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In this segment on the Waubonsie Trail in East Central Illinois, we attempt to trace the route the trail took west from Danville into Champaign County. As I wrote in Part One, early newspaper accounts reported the the trail’s original … Continue reading →

By the summer of 1916 the year-old Egyptian Trail was no longer a novelty, it was a reality. Local papers now turned to reporting news of improvements being made to the roads along the trail. The Daily News (May 3) … Continue reading →