Illinois River (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text David W. Benn. Lowell Blikre. Edwin R. Hajic. Derek V. Lee.

Shoreline Survey of the Lower 80 Miles of the Illinois River Brown, Cass, Pike, Morgan, Scott, Calhoun, Green, and Jersey Counties, Illinois. Bear Creek Archeology, Inc. undertook a 4.6 m wide bank site survey along the lower 80 miles of the Illinois River. Seventy-two sites were examined and the soil profile recorded. Limited auger testing supplemented the profile at 18 sites. At 17 sites, datum rods were placed and measured from the scarp for erosion monitoring. Conclusions are that...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David W. Benn. Lowell Blikre. Edwin R. Hajic. Derek V. Lee.

Shoreline Survey of the Lower 80 Miles of the Illinois River Brown, Cass, Pike, Morgan, Scott, Calhoun, Green, and Jersey Counties, Illinois Bear Creek Archeology, Inc. undertook a 4.6 m wide bank site survey along the lower 80 miles of the Illinois River. Seventy-two sites were examined and the soil profile recorded. Limited auger testing supplemented the profile at 18 sites. At 17 sites, datum rods were placed and measured from the scarp for erosion monitoring. Conclusions are that...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard P. Wheeler.

This report documents preliminary investigations of the archaeological resources of the Fondulac and Farmdale Reservoirs made by the River Basin Surveys, Smithsonian Institution, between March 21 and 25, 1949. The District Engineer's Office, Corps of Engineers, at Chicago, Illinois, furnished maps to facilitate the work and some time was spent in consultation with local residents. The surveys were made in order to discover any archeological remains in the areas to be flooded by the dams and to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy Schilling.

The Gateway Arch lies at the center of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (JEFF). The Arch is a commemorative feature built by NPS to mark the St. Louis riverfront as a pivotal place in America’s westward expansion. The site was the created by President Franklin Roosevelt by executive order in 19351 and is first place to be recognized under the Historic Sites Act of 1935, which was designed “to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance for the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert J. Jeske.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Jane E. Buikstra.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Ed J. Wahla.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Lawrence A. Conrad. David J. Nolan. Sarah J. Studenmund.

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