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Portion of trail goes to forest preserve
Oct 13, 2004
Patrick Waldron, staff writer
Daily Herald
Pertains to Fox River Trail, South Elgin, Wayne, St. Charles
After years of often heated debate, a disputed stretch of the Fox River bike trail has been sold to the Kane County Forest Preserve by a son who still feels he was bullied into handing over his mother's home.

The long-disputed St. Charles Township land has been held in trust since owner Lucile B. Gill died in 2003. A portion of the Gill estate, named Foxpatch by the family, contained a 200-foot stretch of the river trail long used publicly but until now privately owned.

For 15 years, it had been leased by Lucille Gill ...

   
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