Thanks to naturalist May Theilgaard Watts's vision, bikers and trail users are now reaping the benefits in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties. Her September 1963 letter to the Chicago Tribune proposing a ...
The 61-mile Illinois Prairie Path all started with a letter and a dream. The late May Theilgaard Watts, a naturalist at the Morton Arboretum, envisioned a nature trail along the old Chicago, Aurora & ...