The Galena Road
N 41° 57.574 W 089° 34.765
16T E 286235 N 4648505
How a pioneer road is started
Waymark Code: WM9CKD
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2010
Views: 4
In the early 1830's pioneer traffic moving north from Peoria crowded primitive trails and forced a direct route to Galena. In 1833, Levi Warner's state survey marked the "Galena Road." It cut through this schoolyard. Private Abraham Lincoln passed this site June 13, 1832 in Captain Elijah Iles's Black Hawk War Company.
County: Ogle
Historical Society: Polo Historical Society and The Illinois State Historical Society
Dedication Date: 01/01/1964
Location: The marker is located 1.5 miles south of Polo where US Route 52 /IL 26 intersect with Henry Road. It is on the south edge of the old school grounds and faces south toward Henry Road.
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