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County Markers

CountyMarker NameDedicated Date
LaSalleBenjamin Lundy, 1789-1839 (missing)07/11/1954
LaSalleBuffalo Rock State Park01/01/1952
LaSalleCamp Hunter09/09/2018
LaSalleCanal Warehouse01/01/1973
LaSalleClyde William Tombaugh01/01/1985
LaSalleDeath of “Big Steve” Sutton and the Birth of Laborers Local Union 39304/28/2022
LaSalleFirst Lincoln-Douglas Debate11/01/2007
LaSalleFirst Permanent Norwegian Settlement in the United States01/01/1934
LaSalleFort Johnston (missing)01/01/1934
LaSalleFort Wilbourn01/01/1934
LaSalleGreat Illinois Village, The01/01/1935
LaSalleIllinois and Michigan Canal01/01/1956
LaSalleIndian Creek Massacre (New)07/01/2015
LaSalleIndian Creek Massacre (Old)01/01/1934
LaSalleJim Gray’s Escape to Freedom07/04/2022
LaSalleJohn Huston Finley, 1863-1940, Educator*Editor*Author10/01/2004
LaSalleLaSalle-Peru, Illinois04/26/1968
LaSalleLaSalle-Peru, Illinois (missing)04/26/1968
LaSallePrudence Crandall: Abolitionist, Educator and Woman’s Rights Advocate06/25/2022
LaSalleRailroads and the Founding of Mendota06/01/2002
LaSalleStarved Rock01/01/1934

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