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Hutson Memorial

CITY:

Hutsonville

COUNTY:

Crawford

DEDICATED BY:

The Illinois State Historical Society

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1951 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located 1.5 miles south of Hutsonville at the Hutsonville Historic Site on Rose Street.

Hutsonville was named after the Isaac Hutson family massacred by Indians in 1813 at a spot sixty-four rods due east of this marker. Hutson was killed later in a skirmish with the Indians near Fort Harrison, Indiana.

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