Lone Star Quarry in Oglesby, Illinois, now part of Starved Rock and Matthiessen Park

[Oxytropidoceras]

The Lone Star Quarry in Oglesby, Illinois is now part of

the adjacent Starved Rock and Matthiessen Park.

 

A Fossil Park for Illinois by Roy Plotnick

https://medium.com/@plotnick/a-fossil-park-for-illinois-4c2cb44af2e9

 

Matthiessen — and Starved Rock — just got a lot bigger

(VIDEO) DNR increases parks by 55 percent after $11

million deal with cement company By Tom Collins 

http://www.newstrib.com/free/matthiessen-and-starved-rock-just-got-a-lot-bigger-video/article_203e37f8-d89a-11e8-9a7e-e72ef52ec0d6.html

 

A web page about other fossil parks:

 

Fossil Parks, myFossil

https://www.myfossil.org/fossil-parks/

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[Nimravis]

5 hours ago, Oxytropidoceras said:

The Lone Star Quarry in Oglesby, Illinois is now part of

the adjacent Starved Rock and Matthiessen Park.

Unfortunately, I have a feeling that this will take years before we are able to access the Lonestar Quarry again.

[fossilized6s]

On 6/15/2019 at 10:27 PM, Nimravis said:

Unfortunately, I have a feeling that this will take years before we are able to access the Lonestar Quarry again.

Yup. No more hunting. I wish they would do something like Mazon did with daily permits. 

[ClearLake]

@Nimravis  I'm just curious, it has been over three years since this post.  Has there been any movement on this fossil park?  Thanks

[connorp]

I heard COVID slammed the brakes on this project, unfortunately.

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, connorp said:

I heard COVID slammed the brakes on this project, unfortunately.

In Illinois, the wind blowing off of the lake can slam the brakes on many things. I hope this comes to fruition.