Matthiessen State Park

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ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THIS HOME WAS BEING BUILT, FREDERICK MATH MATHISSON WAS THAT THIS HOME WAS BEING BUILT, FREDERICK MATH MATHISSON WAS ENJOYING A VIEW WHICH IS NOW FREDERICK MATH MATHISSON WAS ENJOYING A VIEW WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US AS WE ENJOYING A VIEW WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US AS WE DISCOVERED AT THE PARK THAT AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US AS WE DISCOVERED AT THE PARK THAT BEARS HIS NAME IN UTICA. DISCOVERED AT THE PARK THAT BEARS HIS NAME IN UTICA. >>. > A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PARK THAT MUCH BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE TO STARVED ROCK. ABOUT THE PARK THAT MUCH BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE TO STARVED ROCK. STARVED ROCK GETS MOST OF THE IT IS SO CLOSE TO STARVED ROCK. STARVED ROCK GETS MOST OF THE VISITORS. STARVED ROCK GETS MOST OF THE VISITORS. CANYON ITSELF, THE UPPER AND VISITORS. CANYON ITSELF, THE UPPER AND LOWER COMBINED, ABOUT A MILE CANYON ITSELF, THE UPPER AND LOWER COMBINED, ABOUT A MILE FROM THE LAKE FALLS AREA TO THE LOWER COMBINED, ABOUT A MILE FROM THE LAKE FALLS AREA TO THE VERMILLION RIVER TES A BEAUTIFUL FROM THE LAKE FALLS AREA TO THE VERMILLION RIVER TES A BEAUTIFUL SPOT TO COME AND HIKE, WHETHER VERMILLION RIVER TES A BEAUTIFUL SPOT TO COME AND HIKE, WHETHER YOU WANT TO HIKE IN THE BOTTOM SPOT TO COME AND HIKE, WHETHER YOU WANT TO HIKE IN THE BOTTOM OR UP AROUND THE RIM OF THE YOU WANT TO HIKE IN THE BOTTOM OR UP AROUND THE RIM OF THE CANYON. OR UP AROUND THE RIM OF THE CANYON. IT IS REALLY PRETTY. CANYON. IT IS REALLY PRETTY. HEARE REALLY INTERESTING. IT IS REALLY PRETTY. HEARE REALLY INTERESTING. THEIN THE PARK, THERE ARE TWO OF HEARE REALLY INTERESTING. THEIN THE PARK, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY, THE UPPER AND THE THEIN THE PARK, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY, THE UPPER AND THE LOWER DEL. THEM ACTUALLY, THE UPPER AND THE LOWER DEL. IT IS JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR DAN LOWER DEL. IT IS JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR DAN CANYON OR ROCKY BLUFF. IT IS JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR DAN CANYON OR ROCKY BLUFF. THEY WERE NAMED IN THE LATE 18, CANYON OR ROCKY BLUFF. THEY WERE NAMED IN THE LATE 18, EARLY 1900'S. THEY WERE NAMED IN THE LATE 18, EARLY 1900'S. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE USED TO CALL EARLY 1900'S. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE USED TO CALL THESE CAN CANYON-LIKE AREAS. