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Lewistown Trail
Lewiston,
IL ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
40° 23' 48.419988",
-90° 9' 19.019988"
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Illinois State
Historical Marker
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Lewistown Trail, from Springfield to Galena via Lewistown, was one of the main routes to the Galena Lead Mines from 1827 to 1837. The Trail crossed the Illinois River at Havana, where Ossian M. Ross, the founder of Lewistown, operated a ferry. He was one of three men who surveyed and marked out the Trail. The Springfield-Lewistown section was made a post road in 1834. At that time Abraham Lincoln was postmaster at New Salem, one of the towns on the road.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Lewistown Trail Historical Marker Location Map, Lewiston, Illinois Map
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