Chicago Parks - Ronan Traditional Cache
kengi: The exact location no longer works for a cache of similar size. Nothing nearby appealed to me. Maybe I can rig something different for the same spot, but it won't be soon. Perhaps in the spring.
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16 oz. Lock 'n Lock
Here's another great Chicago Park! Normally I'm biking on the east side of the river here, but there are some great walking paths on the west side to check out as well.
This cache was placed as part of the Honoring the Chicago River series. Once known for its pollution, the Chicago River has improved over the past 30 years, due in large part to the hard work of local residents. Today it is coming back to life, with an increasing amount of animals and native plants. In addition, the city plans to create a network of linked river walks to allow people to walk much of the length of the River. We hope you will stop to take a look at the Chicago River and to help out by performing CITO if necessary.
From the Chicago Park District Website:
In 1929, the City of Chicago built a new pumping station east of the channelized North Branch of the Chicago River to meet the increasing need for water in the neighboring Lincoln Square and Albany Park communities. Just over thirty years later, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and the Chicago Park District began working together to create recreational space adjoining the pumping station. The park district soon signed a lease for 7.5 acres of water district land, and by the mid-1960s, playgrounds and greenspaces lined both sides of the North Shore Channel. In the 1990s, the park district began leasing additional water district land, bringing the park's total acreage to nearly 13 acres. The entire park was rehabilitated, and a bike path added as part of a larger plan to create a recreational corridor along the river.
Ronan Park honors Ensign George Ronan (--1812), who died in the Fort Dearborn Massacre on August 15, 1812, when Potowatomi warriors routed the Federal forces at Chicago. Ronan was the first West Point graduate to fall in battle.
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