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE USED TO CALL THESE CAN CANYON-LIKE AREAS. THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR THESE CAN CANYON-LIKE AREAS. THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR NAME. THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR NAME. >> NAME. >> >> THE GEOLOGY IN THE PARK, >> >> THE GEOLOGY IN THE PARK, CANYONS ARE VERY INTERESTING. >> THE GEOLOGY IN THE PARK, CANYONS ARE VERY INTERESTING. THE CANIANS WERE ALL FORMED AND CANYONS ARE VERY INTERESTING. THE CANIANS WERE ALL FORMED AND MASSAC AND STARVED ROCK FROM THE THE CANIANS WERE ALL FORMED AND MASSAC AND STARVED ROCK FROM THE MELTING GLACIERS THOUSANDS OF MASSAC AND STARVED ROCK FROM THE MELTING GLACIERS THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. MELTING GLACIERS THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. AS THEY FLOODED THROUGH THE YEARS AGO. AS THEY FLOODED THROUGH THE AREA, THEY CUT INTO THE VERY AS THEY FLOODED THROUGH THE AREA, THEY CUT INTO THE VERY SOFT SANDSTONE WHICH IS CALLED AREA, THEY CUT INTO THE VERY SOFT SANDSTONE WHICH IS CALLED SAINT PETER SANDSTONE AND SOFT SANDSTONE WHICH IS CALLED SAINT PETER SANDSTONE AND CREATED THE SPECTACULAR CANYONS SAINT PETER SANDSTONE AND CREATED THE SPECTACULAR CANYONS THROUGHOUT MASSAC AND STATE CREATED THE SPECTACULAR CANYONS THROUGHOUT MASSAC AND STATE PARK. THROUGHOUT MASSAC AND STATE PARK. THE WATERFALLS, ONE OF THE PARK. THE WATERFALLS, ONE OF THE WATERFALL IS 65 FEET HIGH. THE WATERFALLS, ONE OF THE WATERFALL IS 65 FEET HIGH. WE CALL IT THE LAKE FALLS. WATERFALL IS 65 FEET HIGH. WE CALL IT THE LAKE FALLS. FREDERICK MATHISSON WAS WEALTHY WE CALL IT THE LAKE FALLS. FREDERICK MATHISSON WAS WEALTHY INDUSTRIAL WHO DEVELOPED THIS AS FREDERICK MATHISSON WAS WEALTHY INDUSTRIAL WHO DEVELOPED THIS AS A PARK. INDUSTRIAL WHO DEVELOPED THIS AS A PARK. HE AND HIS PARTNER,HEGLER WERE A PARK. HE AND HIS PARTNER,HEGLER WERE IN THE PROCESSING OF ZINC. HE AND HIS PARTNER,HEGLER WERE IN THE PROCESSING OF ZINC. THEY WANTED TO PUT A LAKE IN, IN THE PROCESSING OF ZINC. THEY WANTED TO PUT A LAKE IN, ABOVE THE BIG WALL YOU SEE IN THEY WANTED TO PUT A LAKE IN, ABOVE THE BIG WALL YOU SEE IN FRONT OF U.S.A. LAKE. ABOVE THE BIG WALL YOU SEE IN FRONT OF U.S.A. LAKE. AND THE LAKE IS HELD BACK BY FRONT OF U.S.A. LAKE. AND THE LAKE IS HELD BACK BY THAT CONCRETE WALL AND STONE AND THE LAKE IS HELD BACK BY THAT CONCRETE WALL AND STONE WALL. THAT CONCRETE WALL AND STONE WALL. WHAT IS INTERESTING, THIS WAS WALL. WHAT IS INTERESTING, THIS WAS PUT IN LATE 18, EARLY 1900'S. WHAT IS INTERESTING, THIS WAS PUT IN LATE 18, EARLY 1900'S. THE TOP HALF OF THE WALL IS MADE PUT IN LATE 18, EARLY 1900'S. THE TOP HALF OF THE WALL IS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE. THE TOP HALF OF THE WALL IS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE. HE HAD THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT OUT OF CONCRETE. HE HAD THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT THAT DAM LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE THE HE HAD THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT THAT DAM LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE THE SURROUNDING SANDSTONE. THAT DAM LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE THE SURROUNDING SANDSTONE. THE FALLS IS HERE BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING SANDSTONE. THE FALLS IS HERE BECAUSE OF THE