Mount Vernon is a city in Illinois.
Interstate 57 and Interstate 64.
It is generally accepted that this began as a native American trail, winding through woods and prairie and crossing the many streams along the way. There is evidence of trade being carried on along the track as early as the 1700’s and even before. In 1808, this was officially charted as a wagon road but the actual route changed over time, and today it is difficult to know where it really ran.
In Jefferson County, there are a few places where you can see traces of this early thoroughfare. There is a historic marker near the Jefferson County Historical Village on North 27th Street in Mt. Vernon, but it was moved from its original location because of road construction. There is another marker at the Little Grove Christian Church just south of Walnut Hill, as that church was built on the Goshen Road in 1838. Walnut Hill was called Farmington back then, and all along this tract of land were settlers’ homes. There are several areas where modern roads follow the exact route of the Goshen Road but it is difficult to see. Modern progress has just about erased the last clues to its existence. Over the years, dozens if not hundreds of artifacts have turned up, like clay pipes, bullets, and metal buckles — the only hard evidence of the travels of hundreds of people who worked their way across the wild prairies of Illinois. $50 per personal 2023-03-04
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