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Surveyor's made short but precise notes as they measured the land of Illinois. Their measurements were very important, as they were the basis for public land sales by regional land offices to settlers. The surveyors noted the distances between landmarks such as large trees, creeks, and groves. Read more about the surveying of Illinois in our Web exhibit, [i]Prairies in the Prairie State[/i] and [i]MuseumLink Forest[/i] Web exhibit. Scientists use land survey journal entries to find out what plants, animals, and geologic features were in parts of Illinois 200 years ago.]]> photo Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:35:13 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=936 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=936
This Pere Marquette map of 1673-74 shows Illinois in the center, with Lake Michigan to the north and the Mississippi river to the west.]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:12:31 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=933 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=933
Ridgway recorded the denuding of Illinois in the late 19th century by the timber industry.]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:10:18 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=930 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=930
land survey The surveyors not only marked township grids; they also marked where prairies, forests, and bodies of water were located.]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:09:09 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=927 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=927
Illinois was surveyed in the early nineteenth century by teams of surveyors who braved the wilds of a frontier country to measure and record the land features using basic surveyors tools.]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:07:15 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=923 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=923
Joliet's Illinois map (detail) This hand-drawn and painted map of northern Illinois was made in 1674.]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:13:00 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=918 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=918
Sweet farm tilers To drain wet land so it could be plowed, farmers dug trenches and lined them with fired-clay tiles.]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:52:06 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=915 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=915
This photograph was taken about 1895 by the owner of the farm, Edgar Sweet. It shows the barn and cattle pens with hay stacks and bales.]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:50:37 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=909 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=909
This Ridgway photograph is of a marsh, probably in southeastern Illinois, showing lotus plants.]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:48:21 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=906 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=906
Photographs taken by Robert Ridgway record the Wabash River valley landscape during the late 1800s, when bottomland forests were being cut and cleared for farming. Trees in these forests had trunk diameters of more than 2.5 meters (about 8 ft.) and circumferences of 9 meters (about 30 ft.).]]> photo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:46:46 -0500