Great Sauk (Sac) Trail - Merrillville, IN
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cldisme
N 41° 29.155 W 087° 20.767
16T E 471105 N 4592758
A brief history lesson about a modern road that has been used as a road for a very long time.
Waymark Code: WM3BKB
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2008
Views: 23
The text of the marker reads:
GREAT SAUK (SAC) TRAIL(east-west through this point)
Part of a transcontinental trail used by prehistoric peoples of North America, it passed through modern Detroit, Rock Island, and Davenport in the Midwest. The trail was important into the 19th century.
Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission 1966
In a residential neighborhood, the marker is sitting on a center median on Van Buren Street, just north of 73rd Avenue in Merrillville, IN. You may wonder why such a marker would be located here. It becomes more appearent when you discover 73rd Avenue once was US Route 30.
County: Lake
Year Placed: 1966
Name: Great Sauk (Sac) Trail (east-west through this point)
ID#: 4519661
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