Hemingway Early Adventure Historic Marker Dedication

Hemingway Marker 100 E. Canal Ave., Ottawa, IL, United States

In April 1917, during their senior year spring break at Oak Park-River Forest High School, classmates Ernest Hemingway and Ray Ohlsen embarked on a trip mostly by canoe to Starved Rock State Park in La Salle County. In commemoration of Hemingway’s 125th anniversary, an Illinois State Historical