Starved Rock

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Starved Rock

LaSalle County,

Illinois

http://www.millikin.edu/mr/images/netrock.jpg

Starved Rock on Illinois River

http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/rivers/illinois/starved_rock/starved_rock.html

History Home to humans from as early as 8000

B.C.

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resourceshttp://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/east/starve/park.htm

Hopewell Indians

History

Woodland Indian cultures thrived here.

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resourceshttp://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/east/starve/park.htm

1500s – 1700s Illiniwek, Native Americans lived here

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resourceshttp://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/east/starve/park.htm

colored pen and ink by Alexandre de Batz, 1735)

http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/il.html

How it was named Native American legend of injustice and

retribution.

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resourceshttp://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/east/starve/park.htm

http://images.library.uiuc.edu:8081/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/tdc&CISOPTR=860&REC=4

View fromTop of Starved Rock

Legend of its name In the 1760s,

Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa tribe from upriver, was slain by an Illiniwek while attending a tribal council in southern Illinois.

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resourceshttp://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/east/starve/park.htm

Legend of its name Avenge their chief’s death

During one of the battles, a band of Illiniwek, under attack

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resourceshttp://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/east/starve/park.htm

Legend of its name Illiniwek sought refuge atop a 125-foot

sandstone butte.

http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/fischer/429_info/429trips/starvedrock/IndexSR.html

How it was named The Ottawa and Potawatomi surrounded

the bluff and held their ground until the hapless Illiniwek died of starvation- giving rise to the name “Starved Rock.”

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resourceshttp://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/east/starve/park.htm

Canyons at Starved Rock

http://www2.uic.edu/stud_orgs/prof/geoclub/Starvedrockpg1.htm

sandstone formations created by glacial runoff.

Sandstone Canyons at Starved Rock

http://www.blogula-rasa.com/images/ilwaterfall.jpg

Woods, Vermilion River

Starved Rock

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http://poc.purdue.org/galleries/2004/starved_rock_iceclimbing/IMG_0028.jpg

Vermilion River

Vermilion River

http://www.orrmn.com/htmls/places/gorge/

Vermilion River

http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/kootenay/images/Floe-pont-bridge-2005.jpg

Vermilion Riverhttp://middleforkcanoes.com/ellsworthpark.htm

Vermilion River

Vermilion River

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/projectsList/ProjectData%5C108756%5CHomePagePicture%5CVermilion%20River%20Bank.jpg

Vermilion River

http://www.vdl.com/canoe.html

Vermilion River

http://www.goldminecamp.com/whoweare.htm

The End

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