Foundations-In this Section

THE CHICAGO REGION
provides basic information on the geography of Chicago

EARLY ADVOCATES
provides an overview of some of the models used by early advocates of the Forest Preserve

URBAN LIFE
provides information on the 'City Beautiful' movement

Thumbnail Image of unimproved grounds which were to become the Forest Preserve

Thumbnail image of a map of cook county from 1921

Thumbnail image of people sitting in a field of flowers

FOUNDATIONS,
the people, organizations, and events that helped to establish the Forest Preserve

Click any of the images to get to the page described at the left of the image.

THE SEEDS OF PRESERVATION provides an introduction to some of the people involved with the beginnings of the Forest Preserve

MAP OF COOK COUNTY, 1921