ORIGINS

Belly Deep Slough: You'd think this Palos Hills fishing holenear U.S. 45 would be named by someone who waded through the waters.Not so. The name, belly deep, was chosen just for the heck of it,Cook County Forest Preserve District records show. Districtofficials were looking for "folksy names that people talk about,"when they named the marsh and several others, including HogwashSlough in Lyons Township and Laughing Squaw Slough in Palos Park.The natural marsh was reconfigured in the '30s so that it wouldretain water and serve as a flood basin. Today, fishermen catchsunfish, bass and bullheads there.

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