Nature Journal 6

(photo by indiana maps database)

(photo by historicmaps.com
As I have studied this nature place it has become very hard to fine tune what this area really was. Since there is a creek nearby I can say that this place was designed to be like this. A former president of the university once said, “To cut a tree unnecessarily has long been an act of treason against our heritage and the loyalty, love, and effort of our predecessors who have preserved it for us. So when this campus was drawn out it was planned that this be a beautiful place filled with plants and trees, to make the campus of Bloomington stand out.
This location today contains many plants and trees not as many as before thanks to tailgating though. But this area was used for recreation. It was once a park where people could come enjoy the beautiful scenery of gardens and trees and smell the freshness of the air. This area was reserved to serve a purpose on campus and that was to maintain as a beautiful grassy display area. The land use to have a couple of homes as well but they were moved when the land was bought. Now the edition of the Devault Alumni Center occupies some of the space since its completion in 1997. By taking a look at the area you can tell that it has been a plain area for some time now. But as the Indiana achieves show, back in 1887 the university did not even extend this far. So the area could have even been used as farm land since there was so much space and not many streets reached to the 45/46 extension.