Humans have been exploring, fishing and hunting in the landscape we call Abilene State Park for at least 6,000 years, if not more. The story of early humans here stretches back to the Archaic Period, ...
MODOC, Ill. (AP) -- More than 9,000 years ago, nomadic hunters in Southern Illinois were handy with an atlatl, a Stone Age throwing gadget that gave their spears fast-ball speed. And when dense ...