OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 89 



Palos Hills Preserve 



"And here, amid 



The silent majesty of these deep woods, 

 Its presence shall uplift thy thoughts from, earth, 

 As to the sunshine and the pure bright air 

 Their tops the green trees lift." 



When Longfellow wrote those words he might easily 

 have had in mind the beautiful Palos Hills, constituting as 

 they do the "preserve beautiful" in Cook County's forest chain. 

 But all words fall hopeless before the amazing splendor of this 

 forest landscape with its ever-changing panorama. 



There 2,000 acres of it lies, an expanse between the Calu- 

 met feeder and the canal, every inch of which seems striving 

 to outdo the other in scenic effects. Ravines, hills, cliffs, bluffs 

 and valleys and all are trimmed in forest de luxe. 



And what will be still more interesting to the citizenship 

 is that this 2,000 acres is but the heart of a zone just as pic- 

 turesque for miles around. Eventually the Palos Hills pre- 

 serve will comprise 10,000 acres taking in the entire Sag dis- 

 trict long famed for its extraordinary landscape. 



On every side there is nothing but the most rugged type 

 of primitive forest. Then there are the stretches of the wild- 

 est character, territory that does the heart of a natural-born ex- 

 plorer good. Here surely are many opportunities for un- 

 covering spots yet to be touched by the hand of man. 



And through it all runs scores of cold, clear streams that 

 owe their existence to springs which bubble up through the 

 rocky formation so prevalent throughout the region. The 

 place is fairly alive with song and game birds. The immutable 

 laws of the wilds still hold here. 



From the point of accessibility this district has many ad- 

 vantages despite its extent and wild character. Skirted as it 

 is on either side by navigable streams of water it can be 

 reached by motorboats from Calumet by the feeder or from 

 Chicago by the canal. 



