State Shuts Down Parks and Historic Sites Tomorrow
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 29, 2008 11:00PM
Photo by Lost in Scotland
At close of business hours tomorrow, several state parks and historic sites around Illinois will be shut due to the state's deep $2 billion budget hole. This irks us to no end. The closure hits 18 sites in all and they are:
- Castle Rock State Park, Oregon
- Lowden State Park, Oregon
- Illini State Park, Marseilles
- Hidden Springs State Forrest, Strasburg
- Moraine View State Park, Leroy
- Weldon Springs State Park, Clinton
- Wolf Creek State Park, Windsor
- Dana-Thomas House, Springfield
- Lincoln log cabin near Charleston
- Fort de Chartres, Randolph County
- Vandalia statehouse (Saturday is last day; not open Sundays)
- State center at Bishop Hill, Henry County
- Carl Sandburg birthplace, Galesburg
- Cahokia courthouse
- Hauberg Indian Museum, Rock Island County, (part of the Black Hawk State Historic Site) but the adjacent natural area will stay open.
- Jubilee College, near Peoria
- Apple River Fort, Elizabeth
- Fort Kaskaskia, Randolph County
- Pierre Menard home, Randolph County