Great Sauk (Sac) Trail

(east-west through this point)

Part of a transcontinental trail

used by prehistoric peoples of

North America, it passed through

modern Detroit, Rock Island and

Davenport in the Midwest.

The trail was important

into the 19th century.

Marker is at the intersection of Van Buren Street and 73rd Avenue (Old Lincoln Highway), in the median on Van Buren Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB