Farm Creek Section - View this location on map Frank Leverett, one of America's foremost glacial geologists, discovered this exposed face of a hill with its clearly defined stratifications in 1879 and described and pictured it in his monograph The Illinois Glacial Lobe in 1899. The site was used to help formulate regional and national stratigraphic classifications and has figured prominently in the study and development of glacial geology. South on Hwy 8 between School St and Bittersweet Rd, East Peoria, Illinois Historical

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