DAM, AND THE DAM WAS PUT IN BY THE FALLS IS HERE BECAUSE OF THE DAM, AND THE DAM WAS PUT IN BY MATHON, THE LAKE WAS IRRIGATED DAM, AND THE DAM WAS PUT IN BY MATHON, THE LAKE WAS IRRIGATED HIS GOLF COURSE AND PROVIDED REC MATHON, THE LAKE WAS IRRIGATED HIS GOLF COURSE AND PROVIDED REC RERECREATION FOR THE VISITORS HIS GOLF COURSE AND PROVIDED REC RERECREATION FOR THE VISITORS WHO USED TO COME TO THE PARK. RERECREATION FOR THE VISITORS WHO USED TO COME TO THE PARK. THE TRAILS AROUND THE TOP OF THE WHO USED TO COME TO THE PARK. THE TRAILS AROUND THE TOP OF THE RIM OFOTHARE WIDE ENOUGH SO THE TRAILS AROUND THE TOP OF THE RIM OFOTHARE WIDE ENOUGH SO YOU CAN ALMOST DRIVE A VEHICLE RIM OFOTHARE WIDE ENOUGH SO YOU CAN ALMOST DRIVE A VEHICLE DOWN THEM. YOU CAN ALMOST DRIVE A VEHICLE DOWN THEM. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN DOWN THEM. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN FREDERICK MATHISON DEVELOPED IT AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN FREDERICK MATHISON DEVELOPED IT IN THE EARLY 1900'S, HE MADE FREDERICK MATHISON DEVELOPED IT IN THE EARLY 1900'S, HE MADE THEM WIDE ENOUGH TO TAKE HORSE IN THE EARLY 1900'S, HE MADE THEM WIDE ENOUGH TO TAKE HORSE WITH WAGONS. NOT ONLY DO PEOPLE THEM WIDE ENOUGH TO TAKE HORSE WITH WAGONS. NOT ONLY DO PEOPLE COME TO HIKE IN THE PARK, WE WITH WAGONS. NOT ONLY DO PEOPLE COME TO HIKE IN THE PARK, WE HAVE HORSEBACK RIDING, CAMP COME TO HIKE IN THE PARK, WE HAVE HORSEBACK RIDING, CAMP GROUNDS, 11 MILES OF HORSEBACK HAVE HORSEBACK RIDING, CAMP GROUNDS, 11 MILES OF HORSEBACK RIDING, SIX MILES OF COS TRON GROUNDS, 11 MILES OF HORSEBACK RIDING, SIX MILES OF COS TRON SIX MILES OF CROSS-COUNTRY RIDING, SIX MILES OF COS TRON SIX MILES OF CROSS-COUNTRY TRAILS IN THE WINTER WHEN WE SIX MILES OF CROSS-COUNTRY TRAILS IN THE WINTER WHEN WE HAVE ENOUGH SNOW. SOME OF THE THINGS PEOPLE COME TO SEE ARE THE PLANTS THAT GO ON THE SIDE OF THE ROCK, AND COME TO SEE ARE THE PLANTS THAT GO ON THE SIDE OF THE ROCK, AND SOME OF THE PLANTS YOU CAN SEE GO ON THE SIDE OF THE ROCK, AND SOME OF THE PLANTS YOU CAN SEE ARE LIVER WART WHICH IS SOME OF THE PLANTS YOU CAN SEE ARE LIVER WART WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK ARE LIVER WART WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THEM, YOU DON'T NEED A INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THEM, YOU DON'T NEED A MICROSCOPE, YOU CAN SEE EACH AT THEM, YOU DON'T NEED A MICROSCOPE, YOU CAN SEE EACH INDIVIDUAL CELL ON THE PLANT MICROSCOPE, YOU CAN SEE EACH INDIVIDUAL CELL ON THE PLANT WHICH IS VERY, VERY INTERESTING. INDIVIDUAL CELL ON THE PLANT WHICH IS VERY, VERY INTERESTING. THERE ARE OTHER PLANTS THAT GROW WHICH IS VERY, VERY INTERESTING. THERE ARE OTHER PLANTS THAT GROW ON THE SIDE OF THE ROCK LIKE THERE ARE OTHER PLANTS THAT GROW ON THE SIDE OF THE ROCK LIKE WHITE CEDAR TREES, VERY, VERY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROCK LIKE WHITE CEDAR TREES, VERY, VERY RARE IN ILLINOIS. WHITE CEDAR TREES, VERY, VERY RARE IN ILLINOIS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE