Bluff Street - Joliet, IL
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N 41° 31.469 W 088° 05.264
16T E 409248 N 4597553
This marker shares a boulder with another historical marker and is located near the Veterans Memorial in Joliet's Bicentennial Park.
Waymark Code: WMC8CN
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2011
Views: 3
Sharing a boulder with a plaque specifically for Joliet's first log cabin, this marker reads:
"'BLUFF STREET'
THE NATIONAL HOTEL ERECTED IN 1837
WAS FOR MANY YEARS JOLIET'S FINEST
HOTEL. BOTH LINCOLN AND VAN BUREN
WERE GUESTS.
'CHARLES REED BUILT THE FIRST LOG
HOUSE IN JOLIET ON THIS SITE.
THIS CORNER WAS A DIVISION POINT
IN THE OLD SAC AND FOX TRAIL.
THE FIRST FORD AND BRIDGE ACROSS
THE DES PLAINES WERE LOCATED NEAR
THIS POINT.
ERECTED BY
WILL JOLIET CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
1936"
County: Will
Historical Society: WILL JOLIET CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
Dedication Date: 1936
Location: near the Veterans Memorial in Joliet's Bicentennial Park
Website: Not listed
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