Kaskaskia Trail - Eldorado, IL
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N 37° 49.138 W 088° 27.523
16S E 371610 N 4186731
This trail has another name: Kaskaskia Trail, Shawneetown Trail or sometimes called the combination of Kaskaskai - Shawneetown Trail
Waymark Code: WMK9K1
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2014
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County of marker: Saline County
Location of marker: Raleigh Rd., Wolf Creek Cemetery, E. limits of Eldorado
Marker erected by: Saline County Tourism Board, Saline County Historical Society
Trails were Our First Interstates, Lusk's Ferry Road,
Marker Text:
KASKASKIA TRAIL The Kaskaskia Trail was an early pioneer trail that played an important part in the history and development of Saline County. The trail extended from Shawneetown on the Ohio River, past the Salt Works near Equality and on to Kaskaskia, the capital of the Illinois Territory, on the Mississippi River.
Salt from the salt works was hauled to Kaskaskia via the trail, which was also used by a steady stream of Pioneers migrating from the east and southeast. Many of them settled in Saline County.
A portion of the original trail is still evident in Wolf Creek Cemetery, now just a depression in the hill near the cannon and flagpole.