Brown Bag Lunch: History of the Illinois Prairie

Event Details

When
06/04/2009 - 12:00pm
Where
Sycamore History Museum - Engh Farm
1730 N Main St
Sycamore, IL, 60178-8633
United States
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County: 
Dekalb
Fee: 
Free. Open to the public.
Where
Sycamore History Museum - Engh Farm
1730 N Main St
Sycamore, IL, 60178-8633
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Dekalb
Fee: 
Free. Open to the public.
This program entitled, "History of the Illinois Prairie," will be delivered by Kenneth Robertson, a retired botanist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. This talk will involve looking at how settlers within 50 years of their arrival in Illinois converted the vast majority of the prairie to agricultural use.
For more information, please contact the Sycamore History Museum at 815.895.5762.
Museum on Main Street (MoMS)