University of Illinois Extension

Constructing Illinois

Illinois is built on rock that is billions of years old. This rock tells stories of mountains and volcanoes that have long since been erased. However, this rock does provide the base for the beginnings of an ocean 500 million years ago. At that time, the land that is now Illinois was in a much different place on earth! It was actually near the equator as part of the shallow sea.

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