OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 93 



On the canal side of the preserve every turn in the stream 

 has its own historical connections. It was here that Father 

 Marquette was forced to land on account of floods in the course 

 of his second and ill-fated journey into the "valley of the Il- 

 linois." The spot has already been marked by the citizens of 

 Summit. 



And what will interest even the man who cares but little 

 for the old sentimental things, are the springs from which the 

 nearby town gets its name, Willow Springs. ' Here the canal 

 boat men on the old Illinois and Michigan canal stopped to fill 

 their water-barrels. 



But aside from all the historical associations loaded down 

 on this choice tract of forest land, there is the natural lure of 

 the outdoors that is bound to bring thousands within its boun- 

 daries. It holds for the city dweller what Riley expressed so 

 well: 



"I'd rather lay out here among the trees, 



With the singin'-birds and bumblebees, 



A-knowin' that I can do as I please, 



Than live what folks call a life of ease 



Up thar in the city." 



Palos Hills, if they do no other one thing, present the tired 

 business man his opportunity to seek the absolute rest obtain- 

 able only in the lap of nature where one is removed from all 

 vestiges of civilization. It is a region of virgin forest yet to 

 be despoiled by the hand of man. 



How to Get There 



Section 3 Go south on Western Avenue to Ninety-fifth Street and 

 west on Ninety-fifth to Kean Avenue. Paved roads all the way. 



Section 4 Same road directions. By rail take Chicago and Joliet 

 Electric Railway to Willow Springs, where the station is less than 300 feet 

 from the entrance to the preserve. 



Section 5 Take Archer Avenue to Fairmount, either by automobile 

 or street car. 



Sections 7 and 8 Take Archer Avenue car to Maple Hill station, 

 thence south on Maple Hill road about 500 feet. 



Section 9 Go south on Western Avenue to Ninety-fifth Street, west 

 on Ninety-fifth Street to road, one and a half miles west of pavement's 

 end to Ninety-fifth, then one-half mile south. 



Sections 17 and 18 South on Western Avenue to Ninety-fifth Street, 

 then west on Ninety-fifth to Kean Avenue, south on Kean Avenue to 

 Bluff Road (107th Street), west on 107th Street to the preserve. 



Section 21 South on Western Avenue to Ninety-fifth Street, west 



