The Green Bay Trail in Glencoe, Illinois

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The Green Bay Trail

Glencoe, IL , USA

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One branch of the Green Bay Trail traversed this region. Originally an Indian Trail, after 1816 the route connected Fort Dearborn at Chicago with Fort Howard at Green Bay. Couriers faced hunger, cold and Indians to carry on a round trip which took a month.

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