Brown's Corners - South Chicago Heights, IL
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N 41° 28.855 W 087° 38.274
16T E 446743 N 4592341
Engraving on a pedestal: Dedicated to Adam Brown, first permanent settler Sauk Trail & Vincennes Road (now Chicago Road) 1833. Signed by the Village President, Trustees and Clerk.
Waymark Code: WM7P43
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2009
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1833 - The Adam Brown family arrived here from Elkhart, Ind., and became the first permanent white settlers in the region, setting at two historic roads, Sauk Trail and Vincennes Road (Chicago Road today). Adam Brown lived there 62 years until his death in 1895, at age 89.
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