Related Historical Markers

By R. C., May 3, 2011

Chicago Road Marker

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, Downtown Detroit — S280 — Chicago Road —

The Great Sauk Trail, the most important Indian trail in the Great Lakes region, was used later by French explorers, fur traders, missionaries, and soldiers. After the 1760's the trail became a major road for British and American travelers. In the . . . — — Map (db m42298) HM

2 ► Michigan, Wayne County, Dearborn — The Ten Eyck Tavern —

Conrad Ten Eyck (1782-1847) built a famous tavern in 1826 about 300 feet west of this marker--the first resting place of travelers, one day's trip west of Detroit. It stood on the River Rouge at a point where the Chicago Road forked. The northerly . . . — — Map (db m32498) HM

3 ► Michigan, Wayne County, Westland — S699 — Eloise —

Side 1 In 1839 Wayne County purchased the Black Horse Tavern, a stagecoach stop, Located here on the Chicago road, for use as a poorhouse. Early on the poorhouse accepted not only the county's indigent, but the infirm and mentally ill . . . — — Map (db m170060) HM

4 ► Michigan, St. Joseph County, Mottville — S576A — Mottville Bridge —

(Front Side) The Great Sauk Trail, which connected Detroit, Chicago and Green Bay, Wisconsin, crossed the St. Joseph River at a shallow spot in this vicinity. Responding to the westward migration of pioneers, the federal government . . . — — Map (db m64545) HM

5 ► Michigan, Berrien County, Bertrand — S0286 — Bertrand —

Nearby French and English trading posts were known as parc aux vaches or “cowpens” for the wild buffalo once found here. Joseph Bertrand, an early trader, married the daughter of a Potawatomi chief and through her acquired land in . . . — — Map (db m1604) HM