North Branch

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North Branch

region, Illinois, United States

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North Branch is a 20-km (12-mile) strip of land running northward from Chicago along the north branch of the Chicago River. Early in the 20th century, it was protected from building but later abandoned. Beginning in the 1970s, a group of volunteers first cleared out…
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North Branch is a 20-km (12-mile) strip of land running northward from Chicago along the north branch of the Chicago River. Early in the 20th century, it was protected from building but later abandoned. Beginning in the 1970s, a group of volunteers first cleared out…
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