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2023 Trail of Death Caravan Registration. Click on a state for a larger view, then click a town. to see the Trail of Death historical markers. For corrections, suggestions, pictures, your thoughts and feelings, contact wwillard@rtcol.com. This page updated Sep 11, 2023. potawatomi trail of death.
The Potawatomi Trail of Death was the forced removal of the Potawatomi Indians from north central Indiana to eastern Kansas in the fall of 1838. It was a year of terrible drought and water was scarce. What water they found was stagnant and made them sick, a fever believed to be typhoid.
The Potawatomi Trail of Death starts at the Menominee statue south of Plymouth. There is a green sign on US 31 that points west, saying Chief Menominee Monument. You drive about 6 miles and come to Peach Road, turn north and go half a mile.
Potawatomi Trail of Death - 1838 Removal from Indiana to Kansas. This new book was published 2003 by Fulton County Historical Society’s Indian Awareness Center, 37 E 375 N, Rochester IN 46975. Phone 574-223-4436.
The purposes of the PTDA are to collect, preserve, research and interpret the history and heritage of Potawatomi 1838 Trail of Death and the Trail of Death Regional Historic Trail, and thereby to educate the public and tell the true history of what happened in the 1830s removal period.
Potawatomi Trail of Death Diary. The locations of each camp site were recorded in the diary or journal written by Jesse C. Douglas, “scribe” or secretary to William Polke, federal conductor on the emigration which was really a forced removal.
The Potawatomi Trail of Death Association is organizing the 2023 Potawatomi Trail of Death Memorial Caravan (September 18-23, 2023). Participation in the 2023 Potawatomi Trail of Death Memorial Caravan is voluntary, there is no registration fee.
The Trail of Death marker is in a grassy area near the trees to your left. You can see Lake Decatur to the south. Wednesday 26 th Sept. [Traveled 14 miles from Sangamon Crossing to Decatur, Illinois.]
The Last Blackrobe of Indiana and the Potawatomi Trail of Death: Reverend Benjamin Petit and the Potawatomi Removal by John William McMullen is now available from the Potawatomi Trail of Death Assn. For more information click here .
To join the Potawatomi trail of Death Association, send $20 dues for individual or $30 for organization or family (one or two adults and children under 18 living in one household)