Deer Park Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, along the south bank of the Illinois River, the park hosts over two million visitors annually, the most for any Illinois state park.
Located within the 18-acre Funk's Grove Nature Preserve, interpretive environmental exhibits, sensory displays, live animals and a wildlife viewing area [2] Thorn Creek Nature Center and Preserve: Park Forest: Will: Chicago area: Operated by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, 985 acres, over 3 miles of trails Trailside Museum of ...
The first designation, Forest of the Wabash, was made in 1965, while the most recent designation, Markham Prairie, was made in 1987. [1] Natural Landmarks in Illinois range from 53 to 6,500 acres (21.4 to 2,630.5 ha; 0.1 to 10.2 sq mi) in size.
Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve; White Pines Forest State Park This page was last edited on 12 February 2023, at 21:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...