Sure, you know about the Wild West of the Gold Rush, but long before that, settlers found plenty of adventure here, in Illinois. Janine Pumilia explores how our area developed when only animals and flatboats carried goods across the river. ...
A crown jewel among its peers, Starved Rock State Park celebrates its 100th anniversary next year. Learn more about this land's 10,000 years of human history and the efforts to preserve it for the future. ...