Prophetstown
County: Whiteside
Location: Rts. 78 & 172 north end of
Prophetstown
Erected: 01/01/1934 Erected by:
State of Illinois
Prophetstown occupies the site of the village of the Winnebago
Prophet, which the Illinois volunteers destroyed on May 10, 1832, in
the first act of hostility in the Black Hawk War.
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