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Matthiessen State Park

Matthiessen State Park is an Illinois state park located a few miles south of the more famous Starved Rock State Park. The main entrances to both parks are located on Illinois State Route 178. History The park is near Oglesby, in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is named for Frederick William Matthiessen, who had originally owned the 176 acres (71 ha) of property that is at the core of the current park. Two mansions, several cottages, a garage, and a private fire station were built here by Matthiessen for his family. It was an estate that hosted a private park known as "Deer Park". The park was donated to Illinois by Matthiessen's heirs, following his death in 1918, and was renamed in his honor in 1943. Since then, land was added, growing the park to 1,938 acres (784 ha). The last building of the former estate was destroyed in 1981, although some of the concrete stairs leading into the canyon are of the original construction. Geology The park is centered on a stream that flows from Matthiessen Lake to the Vermilion River. The stream has eroded partway through the sandstone layers, leaving interesting rock formations and drops. The Upper Dells begin at Matthiessen Lake with the Lake Falls, which drop into the canyon below, and continue downstream to the 45-foot-tall (14 m) Cascade Falls where the Lower Dells begin. The interesting coloration of many of the canyons is the result of minerals in the groundwater. Many mineral springs exist throughout the park, providing salt lick spots for the large deer population. Flora and fauna Flora The cool and damp canyons provide an ideal habitat for many species of mosses, liverworts, and ferns. On top of the bluffs that form the canyons can be found black oak (Quercus velutina), red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), and white oak (Quercus alba) trees, which thrive in the sandy soil. The park contains several species generally found farther north, such as the Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) and Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense). Fauna Frogs, toads, and salamanders live on the canyon floors, while bird species such as the cliff swallow nest in the eroded canyon walls. As the former name of "Deer Park" might suggest, the area is home to a large population of white-tail deer. Recreation Today there are five miles of marked hiking trails, in addition to nine miles of mountain biking and equestrian trails. The Plum Island Eagle Sanctuary is located nearby. References
Park stanowy Matthiessen

Park stanowy Matthiessen (ang. Matthiessen State Park) to park stanowy w hrabstwie LaSalle w amerykańskim stanie Illinois. Mimo że początki parku sięgają końca XIX wieku, w obecnej formie i pod obecną nazwą park otwarto w 1943 roku. Park zajmuje powierzchnię 1 938 akrów (7,84 km²). Park posiada dwa odrębne, choć połączone ze sobą, obszary. Na północy znajduje się Dells Area, której główną atrakcją są interesujące formy geologiczne, kaniony oraz tzw. "studnie" (ang. dells) utworzone w procesach erozji w miejscowym piaskowcu. Znajduje się tu również strzelnica dla łuczników oraz kemping dla osób uprawiających na terenie parku jazdę konną. W południowej części parku o nazwie Vermilion River Area Znajduje się obszar, na którym można puszczać zdalnie sterowane samoloty. W obu częściach wytyczono sieć znakowanych pieszych szlaków turystycznych o łącznej długości ponad 8 km. Istnieje również szlak łączący obie części o długości około 1,6 km. W sezonie po wykupieniu stosownych zezwoleń w parku dozwolone jest polowanie na jelenie. Linki zewnętrzne Oficjalna strona internetowa parku stanowego Matthiessen. dnr.state.il.us. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2013-09-21)]. Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Mattoon station

Mattoon station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Mattoon, Illinois, United States. The station is a flag stop on the City of New Orleans route, served only when passengers have tickets to and from the station. It is a regular stop for the Illini and Saluki. History The Mattoon station is housed in the former Illinois Central Railroad Depot. The depot was completed in 1918 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. At its height, the building housed a power plant, mail room, luggage room, and restaurant, in addition to the main hall where passengers waited to board trains. As many as ten trains a day departed the depot in the 1950s. During 2010, a $3 million restoration project, paid for from a mix of private, state, and federal funding, was undertaken, replacing paint, flooring, and other interior fixtures. The depot today There are no Amtrak employees at the station; the doors unlock and lock automatically before and after the arrival and departure of trains. The station currently serves as a stop for the Illini, Saluki, and City of New Orleans passenger trains The tracks themselves, formerly part of the Illinois Central Railroad, are now owned by the Canadian National Railway (CN). Freight trains run by CN pass through frequently. Transit service to the depot from Mattoon and Charleston is provided by Dial-A-Ride Rural Public Transportation, which provides deviated fixed-route and demand-response service. References External links Media related to Mattoon station at Wikimedia Commons Mattoon, IL – Amtrak Mattoon, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak) Pictures of the Mattoon station from projectdepot.org. Mattoon Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web) National Register nomination
Маттун (станция)

