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 Potawatomi Indians - Jacksonville, IL Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 44.073 W 090° 13.731
15S E 737475 N 4401968
The Potawatomi Trail of Death was the forced removal by United States forces from 4 September to 4 November 1838, of 859 members of the Potawatomi nation from Twin Lakes.
Waymark Code: WMKD17
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2014
Views: 3
County of site: Morgan County
Location of marker: Mauvaisterre St., Central Park Plaza,, Jacksonville
Marker erected by: Morgan County Historical Society
Date marker erected: September 1993
Marker Text: POTAWATOMI INDIANS
were welcomed on this plaza
October 2, 1838
while on the Trail of Death.
From Indiana to what is now Kansas.
Commemoration of this event, September, 1993, The Morgan County Historical Society.
County: Morgan County
Historical Society: Morgan County Historical Society
Dedication Date: September 1993
Location: Central Park Plaza
Website: [Web Link]
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