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Whetzel Trace (1818-1823)


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Here Edward Toner founded SOMERSET, 1816, & operated Toner's Tavern, 1816-1823, from which rallying point pioneers started west on Jacob Whetzel's Trace to the "New Purchase" of Central Indiana.


Erected by the Society of Indiana Pioneers 1965.

Main St. (IN-121) & Toner St., Laurel,