Not Even Past: The History of Tallgrass Prairie and Bison in Northeastern Illinois
Roger Matile Room 72 Polk Street, Oswego, IL, United StatesMany think of the pre-history of Illinois as that of an untrammeled prairie wilderness, covered with bison. When the Native Americans arrived, they hunted and came to depend on the bison for everything needed. These lifeways continued until the arrival of the Euro-American farmers who put the land to new uses, and ended the tallgrass […]