Butterfield Trail - Illinois Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

For many years Butterfield Trail was one of the main routes from East Central Illinois to the Chicago area. In 1831 Ben Butterfield marked out the rail from Danville to Lockport where he had settled the previous year. The trail crossed Spring Creek two miles northeast of Buckley following an old Indian trail. It stayed west of the creek, continuing northward and passing this point. It avoided the Iroquois River and forded the Kankakee west of Bourbonnais thence it ran to Hickory Creek and the Des Plaines River. At a point near Joliet it forked, both forks leading to Chicago.

County: Iroqouis Historical Society: Gilman Lions Club and the Illinois State Historical Society Dedication Date: 1971 Location: 3.1 miles west of Crescent City on the south side of the road just west of 1100 E Website: [Web Link]

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