Summer 2017 General Membership Meeting
The LaSalle County Retired Teachers Association is hosting a summer general membership meeting on Monday, July 24, 2017 at the Starved Rock Visitor’s Center, 2668 East 873 Road in Oglesby beginning at 10:00am. There will be lunch provided by Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches. The fee will be $10 per person payable at the event. Please make reservations by contacting Pauline Cashman at 815-795-5143 or deanc@mtco.com.
At the Starved Rock Visitor’s Center you will see:
At the Starved Rock Visitor’s Center you will see:
- Three-dimensional topographic map of the park and surrounding area
- 400-gallon aquarium that holds fish that are found in the Illinois River
- Educational and interactive displays
- 56-foot mural, which depicts scenes of Illinois Indians interacting with French missionaries and fur traders
- Display of stone tools used by Native Americans, as well as the 10,000-year-old crown of a mammoth molar
- Model of Fort St. Louis which was located on top of Starved Rock from 1682 until the early 1700s
- Display of the Civilian Conservation Corps
- Timeline outlining the development and growth of the park
- Indian wigwam with lifelike figures is on display and you can look inside and see how Native People once lived
- Legend of Starved Rock and Lover’s Leap
- Native, mounted birds and mammals
- Park map