OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 



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THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE ON A TOUR OF INVESTIGATION. 



be compared, in many respects, to landscapes right here at your 

 doorstep. 



And peculiar as it may seem to us with whom thoughts 

 of explorations carry us back centuries, there are acres upon 

 acres of the wildest sort of territory within the county's pre- 

 serves that have probably never been explored a veritable ad- 

 venturer's paradise. 



For the admirer of natural scenic effects there are weeks 

 and weeks of thrills ahead just in visits to territory within their 

 own county. Both historically and geologically the Cook County 

 Forest Preserve Districts constitute a national attraction yet to 

 be recognized locally. 



One might well spend weeks along the Desplaines River 

 in that stretch of 2,500 acres extending twenty miles from Madi- 

 son street north to the county line a valley so loved by Indians 

 that many preferred to die there rather than yield to the palefaces. 



That is the same river valley which Joliet and Marquette 

 styled the "realm of beautiful country" back in 1673. It was 

 always the favorite abode of the Red Men. Every turn in the 

 beloved stream had its village; every promontory its fort for 

 the purpose of defending the home against invaders. 



