On North Main Street (Illinois Route 97) north of West Lincoln Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Lewistown Trail, from Springfield to Galena via Lewistown, was one of the main routes to the Galena Lead Mines from 1827 to 1837. The Trail crossed the Illinois River at Havana, where Ossian M. Ross, the founder of Lewistown, operated a ferry. He . . . — — Map (db m129216) HM
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 97) south of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The Revolutionary War veterans who have lived in Fulton County
This courthouse plaza is presented to the people of Fulton County that they may rededicate themselves to the preservation of the freedoms fought for 200 years ago, may all cherish . . . — — Map (db m267317) WM
On Battleground Avenue at North 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Battleground Avenue.
Designates 1838 Potawatomi "Trail of Death" route starting in Indiana, crossing Illinois and Missouri, and ending at present day Osawatomie, Kansas.
In September 1838 over 850 Potawatomi Indian people were rounded up and marched at gunpoint . . . — — Map (db m314697) HM
On North Main Street south of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Lincoln had come to know Lewistown residents quite well before his famous speech on August 17, 1858. Some of them he met before they became residents of Lewistown, others during his circuit riding days practicing law and pursuing a political career. . . . — — Map (db m267315) HM
On Lincoln Highway Road (County Road 1520E) just south of County Road 150N, on the right when traveling south.
Left Panel: “This will certify that the foregoing plot of the town of Farmington laid by me as proprietor is correct.
Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of April 1852.”
J. J. . . . — — Map (db m30979) HM
On Pine Street south of East Main Street (County Route 2), on the right when traveling north.
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Called the Illinois Traction System until 1937, the Illinois Terminal System was 550 miles of electrified railroad, linking farm communities of central Illinois to the bigger cities of Peoria, Springfield and St. Louis. . . . — — Map (db m162227) HM
The removal of the Potawatomi Indians from northern Indiana to Kansas took place Sept. - Nov. 1838. Nearly 900 Indians were rounded up by soldiers and marched at gun point for 61 days. So many died on the way and were buried by the roadside that . . . — — Map (db m70609) HM
William Benjamin Munson (1846-1930) was born in Fulton County, Illinois. He was the first graduate of Kentucky’s Agricultural and Mechanical College (later, University of Kentucky) in 1869. He had moved to Texas by 1871, settling in Sherman and . . . — — Map (db m215125) HM
Father Benjamin Marie Petit, a missionary to the Potawatomi in northern Indiana, accompanied them on the forced removal in 1838. He ministered to their needs, both spiritual and physical. He baptized the dying children, "whose first step was . . . — — Map (db m70635) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