Маттун (англ. Mattoon) — железнодорожная станция в городе Маттун штата Иллинойс США. Дальнее следование по станции Амтрак Адрес вокзала 61938, США, штат Иллинойс, г. Маттун, Бродвей-авеню, 1718 Ссылки Amtrak – Stations – Mattoon, IL (англ.) Mattoon Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web) (англ.) Mattoon (MAT) Great American Stations (Amtrak) (англ.)
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area

Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 911 acres (369 ha) in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. References "Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 18, 2018. USGS. "State Road School, USGS Buda (IL) Quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
Maxwell Street Depot

The Maxwell Street Depot is a 24-hour fast-food restaurant in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at 31st Street and Canal Street in the Bridgeport neighborhood. The Maxwell Street Depot is one of a number of Chicago food stands that sells the Maxwell Street Polish, a Polish sausage topped with grilled onions, yellow mustard, and pickled whole sport peppers. The counter service-only location is also known for its pork chop sandwiches, and sells other grill items such as hot dogs, hamburgers, and French fries. References
Mayfair Academy of Fine Arts

The Mayfair Academy of Fine Arts is a dance school located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. This dance school was founded in 1957 by tap dancer Tommy Sutton. It was created by Sutton to give young black children in the area the same opportunities that white children in that time period had. Mayfair's enrollment has increased from about 90 kids enrolled in classes at Mayfair to over 800 kids enrolled in classes at Mayfair. Mayfair has been operating for over 50 years now. Due to recent increase of violent crimes in the South Side area since July 2012, Peggy Sutton, who is Tommy Sutton's daughter and currently runs the dance school, is planning on moving the studio into the Calumet Heights area out of concern for the students' wellbeing. Mayfair moved to 8701 S. Bennett Ave. but ceased operations in 2021. References External links Official website
McClurg Building (Chicago, Illinois)

The McClurg Building is a historic skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The building was built in 1899 and designed by Chicago school architects Holabird & Roche. At nine stories tall and 80 feet (24 m) by 150 feet (46 m) at its base, the building is one of the smallest skyscrapers in Chicago. The building's Wabash Street facade has 9,000 square feet (840 m2) of windows bordered by terra cotta piers and spandrels; the amount of window space was necessitated by the absence of windows on the sides of the building. The A.C. McClurg publishing company was the building's main occupant and gave the building its name. The McClurg Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 17, 1970. Tenants Exchequer Restaurant and Pub occupies a portion of the first floor, though its street address is 226 South Wabash, the neighboring building. Roosevelt University's Dance Studios are located on the third floor. Chicago Youth Centers, a non-profit focusing on urban youth, is headquartered on the sixth floor. UNITE HERE's Local 1 and national health benefits offices are on the building's seventh and eighth floors, respectively. IA Collaborative, a design and innovation consulting firm, occupies the ninth floor and tenth floor penthouse. References
McCrone Research Institute

The McCrone Research Institute is a not-for-profit educational and research organization for microscopy located in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by Dr. Walter C. McCrone in 1960. With more than 30,000 enrollments since its incorporation, it is the largest private, independent, nonprofit microscopy and microanalysis institution in the United States dedicated solely to the teaching of microscopists. McCrone Research Institute maintains over one hundred polarized light and various other light microscopes in addition to electron microscopes, spectrometers, and scientific digital imaging systems for use in any of its over 50 intensive one-week courses offered each year. The McCrone Research Institute incorporates enhanced lecture rooms and laboratories, a museum, library, reference collections, atlases, databases, and other teaching materials relating to microscopy and microanalysis in its own 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) building and is the principal microscopy training organization for tens of thousands of practicing scientists in environmental, forensic, industrial, government, and university laboratories worldwide. The McCrone Research Institute also conducts basic and applied scientific research related to its mission of expanding particle analysis capabilities and using microscopical and microanalytical techniques to address problems in forensic, industrial, pharmaceutical, environmental and conservation sciences. This research is currently funded internally and by selected grants, contracts and cooperative agreements associated with a variety of academic institutions, government agencies and corporations. Located in the same Chicago neighborhood since its inception in 1960, McCrone Research Institute is recognized as a world-class, Illinois research organization on the forefront of the technological frontier. Microscope Publications, a division of the McCrone Research Institute, is publisher and provider of microscopy textbooks, handbooks, and atlases including The Particle Atlas, the world's first atlas of microscopic particles, The Microscope Series Handbooks, and the international journal, The Microscope, founded in 1937. The McCrone Research Institute sponsors the Inter/Micro Conference in Chicago. These meetings were first organized in 1948 and feature a symposium, exhibition, and workshops on light and electron microscopy. Each year since 1984 Brian J. Ford has presented the popular "An Evening with Brian" which offers controversial views of world affairs from a microscopist's viewpoint. Additionally, the institute maintains a program for certification in applied chemical microscopy and awards certificates for successful completion of its microscopy and microanalysis courses. References External links McCrone Research Institute
Centro de Ciclismo McDonald

