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== Sauk Trail == | == Sauk Trail == | ||
The Sauk Trail began as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States Native American] trail running through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois Illinois ], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana Indiana] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan Michigan] in the United States]. From west to east, the trail ran from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois Rock Island] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River Mississippi River] to the Illinois River near modern Peru then along the north bank of that river to Joliet, and on to Valparaiso, Indiana. Then it ran northeasterly to LaPorte and into southern Michigan running through Niles, Three Rivers, Ypsilanti and ending at the Detroit River near Detroit.<ref>Old Sauk Trail [[Old Sauk Trail", Nature Bulletin No. 436-A, December 4, 1971, Forest Preserve District of Cook County]]</ref> | The Sauk Trail began as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States Native American] trail running through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois Illinois ], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana Indiana] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan Michigan] in the United States]. From west to east, the trail ran from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois Rock Island] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River Mississippi River] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_River Illinois River] near modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru,_Illinois Peru] then along the north bank of that river to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois Joliet, and on to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valparaiso,_Indiana Valparaiso, Indiana]. Then it ran northeasterly to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPorte,_Indiana LaPorte] and into southern Michigan running through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niles,_Michigan Niles], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Rivers,_Michigan Three Rivers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypsilanti,_Michigan Ypsilanti] and ending at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_River Detroit River] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan Detroit].<ref>Old Sauk Trail [[Old Sauk Trail", Nature Bulletin No. 436-A, December 4, 1971, Forest Preserve District of Cook County]]</ref> | ||
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