Parks Memorials of the State of Illinois (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Parks Memorials of the State of Illinois National and State Parks For some years there has been a notable movement on the part of the National Government and many of the States to acquire, for the benefit of the people, areas of land which are noted for beauty of scenery or historic interest. Four million acres, in thirteen different localities, have now been set aside by the National Government for park purposes. But the people in 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 purpose are New York, California, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. Illinois is developing a comprehensive system of State parks. The movement had its feeble beginning within the last decade but the Administrative Code originated by Governor Lowden furnished the impetus that has accomplished important results. Until two years ago the parks owned by the state were administered by a commission which scattered its efforts. In 1917 the Administrative Code placed the supervision of parks in the hands of the Department of Public Works and Buildings which began immediately to map out a progressive program. The Illinois plan has as its end the improvement or reclamation of every important spot in the state that is hallowed by historic memories. Many such places have already been taken over by the State and no effort is being spared to preserve them in their original grandeur. The newest accessions in park properties is Old Salem, the early home of Abraham Lincoln, located on the Sangamon River, near Petersburg and Vandalia Court House, the first capitol after the admission of Illinois to the Union. Agitation is on foot for the purchase of Campbell´s Island, six miles east of Moline; the White Pine forest in Ogle county and Cahokia Mounds, a short distance from East St. Louis. Total appropriations of the Fifty-first General Assembly for improvements and maintenance of State Parks exceed $100,000.00. Of this sum $1,500.00 is to be spent for a marker to fix the location of Fort Creve Coeur near Peoria. It was at that point where LaSalle and Tonti established a temporary fortress. The historic spots and parks now under the supervision of the Department of Public Works and Buildings are: Lincoln Monument, Lincoln Homestead, Vandalia Court House, Douglas Monument, Fort Massac, Fort Chartres, Old Salem Park and Starved Rock Park. Illinois parks are surpassed by those of no other state and the program mapped out gives promise of greater developments. The State Park movement is well started and the conservation of natural beauty spots and sites of historic interest is appealing strongly to the lover of nature and the patriotic people of 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.
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