• Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
  Unlike most traditional parks, the Corridor is a diverse collection of natural, cultural, recreational and industrial resources. Its varied landscape traces regional history from the earliest contact between European explorers and American Indians to the Industrial Revolution to the beginnings of the Atomic Age. Located at Lockport, Illinois.
  
  
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site
  At the park's center stands the two-story home of Abraham Lincoln, the only home he ever owned. The home was constructed in 1839 as a one story cottage and the Lincolns lived in the house from 1844 until his election to the Presidency in 1861. The home, which has been restored to its 1860s appearance, reveals Lincoln as husband, father, politician, and President-elect. Located at Springfield, Illinois.
  
  
• St. Charles Park District
  The St. Charles Park Foundation has been created and designed to receive funds, real and personal property for charitable, scientific or educational purposes for the betterment of the Greater St. Charles area. St. Charles Park District, a special purpose governmental unit, in the acquisition, conservation, preservation, development of lands and operation of recreational programs and activities within the Counties of Kane and DuPage.
  
  

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