The History of Starved Rock

by Mark Walczynski

Overview

The History of Starved Rock provides a wonderful overview of the famous site in Utica, Illinois, from when European explorers first viewed the bluff in 1673 through to 1911, when Starved Rock became the centerpiece of Illinois' second state park.

Mark Walczynski pulls together stories and insights from the language, geology, geography, anthropology, archaeology, biology, and agriculture of the park to provide readers with an understanding of both the human and natural history of Starved Rock, and to put it into context with the larger history of the American Midwest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501748240
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	03/15/2020
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mark Walczynski is Park Historian for the Starved Rock Foundation located at Starved Rock State Park, Utica, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. 1673–1679: The Black Robe Arrives at Kaskaskia (Kaaskaaskinki waahpiiwa mahkateehkoreya)
2. 1680–1682: Everything Is Difficult (Čeeki kiikoo aarimatwi)
3. 1683: The French Build a Fort (maamistikoošiwa wešihtooka niimihki)
4. 1684: The Iroquois Lay Siege to the Fort (Niimihki wiiyostamwa pahsiikania)
5. 1685–1691: Trade and the Beaver (Ataweeyoni ci amehkwa)
6. 1692–1712: The Rock Is Abandoned (Neekarentaaašipehkwa)
7. 1712–1730: Starved Rock and the Fox Wars (Mihšikatwi Aašipehkonki—Mahkwaskimina)
8. 1730–1776: We Leave, Never to Return (Nimecimehkaamina)
9. 1777–1840: The Big Knives Will Be in Control (Tipeerinkiiwakikatamihšimaarhsaki)
10. 1841–1885: Wait! Its Heart Is Still Beating (Eeskwa perakiiwi ateehi)
11. 1886–1911: It Will Always Be Sitting Here, Beautiful (Peehkisita moonšaki apiwa kata)
Concluding Thoughts

What People are Saying About This

Duane Esarey

An accurate, deeply-researched, labor of love, Walcyzinski's nearly unique format chronicles an utterly unique place. The reader, perspective immutably linked to the living stone edifice itself, stands watch while the stories of a beloved place and voices of its intertwining peoples flow past.

Robert Michael Morrissey

For those who want to know more about the fascinating history of Starved Rock, here's the book they've been looking for.

Editorial Reviews

Mark Walczynski has written 'the' history of Starved Rock not 'a' history of this place. The distinction is worth noting because the author has produced an exhaustively researched historyand because he takes care to distinguish the past as informed by the historical record from the body of lore associated with Starved Rock.

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