Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lyons, Illinois
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Near 47th Street (Local Route 43) west of Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43), on the right when traveling west. Reported unreadable.
This is the sight of the trading post established and operated by Bernardus and David Laughton, fur traders in 1828. Laughton’s Ford on the Des Plaines lies directly west. — — Map (db m230025) HM
Near South Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) south of Forest View Terminal Drive.
For hundreds of years, early travelers and settlers had to carry their canoes, belongings and trade goods overland through the Chicago Portage between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago River. You are standing where Marquette, Jolliet and . . . — — Map (db m157678) HM
Near Riverwalk Drive at Joliet Road, Millbridge Road and West 39th Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Hofmann Dam
Developed over 150 years ago, the site of the Hofmann dam has contributed to the development of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Before Chicago was incorporated, a small village named Lyons developed just 12 miles west. Home . . . — — Map (db m225297) HM
On Ogden Avenue (U.S. 34) 0.2 miles east of Joliet Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
And they thought we couldn't fight
Dedicated in memory of
Our
Departed Comrades
by
Emil Schieve Post 699
American Legion
May 19th 1935 — — Map (db m236570) WM