El Centro de Ciclismo McDonald (antes conocido como la Estación De Bicicletas del Parque Milenio)​ es una estación interior de bicicletas en la esquina noreste del Parque Milenio adentro de la área comunitariaLoop de Chicago Referencias Enlaces externos Centro de Ciclismo McDonald Ciudad de Chicago Parque Milenio Mapa del Parque Milenio Mapa de la Comunidad de la Ciudad Enlace Departamento de Transporte de Chicago - Calles Completas
McDonough County Courthouse

The McDonough County Courthouse is located in the McDonough County city of Macomb, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The courthouse was constructed in 1871. Architect Elijah E. Myers designed the building in the Second Empire style; the courthouse is one of the few remaining Second Empire buildings in the United States. The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In the late 1970s, the county rehabilitated the building to restore its original exterior. The building houses the County Clerk, Treasurer and State's Attorney's Office among others. Notes
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve

McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, located in Naperville, state of Illinois, is a 439-acre (178 ha) preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930. This original tract consisted of about 62 acres adjoining the West Branch of the DuPage River. McDowell Grove was home to a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp from 1934 to 1943. During that time the camp housed two CCC companies: Co. 2612 from 1934 to 1937 and later Co V-1668, which had previously been located at Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve. Workers from Camp McDowell completed numerous preserve improvements at McDowell, including dredging a lagoon, building several bridges, construction of a shelter and picnic area and building a limestone dam on the West Branch. At any one time, the camp housed about 200 men. The camp had military style barracks for housing of the 3,800 men who lived and worked in the camp during the five-year period. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army Signal Corps' Sixth Service Command took over the old Civilian Conservation Corps camp and used it as a facility for training students in the use and maintenance of radar technology. These trainees were civilian students who were part of the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program. Under this program, civilian students received training at colleges in Chicago and received training on actual radar equipment at McDowell Grove. Over the years, local lore has developed about the radar school being a top secret facility, although more recent research has revealed that the activities there may not have been so secret. However, after the closure of the radar school in 1943, the camp was occupied by the Office of Strategic Services as a temporary communications school. This presence does not seem to have been widely known and the OSS may have operated their school under the guise of the continuation of the earlier Radar School. At McDowell, OSS recruits received training in sending and receiving coded messages using field radios. Following the war, the land reverted to the forest preserve district and most of the buildings were sold off. Additional parcels of land were eventually added to the preserve. Visitors to the preserve will find open space, hiking trails, picnic sites, fishing and other recreational opportunities. All of the CCC bridges have been removed over the years, but some of the bridge abutments remain. The dam was removed by the forest preserve district as part of a river restoration, and this removal eliminated the lagoon that was once north of the CCC picnic shelter. This lagoon is now a restored wetland habitat. Paddlers can access the West Branch of the DuPage River near the Fawell Dam at the south end of the preserve. They can reach the put-in and take-out sites via a gravel access road off Raymond Drive. A new access bridge for McDowell Grove was constructed in 2018. References External links Official website History Pin Images of McDowell Grove
McFarland Memorial Bell Tower

The McFarland Memorial Bell Tower is a 185-foot (56 m) bell tower located on the South Quad of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The tower was approved by the University's trustees in 2005 and built in 2008-2009. It was designed by Fred Guyton of Peckham, Guyton, Albers & Viets. The carillon has 48 bells. History and description The carillon project began as an attempt to upgrade and renovate the Altgeld Chimes of Altgeld Hall Tower, until it became clear that this would not be possible. A free-standing campanile had been considered as a possibility for the campus since 1913. The funding for the project came from Harold Richard "Dick" McFarland, a graduate from the university's College of Agriculture in 1952. After the death of his wife Sarah "Sally" McFarland due to ovarian cancer, McFarland donated $1.5 million for the construction of the tower, which would be named in her honor. The carillon's 48 bells were cast by the Petit & Fritsen bell foundry and were transported to the United States via boat. The total cost of the bells was estimated at $550,000. Local residents and students have attempted to climb the tower, and at least one has fallen while attempting the climb. "Eye of Sauron" prank In the early hours of Sunday, September 21, 2008, students hung a replica of the "Eye of Sauron" in the top half of the tower. The eye is from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings and is a symbol of the principal antagonist. The University of Illinois Police did not identify the pranksters. The eye was removed from the tower the next morning. See also Shafer Tower – Bell tower in Muncie, Indiana, US Moser Tower and Millennium Carillon – Bell tower and carillon in Naperville, Illinois, US Cook Carillon Tower – Bell instrument in Allendale, Michigan, US Century Tower (University of Florida) – Bell tower in Florida, United States References External links Entry on TowerBells.org
McHenry station

