Site of Gurdon Hubbard Trail, Dixie Highway, milestone markers - Crete, IL
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adgorn
N 41° 26.942 W 087° 37.895
16T E 447244 N 4588798
Spotted these while taking the scenic route to U of Illinois in Champaign.
Waymark Code: WM7P4H
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2009
Views: 4
An original Hubbard Trail milestone, with adjacent historical marker and sign.
Marker text:
Site of
GURDON HUBBARD TRAIL
CHICAGO TO DANVILLE
1820
Erected by
Will County Centennial Committee
1936
Sign text:
HISTORIC ROUTE
DH
DIXIE HIGHWAY
From another related marker at: (
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"The Dixie Highway follows one of the oldest and most historic Illinois trails. Native Americans and trapper-traders used a path worn by animals along the eastern Illinois border. In the 1820s, Gurdon Saltenstall Hubbard established trading posts along the route, which is identified as Hubbard’s Trace and Vincennes Trail on old maps. In 1835, the Illinois General Assembly ordered a state road to be established and mile markers placed thereon."
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