Description: Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, Images of America, Paperback Visitors to Starved Rock State Park are often struck by the grandeur of its rustic lodge. They marvel at its massive fireplace and hand-hewn logs. Yet few realize that this structure is a tangible reminder of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which in the 1930s provided work for young men left unemployed by the Great Depression. Starved Rock Lodge was one of the biggest projects of the "CCC boys" along the Illinois and Michigan Canal, but it was far from the only one. Working as a team and living in camps from Willow Springs to La Salle-Peru, they built facilities that transformed the old canal into what became the I&M Canal State Trail (1974) and the nation's first National Heritage Corridor (1984). President Franklin D. Roosevelt's nation-wide program preserved the landscape from the ravages of soil erosion, flooding, and deforestation. In the process, the young men built beautiful parks, buildings, and shelters that we use and admire today.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738519906
Book Title: Starved Rock State Park : the Work of the Ccc Along the I&M Canal
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Charlene Giardina, Dennis H. Cremin
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Parks & Campgrounds, United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi), United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: Nature, Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
