| 词条 | Fort Daniel Conservation Area |
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Five marked trails comprise 4.5 miles (7.0 km) of hiking opportunities that cross and recross Big Creek. At the north end of the conservation area, a recreational complex includes a picnic shelter, playground, and fire ring. Tree watchers are encouraged to find and identify the sugar maples, chinquapin oaks, pawpaw, wafer ash, and Kentucky coffeetrees that grow in the conservation area. The conservation area is maintained by the Macon County Conservation District.[1] The nearest major highway is Illinois Route 121, southeast of Decatur. WhistlevilleAlthough the Big Creek upper watershed is open space now, it was one of the first points settled by Euro-Americans in the 1820s in what became Macon County. Looking for wooded land and firewood on the unforested prairie, the settlers found mature oaks and hickories here. The first comers named their pioneer village Whistleville. Soon a stagecoach route made the settlement a port of call between Indiana and central Illinois. Early settlers were mostly from the American South, and the settlement was identified as a location of pro-Southern settlement during the American Civil War. After the Civil War, Whistleville dwindled and disappeared into ghost town status.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://maconcountyconservation.org/conservation-areas/fort-daniel-conservation-area/ |title= Fort Daniel Conservation Area |work= maconcountyconservation.org |publisher= Macon County Conservation District |accessdate=November 21, 2016}} External links
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