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Prophetstown

CITY:

Prophetstown

COUNTY:

Whiteside

DEDICATED BY:

State of Illinois

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1934 at 6:00:00 AM

Rts. 78 & 172 north end of Prophetstown

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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