Anna Bixby Trail - Elizabethtown, Illinois
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BruceS
N 37° 26.713 W 088° 18.272
16S E 384605 N 4145062
Plaque giving brief history of early frontier trail located on side of the historic Rose Hotel in Elizabethtown, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WM6F49
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2009
Views: 4
Anna Bixby Trail
This point marks the beginning of an early trail traveled by Anne Hobbs Bixby, mid-wife and herb doctor, while caring for the sick in the Rock Creek community, 8 miles northeast of here. A century before recognition was given by the American Medical Society, Anna made the discovery that white snakeroot was the cause of an epidemic of milk-sickness which ravaged the area round 1830.
Historic Rose Hotel
Has overlooked the beautiful Ohio River at Elizabethtown since 1812.
Group that erected the marker: Unknown
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Rose Hotel
S. Main Street
Elizabethtown, Illinois United States
62931
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