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The History of Starved Rock
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.
- GenresHistory
256 pages, Paperback
Published March 15, 2020
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Mark Walczynski
5 books1 followerMark Walczynski is a retired faculty member at Illinois Valley Community College and the Park Historian for the Starved Rock Formation.
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November 15, 2024
Read this book pretty fast and kept me interested the whole way.
This is what I expected "The Chicago River" book I read to be. Instead that one focused on engineering feats.
I digress.
History of the people around Starved rock. How people from afar interacted and were influenced in one way or another by Starved Rock. Whether it was Natives, French, Brits, or U.S. Americans.... each era had its stories.
This Author did a great job.
This is what I expected "The Chicago River" book I read to be. Instead that one focused on engineering feats.
I digress.
History of the people around Starved rock. How people from afar interacted and were influenced in one way or another by Starved Rock. Whether it was Natives, French, Brits, or U.S. Americans.... each era had its stories.
This Author did a great job.
Displaying 1 of 1 review