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McAdams Peak
Pere Marquette State Park
McAdams Peak
791 feet above sea level
372 feet above the Illinois River
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Four of Pere Marquette's hiking trails (Goat
Cliff, Ridge, Ravine and
Hickory) terminate at McAdams Peak. A stone shelter
constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps sits atop the peak.
"The Illini Indians once inhabited these
hills and the river valley. In 1892, 100 Indian skeletons were removed from this
vicinity by Professor William McAdams for the Smithsonian Institute. He also
obtained artifacts which are now (1934) exhibited at the Centennial Building,
Springfield and at the Monticello Seminary. Forty years later (1932) his son
John D. McAdams, of Alton, was instrumental in acquiring this property for a
state park."
From the marker at McAdams Peak erected by the
State of Illinois in 1934.
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