Near Rossvolle, Illinois is the original Milestone 121 of the Vincennes to Chicago Road, later, the Dixie Highway. The sign for it was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Along an old buffalo trace, Gurdon Hubbard of John Astor's Fur Trading Company, established posts along the Vincennes to Chicago Trail. It was called Hubbard's Trace on early maps.
This trail eventually became two wagon lengths wide. In 1835, Illinois ordered a state road from Vincennes to Chicago. It later became known as the Vincennes Trail an Illinois Highway 1.
An original trail marker is located in Crete and monuments in the Beverly section of Chicago, Crete, Grant Park and Rossville.
Sure Goes By a Lot of Names. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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