OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 91 



SWALLOWS' NESTS SHOWN IN BLUFF (PALOS PARK). 



Striking through the thickest of the timber the section 

 lines are all marked by improved state roads furnishing some 

 of the forest's delightfully picturesque drives. One needs only 

 step out of his automobile to find himself in the wildest sort of 

 country any human ever craved. 



Scenic masterpieces present themselves everywhere. Swallow 

 Cliff presents an effect for which visitors have traveled miles 

 and miles. It stands there, fifty feet high of a chalk-like forma- 

 tion furnishing a haven for thousands upon thousands of 

 swallows. 



The bluffs constituting the southern border of the district 

 along Mill Creek are the kind artists seek. Mounted as they 

 are by lofty elms and sturdy oaks, overlooking the fast-run- 

 ning stream and fringed with stupendous crags of limestone, 

 they surely present a picture worth traveling to see. 



Then here is to be found one of the few sycamore groves 

 that have survived in Cook County. Basswood abounds in the 

 region and nut-bearing trees of every variety are sprinkled 

 throughout the forest giving rise to great colonies of squirrels 

 and birds looking to such growth for sustenance. 



And for the historical research worker here is the chance 

 for months of productive effort. This is the zone in which the 

 most of Chicago's history was made in the days when French 

 explorers followed by French soldiery were making their at- 

 tempt to subjugate the stubborn Pottowatomie Indians. 



