Favorite Places: Starved Rock
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In 1769, a group of Illini were chased up a butte by Ottawa and Potawatomi. They remained there, under siege, until they starved.
Ever since, this system of canyons and peaks, created by a freak flood 15,000 years ago, has been known as Starved Rock.
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Starved Rock has long been a destination for Chicago-area landscape photographers (only 90-minutes from the city), due to its waterfalls rivers and canyons, in an area of the midwest that is typically flat.
![A bend in the Illinois River, now closed to the public](https://www.cjchilvers.com/content/images/content/v1/5fb175dc7c803320180cf83a/1609580821382-CT2W0QC8K37KQD9BPRUZ/image-asset.jpeg)
A bend in the Illinois River, now closed to the public
![Atop Starved Rock](https://www.cjchilvers.com/content/images/content/v1/5fb175dc7c803320180cf83a/1609580823830-B6M9QCMZZYGSD0PNHBLV/image-asset.jpeg)
Atop Starved Rock
![Atop Starved Rock](https://www.cjchilvers.com/content/images/content/v1/5fb175dc7c803320180cf83a/1609580825630-MRCH81YKUOZ1PU75EWFR/image-asset.jpeg)
Atop Starved Rock
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