Hopalong Cassidy River Trail
The Hopalong Cassidy River Trail is a 0.5 mi; (0.8 km) flat trail on the bank of the Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary), Vermilion River in Streator, Illinois. The trail is mostly gravel, with a section of cement next to the Bridge St. Bridge on the north and south side of the road. The trail is part of the local flood control system. It is named after the Hopalong Cassidy western series of books written by author Clarence E. Mulford, whose childhood house sits next to the trail on the south side of the road. The trail is lined with a forest of mulberry, oak and maple trees. References

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Vermilion River (Illinois River Tributary)
The Vermilion River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in the state of Illinois, United States. The river flows north, in contrast to a second Vermilion River in Illinois, which flows south to the Wabash River. The Illinois and Wabash rivers each have a tributary named the Little Vermilion River as well. The north-flowing Vermilion River and the south-flowing Middle Fork Vermilion River run on what is close to a straight line between Oglesby and Danville. In presettlement times, the two rivers drained an upland marsh near Roberts. It is possible that early settlers regarded these as a single river that flowed in two directions. It is also possible that, in early settlement times, these rivers formed a canoe route between the Illinois River and Wabash River, with a portage through the marshes near Roberts. This may explain why the two rivers have the same ...
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