Trail of Death - Carrollton, MO
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YoSam.
N 39° 21.900 W 093° 29.145
15S E 458154 N 4357394
Andrew Jackson's cleansing the nation of Red Men. Oct. 24th, 1838.
Waymark Code: WM121Y3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2020
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County of Marker: Carroll County
Location of Marker: N. Mason St. (Old US-24), Carroll County Historical Society Lawn, Carrollton
Marker Erected by: Kyle Cox, Eagle Project, Boy Scout Troop #800
Date Marker Erected: 1998
Marker Text:
Trail of Death
On Oct. 24, 1838 about 800 Potawatomi Indians camped near Carrollton on forced emigration from Indiana to Kansas. Cold was intense on the prairie.
There are 24 markers (that I know of) from Twin Lakes, Indiana to Osawatomie, Kansas. This one is in Carrollton, Missouri.