Illinois Nature Preserves System


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The Forest Preserves of Cook County


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Excerpt from The Forest Preserves of Cook County: Owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in the State of Illinois, 1918 Cook County's chain Of Forest Preserve Districts, as yet comparatively unknown to the public generally although destined to become the great public play-ground, has a story of the county's earliest history which has never been told. It is the story from Nature in the role Of eye - witness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Forest and Stream in Illinois (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Forest and Stream in Illinois So, when I speak of the study of a river or of a forest survey I must ask you to think of them as a survey, a study, of this kind of a forest, of a river in this sense of the word. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Parks Memorials of the State of Illinois (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Parks Memorials of the State of Illinois But the people m a number of states have been more directly benefited through the establishment of state parks. Among the states which have been conspicuous in their legislation for this pur pose are New York, California, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Michi gan, Ohio and Illinois. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.