 view gallery |   Potawatomi Trail of Death marker - Homer, IL
in Illinois Historical Markers Plaque on a stone along County Route 1250 N, commemorating the Davis' Point Encampment of the Potawatomi Trail of Death From Indiana to Kansas. posted by:  adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/22/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Potawatomi - A Trail of Death marker - Catlin, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Plaque on a stone next to the Catlin Heritage Museum, commemorating the Sandusky Point Encampment of the Potawatomi Trail of Death. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/22/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Trail of Death 1838 marker - Danville, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Plaque on a stone in Ellsworth Park, commemorating the first point of encampment in Illinois of the northern Potawatomi tribes during their forced relocation from Indiana to Kansas. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/22/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Camp Thornton - Thornton, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Marker in the Sweet Woods Forest Preserve explaining the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp, German POW Camp and youth camps located in the woods. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/20/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Historic Ford Hangar - Lansing, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A brief history to the early days of aviation and this airport's contribution. posted by: cldisme location: Illinois date approved: 11/16/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Washington Square Park / Bughouse Square - Chicago, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A low, brass marker commemorating the re-dedication of Chicago's premier free speech forum near the Newberry Library. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/29/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Site of Absolem Wells Cabin - Chicago Heights, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A boulder with a plaque marks the site were the cabin stood, now part of the Wilson Woods Forest Preserve. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/20/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | This Was Countryside, Farms and Quarries marker - Countryside, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A new informational sign explaining the local history of Route 66 in Countryside, IL heading southwest out of Chicago. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/18/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Site of Fort Kaskaskia - Ellis Grove, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Marker describing the origins of the earthwork remnants of temporary fortifications intended to protect the southern flank of France's colony in Illinois, built on a commanding view of the Mississippi. Now a state historic site. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/17/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fort De Chartres Gateway markers - Prairie de Rocher, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A pair of markers in the entrance gateway to the rebuilt Fort De Chartres, describing its history. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/16/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lewis and Clark in Illinois - Fort De Chartres, Prairie de Rocher, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Large (brass) plaque commemorating William Clark and his recruits who passed by the ruins of Fort De Chartres on their way west, in 1803. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/16/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lincoln College marker - Lincoln, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A marker to Abraham Lincoln's namesake college in the first city named for him before he became President. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/9/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lincoln Wins His Case marker - Pontiac, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Commemorates the case that Abraham Lincoln won here against rival attorney Stephen A. Douglas, his future Senatorial opponent. Another of the "Looking for Lincoln" series. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/7/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fell Leads The Way - Pontiac, IL in Illinois Historical Markers This marker is located at the entrance to Fell Park at 200 North Vermillion Street in Pontiac, IL. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 10/2/2011 last visited: 8/21/2011 |
 view gallery | Citizenry Mourn Lincoln - Pontiac, IL in Illinois Historical Markers This historical marker is located in Pontiac's Fell Park and across the street from the town's train depot. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 10/2/2011 last visited: 8/21/2011 |
 view gallery | Riverbank Debate - Pontiac, IL in Illinois Historical Markers This historical marker is located on the banks of the Vermilion River at North Mill Street in Pontiac, Illinois. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 10/1/2011 last visited: 8/21/2011 |
 view gallery | Lincoln Slept Here - Pontiac, IL in Illinois Historical Markers This historical marker is located on the banks of the Vermilion River at North Mill Street in Pontiac, Illinois. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 10/1/2011 last visited: 9/4/2012 |
 view gallery | Abraham Lincoln traveled this way... - Lincoln, IL in Illinois Historical Markers The marker continues:
...AS HE RODE THE CIRCUIT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT *** 1847-1857. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 9/8/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lincoln's Lincoln markers - Lincoln, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A Looking for Lincoln marker and an adjacent Illinois State Historical Society marker explain Lincoln's connection to his namesake town Lincoln, IL. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 9/8/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lincoln's Law Practice / Circuit Court Stop markers - Mt. Pulaski, IL in Illinois Historical Markers On the grounds of the Courthouse State Historic Site, both sides of this sign relate the stories of Lincoln and his connections to the people of Mount Pulaski, as well as to the Illinois 8th Judicial Circuit Court County Seat, here from 1848 to 1855. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 9/7/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Bryant Cottage State Historic Site markers - Bement, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Three adjacent markers in the Looking for Lincoln series that describe Lincoln's Circuit riding days here, the Lincoln/Douglas debate meeting and Bement's participation in the Civil War, all on the compact grounds of the Historic Site. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 9/6/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Mount Pulaski Court House marker - Mt. Pulaski, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Marker in front of Mount Pulaski Courthouse, which was built in 1848 and served as the Logan County seat until 1855. Attorney Abraham Lincoln regularly argued cases in the second-floor courtroom. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 9/6/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Trail of Death Pyatt's Point markers - Monticello, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A pair of signs - wooden & metal - that mark the local encampment site for the Potawatomi Indians on their forced march from Indiana in 1838. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 9/5/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Potawatomi Trail of Death cemetery marker - Monticello, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Plaque on a stone in the Monticello City Cemetery, commemorating the victims of the Trail of Death buried here. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 9/5/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lincoln National Memorial Highway, Lincoln’s First Illinois Home markers - west Decatur area, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Two markers side by side with information about the Lincoln family's coming to Illinois. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 9/4/2011 last visited: never |
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