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        <title>What to Do in the BWCVB</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Discover the Blackhawk Waterways in Northwest Illinois and catch the latest news from our online travel magazine.]]></description>
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            <title>WGN TV Covers the Blackhawk Waterways</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Historic Black Hawk Statue and Thriving Sculpture Art Scene in Oregon Illinois.

								

Learn more about our thriving art scene (general/blackhawk-waterways-a-haven-for-artists.html).


Cruising the Rock River Valley

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            <author>Derek Olson</author>
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            <title>A Getaway Like it Used to Be!</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Do everything or nothing at all. 
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            <author>Thomas D. Griffith</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Lincoln Bicentennial celebrated proudly in Northwest Illinois</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Events, historic sites mark Lincoln Bicentennial in Northwest Illinois
In 2009, as the nation celebrates the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln's birth, the Blackhawk Waterways region of Northwest Illinois offers visitors a chance to see the places that helped shape the man who would become our 16th president.
Lincoln was born in 1809 in Kentucky, and as a boy moved with his family to Indiana. In 1830 Lincoln made Illinois his home. Two years
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            <author>Web Staff</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Byron Museum keeps History Alive</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two new Exhibits: Crossing Boundaries and Winter Traditions"Crossing Boundaries" was created by the Byron Museum of History, with the help of many people and organizations around Ogle County. Though created as a companion exhibit to the Smithsonian's "Between Fences," the exhibit is open now and will remain a semi-permanent feature of the Byron Museum.

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            <author>Byron Museum of History</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Valentine's Getaways in the Illinois Countryside</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Perfect Valentine’s Weekend Getaway is waiting for you in the Illinois Countryside! The special time of year has arrived for loving couple’s to take some time out of their hectic schedules and devote a Valentine’s weekend to do one thing: to take a break and rekindle the flame that so easily gets lost amidst work, family and the bustle of the holiday season.

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            <author>Web Staff</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Standish House: Bed &amp;amp; Breakfast has Historic roots</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Except for the sign in the front yard that reads "Standish House," the 128-year-old Queen Anne-style cottage at 540 W. Carroll St. might only be admired for its age, architecture, spacious landscaping and towering evergreens.
However, this well-tended historical home perched on a slight hill on the outskirts of Lanark is much more than a drive-by.


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            <author>Judy Schmidt, The Journal Standard</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Windmill worth the trip to Fulton</title>
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FULTON, Ill. — A sunset was on the way. We knew the sun was breaking its way through after a day of clouds, wind and rain, so we couldn’t wait to head for the windmill. Just the word “windmill” is all that is needed when you breathe the name “Fulton (http://www.cityoffulton.us).”
“De Immigrant” is the towering icon of this town, which is sometimes known as “The City on the Narrows”
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            <author>Bill Wundram</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Blackhawk Waterways: A Haven for Artists</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101Click here to see the WGN TV video on the Blackhawk statue.
In some places, art doesn’t just happen, it’s a happening ... and in the Blackhawk Waterways region you just might be surprised with the vigor and significance of of our art scene.
Lorado Taft & the Eagle’s Next Art Colony The thriving art culture in the Blackhawk Waterways region got started over a century ago when a group of like-minded
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            <author>Jayne Rose</author>
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            <title>Prairieland splendor at Nachusa Grasslands</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Located about 10 miles south of Oregon, near the Lee County village of Franklin Grove, you can wander nearly 3,000 acres of rolling landscape consisting of a mosaic of 11 natural community types, including dry prairie, tallgrass prairie, bur oak savanna, sand savanna, fen, sedge meadow, and streamside marsh. You’ll hear the songs of at least 90 species of breeding birds and you’ll delight in the many colors and hues of the
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            <author>Web Staff</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Discover the Open Roads by Motorcycle</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ridden a motorcycle will tell you that the ritual of wrapping your legs around a motor churning out raw horsepower with the wind in your hair and the sun on your back is one of the most freeing experiences known to man. Without windows and a roof riders are free to soak in the surrounding landscape from plush, hilly vistas to vast rolling plains. Illinois comprises a playground of
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            <author>A.K. Thompson</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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