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Caption: Dedication - Allerton Park
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% On October 14, 1946, Robert Allerton gave to the Board of Trustee! of the University of Illinois part of his homestead, The Farms, near Monticello in Piatt County, Illinois, to be used by the University as an educational and research center, as a forest and a wild-life and plantlife reserve, as an example of landscape architecture, and as a public park. The portion known as the Woodland Property, approximatch 1,500 acres in extent, has been named Robert Allerton Park. At the same time, Mr. Allerton designated almost 250 acres just north of the Park area for the Illinois 4-H Memorial Camp. This being developed and maintained by the University for 4-H Club and related educational programs. A third area, consisting of 3,775 acres of .land in eight different farms lying north of the Sangamon River, was provided with the stipulation that its income be used to maintain and develop the Park. Kht. 195) v the Univeriity of Illinois Preii. 1 in tl Un I Statei of Amen I
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