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Starved Rock
Non fiction research
Jarrett Library Databases
Ebsco Host
Britannica - School Edition
World Book
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://besphoto.com/besphoto/fineart/ArtLocal/images/DSC_0773%20Starved%20Rock%20%20%A9%202004%20Mike%20Bessler.jpg
http://www.naturescapes.net/portfolios/pics/userpics/10248/2056-St.-Louis-wide-web.jpg
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
http://pages.ripco.net/~jwn/pontverm2.jpg