The History of Starved Rock

The History of Starved Rock
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
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ISBN-10 : 9781501748257
ISBN-13 : 1501748254
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Book Synopsis The History of Starved Rock by : Mark Walczynski

Download or read book The History of Starved Rock written by Mark Walczynski and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Starved Rock provides a wonderful overview of the famous site in Utica, Illinois, from when European explorers first viewed the bluff in 1673 through to 1911, when Starved Rock became the centerpiece of Illinois' second state park. Mark Walczynski pulls together stories and insights from the language, geology, geography, anthropology, archaeology, biology, and agriculture of the park to provide readers with an understanding of both the human and natural history of Starved Rock, and to put it into context with the larger history of the American Midwest.


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