Army Trail Road
County: DuPage
Location: Village Hall, Addison
Erected: 05/27/1974 Erected by:
The DuPAge Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists and The
Illinois State Historical Society
This road followed an Indian trail that began in Chicago and went
through DuPage, Kane, DeKalb, Boone, and Winnebago Counties to a
Winnebago village at Beloit, Wisconsin. In August, 1832, during the
Black Hawk War, United States Army reinforcements from the eastern
department followed the trail. Their General, Winfield Scott, left
Chicago ahead of the troops and took a different route to the war
area.Delayed by cholera, his men did not reach the front until after
the Black Hawk's defeat. The tracks left by heavy army wagons formed
a road for early settlers.
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