Illinois Prairie Path
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The Illinois Prairie Path is a network of 61 miles of bicycle trails, mostly in DuPage County, Illinois. Portions of the trail extend west to Kane County and east to Cook County. Most of the trail is
Zero mile marker on the Illinois Prairie Path in Wheaton, Illinois
Illinois Prairie Path bridge over the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad in Wayne, Illinois
May Theilgaard Watts
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May Petrea Theilgaard Watts was an American naturalist, writer, poet, illustrator, and educator. She was a naturalist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, and author of Reading the Landscape of
Illinois Prairie Path
…of way. In the case of the Prairie Path, the vast majority of its routing runs on the former right-of-way of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad. May Theilgaard Watts is credited for a letter written in 1963 that initiated the first project in what became a widespread rail-to-trails program of land use across the…
May Theilgaard Watts