. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 15 a*?. ^fif* i-«h .:, gg^i -'.' „'." -'-W?-:-->> :#.^P ;:::::;:.::::--:... Dr. W. S. Swan—Photo. OLD FORT MASSAC are stone walled graves, are not uncommon. In the lowlands of Pope County near the Bay Creek, mounds of large size yield pottery and other pre-historic remains in great abundance. Only last summer the Ohio river by a shift of current was cutting away an Indian burying ground bringing to view portions of skeletons. The Old Fort Massac at Metropolis is the only one of many places of permanent interest
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 15 a*?. ^fif* i-«h .:, gg^i -'.' „'." -'-W?-:-->> :#.^P ;:::::;:.::::--:... Dr. W. S. Swan—Photo. OLD FORT MASSAC are stone walled graves, are not uncommon. In the lowlands of Pope County near the Bay Creek, mounds of large size yield pottery and other pre-historic remains in great abundance. Only last summer the Ohio river by a shift of current was cutting away an Indian burying ground bringing to view portions of skeletons. The Old Fort Massac at Metropolis is the only one of many places of permanent interest in this end of the state over which the state has taken control. What was a few years ago a brush covered bluff being encroached upon by the current of the Ohio is now a beautiful park in which are marked the ramparts of the old fort. I remember when I was unable to find the outline of the fort for the undergrowth and when an old wooden drain which led from the interior was projecting from the receding river bank and was being carried away by piece-meal by relic hunters. The route of Clark and his men from Fort Massac to the northwest is now marked. A monument marks the place where he emerged from the swamps of the Cache river at Indian Point in the southern part of Johnson County. A branch of the Logan-Lee Highway is marked to cross the Ozarks. Further than this, little has been done to even mark the site of features for which future generations will search in vain. The old stage routes are being forgotten and lost. The rich soil and valuable mineral deposits insure much greater density of population and more intensive development of the country in the future. In but a short time these almost inaccessible points of beauty and interest will be reached by good roads and trolley lines. In the present decade some effort should be made to put a number of these most attractive tracts under the public care at a time when their purchase would incur but little expense. There is n
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