Articles related to "Illinois River"

More recently famous as home to Edgar Lee Masters and his semi-biographical "Spoon River Anthology," Lewistown, Illinois, is also home to the Dickson Mounds Museum.

Today, the Chicago River is widely known for being dyed green on St. Patrick's Day. It should also be famous for having its flow reversed in 1900.

While the Hopewell do not represent a single nation, they are a cohesive organization consisting of numerous tribes that share of common cultural heritage.

The Mississippian culture was the most advanced of the mound builders, founding the first city in indigenous North America.

States take legal action in response to the threat of bighead and silver carps invading the Great Lakes.