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  • PALEOINDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY WITH THE ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM

    PALEOINDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY WITH THE ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM

    Description:  Join Brooke Morgan from the Illinois Museum Research and Collections Center for a lecture on the current archaeological knowledge of the earliest Indigenous inhabitants of the Illinois River Valley during the Late Pleistocene, commonly referred to as the Paleoindian period.  Learn how Clovis, Folsom, and other hunter-gatherers utilized the landscape during the last Ice Age.…

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  • STARVED ROCK SAPLINGS STORY TIME-NATURE’S NOEL

    STARVED ROCK SAPLINGS STORY TIME-NATURE’S NOEL

    Description:  Celebrate the season with a fun and educational program on wildlife in winter while making a fun craft to hang on the trees outside to feed and watch wildlife during the winter.  A storybook will be read followed by a craft and a short winter hike in search of signs of wildlife. The program is…

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  • STARVED ROCK ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

    STARVED ROCK ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

    Description:  Starved Rock State Park would like to invite you to participate in the Annual Starved Rock Photography Show held every December at the Starved Rock Visitor Center.  Photographers can download the Entry Form below for further information including categories, size limitations, how to drop off entries, and more. Photographs can be submitted with completed entry…

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