RARE IN ILLINOIS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE ON THE THREATENED SPECIES LIST, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE ON THE THREATENED SPECIES LIST, ONLY FOUND TO FOUR OR FIVE ON THE THREATENED SPECIES LIST, ONLY FOUND TO FOUR OR FIVE PLACES IN ILLINOIS. ONLY FOUND TO FOUR OR FIVE PLACES IN ILLINOIS. YOU WILL SEE THEM GROWING RIGHT PLACES IN ILLINOIS. YOU WILL SEE THEM GROWING RIGHT OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE ROCKS. YOU WILL SEE THEM GROWING RIGHT OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE ROCKS. THEY GROW VERY VERY SLOW, AND OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE ROCKS. THEY GROW VERY VERY SLOW, AND TREES IN THE PARK COULD BE THEY GROW VERY VERY SLOW, AND TREES IN THE PARK COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 400 YEARS TREES IN THE PARK COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 400 YEARS OLD. ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 400 YEARS OLD. WHEN YOU FIRST COME INTO THE OLD. WHEN YOU FIRST COME INTO THE MAIN PART OF MATHISSON PARK, YOU WHEN YOU FIRST COME INTO THE MAIN PART OF MATHISSON PARK, YOU WILL SEE A MAIN FORT. MAIN PART OF MATHISSON PARK, YOU WILL SEE A MAIN FORT. MALGHTS ISSON AND HIS DAUGHTER WILL SEE A MAIN FORT. MALGHTS ISSON AND HIS DAUGHTER DECIDED TO BUILD A FORT SO THE MALGHTS ISSON AND HIS DAUGHTER DECIDED TO BUILD A FORT SO THE CHILDREN COULD PLAY IN THE FORT. DECIDED TO BUILD A FORT SO THE CHILDREN COULD PLAY IN THE FORT. IT IS EXPENSIVE AND VERY CHILDREN COULD PLAY IN THE FORT. IT IS EXPENSIVE AND VERY INTERESTING, MUCH IN THE FASHION IT IS EXPENSIVE AND VERY INTERESTING, MUCH IN THE FASHION OF WHAT THE FRENCH FORTS LOOKED INTERESTING, MUCH IN THE FASHION OF WHAT THE FRENCH FORTS LOOKED LIKE BACK IN THE 1700'S. OF WHAT THE FRENCH FORTS LOOKED LIKE BACK IN THE 1700'S. >> >> CONSIDERING WHEN YOU TAIK WHERE WE ARE AT IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, WHICH IS PRETTY DARN WHERE WE ARE AT IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, WHICH IS PRETTY DARN FLAT, YOU COME HERE, CLIFFS 70, ILLINOIS, WHICH IS PRETTY DARN FLAT, YOU COME HERE, CLIFFS 70, 80, 90 FEET HIGH, WATERFALLS FLAT, YOU COME HERE, CLIFFS 70, 80, 90 FEET HIGH, WATERFALLS 90 FEET HIGH, IT IS HARD TO 80, 90 FEET HIGH, WATERFALLS 90 FEET HIGH, IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE FINDING A PRETTIER PLACE 90 FEET HIGH, IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE FINDING A PRETTIER PLACE IN THE MIDWEST THAN WHERE WE ARE IMAGINE FINDING A PRETTIER PLACE IN THE MIDWEST THAN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. IN THE MIDWEST THAN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. >>. RIGHT NOW. >>. >> THE BEST TIME TO ENJOY THE >>. >> THE BEST TIME TO ENJOY THE WATERFALLS AT MATHISSON STATE >> THE BEST TIME TO ENJOY THE WATERFALLS AT MATHISSON STATE PARK IN EARLY SPRING OR JUST WATERFALLS AT MATHISSON STATE PARK IN EARLY SPRING OR JUST AFTER A HARD RAIN FOR DIRECTIONS TO MATHISSON STATE PARK CALL (815)667-4868.