Potowatomi Trail of Death - Riverton, Illinois
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BruceS
N 39° 49.366 W 089° 33.180
16S E 281500 N 4411204
Marker near the location the Potowatomi Indians stopped one night on the movement from Indiana to Kansas along the Trail of Death.
Waymark Code: WM8ZM4
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2010
Views: 6
Text of marker:
Potawatomi Trail of Death
Approximately 800 fatigued Potawaomi camped in this area on September 28, 1838, on a forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. Two children died during the night. Chief I-O-Weh led his people through the town of Springfield the next day.
Erected By
The Springfield Chapter National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
During the Chapter's Centennial 1895-1995
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