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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dale Bowman

Rambling around Markham Prairie, an appreciation

A compassplant against the sky at Markham Prairie. (Dale Bowman)

A few blackberries ripened inside the gap in fencing at the dead end of Whipple Street, running north off 159th between Popeyes and McDonald’s. To the east came the rumble of the Tri-State Tollway.

Welcome to Gensburg-Markham Prairie.

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