History and Prehistory along the Illinois Prairie Path

In this video, we described some of our favorite historic and prehistoric sites along or nearby the Illinois Prairie Path, in Cook, DuPage, and Kane Counties, Illinois. Below are links to videos related to topics described in this video. This video was originally shown at the Illinois Prairie Path annual board meeting in November, 2022.

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Brian & Joyce

LINKS TO RELATED VIDEOS & PLAYLISTS
- Chicago Aurora and Elgin Disused Stations:    • Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railway  
- The Wheaton Mastodon:    • Ice Age DuPage - The Wheaton Mastodon  
- Clintonville Substation:    • Clintonville  
- Winfield Mounds:    • The Winfield Mounds Prehistoric Site  
- Churchill Woods Native Americans:    • Native American Sites of the Chicago ...  
- The Perry Mastodon:    • Ice Age DuPage Illinois - The Perry M...  
- Illinois Bandits and Vigilantes:    • Bandits and Vigilantes  
- Chicago Great Western:    • Chicago Great Western  
- The Blackwell Mammoth:    • Ice Age DuPage Illinois - The Blackwe...  
- FermiLab Archeology:    • FermiLab Archeology - Part 1 - Native...  

IMAGE CREDITS (in order of appearance)
- Julie Johnson Historical Collection
- Google Maps, www.google.com/maps
- Chicago Academy of Sciences, naturemuseum.org/explore/history
- West Chicago Historical Society, www.facebook.com/WestChicagoHistoricalSociety
- Shoreline Collection
- Valley Model Railroad Association, vmrr.org
- 1939 Illinois Aerial Photos, clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu
- The University of Chicago
- Wheaton College
- Kane County Chronicle, www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle
- Doug Kullen
- Facebook (Jerry Hund)
- Central Electric Railfans Association, www.cera-chicago.org
- www.newspapers.com (Chicago Tribune, Chicago Eagle)
- Chicago History Museum, home.chicagohistory.org
- www.flickr.com (Meredith112, John Balliger Collection, canarynoir, Robert Burne)
- DuPage County Parcel Viewer, gis.dupageco.org/parcelviewer
- DuPage County Forest Preserves, www.dupageforest.org
- www.thetrolleydodger.com
- FermiLab (Reider Hahn, Ryan Postel), www.fnal.gov
- www.hippostcard.com
- Harpers Weekly, US Library of Congress, www.loc.gov
- Illinois Railway Museum, www.irm.org
- Forest Park Historical Society, www.forestparkhistory.org
- www.wikipedia.com (DASonnenfeld)

MUSIC CREDITS
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Flying Eagle by Frank Schroeter
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6490-flying...
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

SFX CREDITS (FS = www.freesound.org)
- BikeBellWhileRiding (193395) by qubodup, FS
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Many, many thanks to the Illinois Praire Path organization and their officers, who have been most supportive of our projects and our channel!


TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00:00 Titles and Opening
00:00:23 Introduction
00:01:05 Elgin Branch
00:04:54 Geneva Spur
00:07:05 Aurora Branch
00:09:17 Batavia Spur
00:11:20 Main Branch
00:16:37 Closing


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