Potawatomi Trail of Death Historical Markers
In 1838 over 850 Potawatomi Indians were forced by gunpoint off their homeland in Indiana and marched approximately 660 miles to the State of Kansas for relocation — causing approximately 42 deaths along the way.
By Jason Voigt, May 11, 2020
In Memory of the Potawatomi Indian "Trail of Death" Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► Illinois (Adams County), Quincy — In Memory of the Potawatomi Indian "Trail of Death" Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838 —  |
| 2► Illinois (Champaign County), Homer — Potawatomi Trail of Death Davis' Point Encampment September 20, 1838 — |
| 3► Illinois (Champaign County), Sadorus — Potawatomi Trail of Death Sadorus's Grove Encampment September 22, 1838 — |
| 4► Illinois (Champaign County), Sidney — Potawatomi Trail of Death Sidney Encampment September 21, 1838 — |
| 5► Illinois (Macon County), Decatur — Potawatomi Trail of Death Sangamon Crossing 24 - 26 September, 1838 — |
| 6► Illinois (Morgan County), Jacksonville — Potawatami Indians — |
| 7► Illinois (Piatt County), Monticello — Potawatomi Trail of Death — |
| 8► Illinois (Piatt County), Monticello — Trail of Death Pyatt's Point Sept. 21, 1838 — |
| 9► Illinois (Pike County), Perry — Potawatomi Trail of Death — |
| 10► Illinois (Sangamon County), New Berlin — Potawatomi Trail of Death McCoys Mill Encampment Sept 4 - Nov 4, 1838 — |
| 11► Illinois (Sangamon County), New Berlin — Potawatomi Trail of Death Island Grove Encampment Sept 4-Nov 4, 1838 — |
| 12► Illinois (Sangamon County), Springfield — Potawatomi Trail of Death — |
| 13► Illinois (Sangamon County), Springfield — Potawatomi Trail of Death — |
| 14► Illinois (Vermilion County), Catlin — Potawatomi - A Trail of Death Sandusky Point Encampment — |
| 15► Illinois (Vermilion County), Danville — Trail of Death 1838 Ellsworth Park — |
| 16► Indiana (Carroll County), Delphi — Trail of Death September 10, 1838 "Winnemac's" Old Village — |
| 17► Indiana (Carroll County), Pittsburg — Trail of Death Pleasant Run — |
| 18► Indiana (Cass County), Logansport — Potawatomi Encampment Trail of Death — |
| 19► Indiana (Fulton County), Rochester — Father Petit and the Potawatomi 'Trail of Death' Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838 — |
| 20► Indiana (Fulton County), Rochester — 25.1949.1 — Michigan Road — |
| 21► Indiana (Fulton County), Rochester — Potawatomi "Trail of Death" Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838 — |
| 22► Indiana (Fulton County), Rochester — Site of Indian Village Chippewa-Nung Potawatomi - Trail of Death — |
| 23► Indiana (Fulton County), Rochester — Trail of Death Mud Creek — |
| 24► Indiana (Fulton County), Rochester — William Polke House — |
| 25► Indiana (Marshall County), Plymouth — Chief Menominee — |
| 26► Indiana (Marshall County), Plymouth — Menominee Chapel Potawatomi - Trail of Death — |
| 27► Indiana (Marshall County), Plymouth — Potawatomi Indian Village — |
| 28► Indiana (Marshall County), Plymouth — 50.1949.1 — Trail of Death — |
| 29► Indiana (Tippecanoe County), Battle Ground — Potawatomi Trail of Death Route — |
| 30► Indiana (Tippecanoe County), Lafayette — Trail of Death September 13, 1838 Lagrange on Wabash River — |
| 31► Indiana (Tippecanoe County), Lafayette — Trail of Death September 12, 1838 LaGrange - Logansport State Road — |
| 32► Indiana (Warren County), State Line City — Trail of Death Gopher Hill Cemetery — |
| 33► Indiana (Warren County), Williamsport — The Trail of Death — |
| 34► Indiana (Warren County), Williamsport — Trail of Death Old Town Park - - Williamsport — |
| 35► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — [Potawatomi] Trail of Death Indiana to Kansas — |
| 36► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — [Potawatomi] Trail of Death — |
| 37► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — Father Petit and the Potawatomi 'Trail of Death' (Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838) — |
| 38► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — Father Petit and the Trail of Death — |
| 39► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — Kanza Indian Site? — |
| 40► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — Potawatomi "Trail of Death" march & death of Fr. Petit — |
| 41► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — Potawatomi Burial Ground Memorial — |
| 42► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — Priests House — |
| 43► Kansas (Linn County), Centerville — St. Mary's Mission St. Philippine Duchesne Memorial Park — |
| 44► Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Sounds of the byway...moccasins and tears. Frontier Military Historic Byway — |
| 45► Kansas (Miami County), Osawatomie — The Potawatomi Trail of Death Indiana to Kansas September 3, 1838 to November 4, 1838 — |
| 46► Kansas (Pottawatomie County), St. Marys — Potawatomi Pay Station & St. Marys Mission — |
| 47► Kansas (Pottawatomie County), St. Marys — 18 — St. Marys — |
| 48► Kansas (Pottawatomie County), Wamego — 107 — Vieux Cemetery — |
| 49► Missouri (Lafayette County), Lexington — Trail of Death Historical Marker — |
| 50► Missouri (Marion County), Palmyra — Potawatomi Emigration Trail of Death — |
| 51► Missouri (Randolph County), Huntsville — Trail of Death — |
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