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Historical Markers in Paw Paw

 
Clickable Map of Lee County, Illinois and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Lee County, IL (53) Bureau County, IL (43) DeKalb County, IL (69) LaSalle County, IL (105) Ogle County, IL (55) Whiteside County, IL (37)  LeeCounty(53) Lee County (53)  BureauCounty(43) Bureau County (43)  DeKalbCounty(69) DeKalb County (69)  LaSalleCounty(105) LaSalle County (105)  OgleCounty(55) Ogle County (55)  WhitesideCounty(37) Whiteside County (37)
Dixon is the county seat for Lee County
Paw Paw is in Lee County
Lee County (53)  ►
ADJACENT TO LEE COUNTY
Bureau County (43)  ►
DeKalb County (69)  ►
LaSalle County (105)  ►
Ogle County (55)  ►
Whiteside County (37)  ►
 
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1 ► Illinois, Lee County, Paw Paw — Homes of Chief Waubonsie and Madeline Ogee —
Deep within the Paw Paw Grove, or As-Sim-In-Eh-Kon, Potawatomi Chief Waubonsie and his tribe made their home 1824-1836. At the Treaty of Prairie Du Chien 1829, Madeline Ogee, Potawatomi wife of Joseph Ogee, was granted two sections of land in the . . . — — Map (db m308294) HM
2 ► Illinois, Lee County, Paw Paw — Old Chicago Trail —
The Old Chicago Trail extended from Fort Dearborn to Galena. A government mail route was established along this Indian Trail in 1829. The Potawatomi ceded their territory to the government in 1833. This route became the first east-west stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m199818) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026