|
Potawatomi Trail of Death IL329 |
|
|
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
Potawatomi Trail of Death
On Oct. 5, 1838, about 800 Potawatomi Indians camped at McKee's Creek near here, on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas., known as the Trail of Death. They crossed the Illinois River by ferry. Leaving the river they had to need water, because of the severe drought of '38.
This plaque placed in commemoration in 2003 by the people of Perry, Illinois community and the Citizens Potawatomi Nation, Shawnee, OK.
N. Ann St. & W. Maine St., Perry, Pike County Illinois
|
Comments () |
|
|
|
|
Click here to get driving directions to this marker
|
Illinois 