McHenry is a station on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line, located in McHenry, Illinois. The station is the terminus of the McHenry Branch of the Northwest Line; inbound trains operate to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. The station is also the only station on the McHenry Branch after it splits off at Pingree Road, although the line previously extended to Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Proposals exist to expand service on the line by adding stations in Prairie Grove and Johnsburg. It is the fifth furthest Metra Station from Chicago at 50.47 miles (81.22 km). Most Northwest Line trains operate along the Harvard branch to Harvard or Crystal Lake rather than the McHenry Branch. The station only has one track and one platform due to the low number of trains that serve the station. Two storage tracks are used to store two trains during overnight hours as well as weekends and holidays. The station is located at grade level. There is one grade crossing of a road at the station, which is placed under a Federal Railroad Administration horn quiet zone. As of 2018, McHenry is the 198th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 85 weekday boardings. As of February 16, 2024, McHenry is served by six trains (three in each direction) on weekdays. There is no weekend or holiday service on the McHenry branch. Station layout McHenry station consists of one platform and two tracks. One track is used by revenue trains while the other is used as siding for out-of-service trains. The tracks, despite no current use, continue to Barnard Mill Road in the Village of Ringwood, Illinois at the Dow Chemical plant, where the Union Pacific McHenry Subdivision ends. The tracks were pulled up between Richmond, Illinois and Ringwood in 1980 when service was cut back. However, UP left trackage for local freight trains that served industries in and around McHenry, all of which are long gone. The only freight customer remaining on the McHenry Subdivision is Terra Cotta Industries in Prairie Grove, 4 miles south of McHenry station. Pace bus connections As of October 2018: 806 Crystal Lake/Fox Lake 807 Woodstock/McHenry via Wonder Lake References External links Metra station page - McHenry Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line; McHenry Branch (ChicagoRailfan.net)
McHenry County College

McHenry County College (MCC) is a public community college in McHenry County, Illinois. The college serves residents residing in Community College District 528, which covers most of McHenry County and portions of surrounding counties. MCC offers associate degrees programs and certificates. The college is located along U.S. Route 14, on the northwest side of Crystal Lake, Illinois. The Catalyst Campus is located in Woodstock. The Catalyst Campus is home to five specialized centers of learning including the Career Spark Center, Talent Impact Center, and the University Center. At the University Center at MCC, students can earn select bachelor's and advanced degrees through partnering colleges: Aurora University, Northern Illinois University, Roosevelt University, and Southern Illinois University. Some classes are also taught at area high schools, public libraries, local businesses, and other off-campus locations. It enrolls about 8,000 students in career programs, transfer programs, GED and adult basic education, non-credit and career development, and training for businesses. History MCC was established on April 1, 1967, as part of the Illinois community college system. In September 1968 classes were held for the first time for 312 full-time and 1.045 part-time students at a rented oil company in Crystal Lake. In 1974 construction began on new facilities at its present 68-acre site, known at the time as Weber Farm. The school began some classes at the new facility in September 1975, and the move was complete by May 1976. MCC continued to grow, both in land area and student population. In 2020, MCC employed approximately 700 full and part-time employees. Nearly 90% of faculty held a master's or doctoral degree. Student life MCC has over 30 student-run organizations (e.g., Business Club, Latinos Unidos, Neurodiversity Club, Paranormal Theories, Phi Theta Kappa, Pride, and Student Government). The Silver Cord Award is an award available to students who complete at least 100 hours of community service/volunteering. Athletics The MCC Scots compete in 8 intercollegiate sports through their membership in the Illinois Skyway Conference within the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Division II. For men, this includes baseball, basketball, soccer and tennis. For women, basketball, softball, tennis, and volleyball. Their mascot is a lion named Roary and their colors are gold and purple. References External links Official website