Potawatomi Emigration
Trail of Death
Indiana to Kansas 1838
On Oct. 11, 1838, 850 Potawatomi Indians camped at Pleasant Spring near Palmyra on the forced removal from Northern Indiana to Eastern Kansas. They passed through Palmyra at 10 o'clock October 12. That night they camped at Lee's Creek, 13 miles west of Pleasant Spring.
Marker is on East Main Cross 0.1 miles west of US 61 and US 24 (U.S. 61/24), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
