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Des Plaines
[ des pleynz ]
noun
- a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- a river in SE Wisconsin and NE Illinois, flowing S to join the Kankakee River in forming the Illinois River; part of the Illinois Waterway. 110 miles (177 km) long.
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It is in a picturesque farming country, and there are good limestone quarries in the valley of the Des Plaines river.
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At the point where the deep cut reaches the Des Plaines, it is ten feet lower than the bottom of the river.
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I searched for, and found, the fossil tree, reported to lie in the rocks in the bed of the river Des Plaines.
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