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Camera location40° 11′ 07.2″ N, 87° 29′ 25.9″ W  Heading=70° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Description

The "Trail of Death" marker at Gopher Hill Cemetery in Warren County, Indiana, describing an episode during the forced removal of the Potawatomi tribe. It reads:

Trail of Death
On September 15, 1838, about 860 Potawatomi Indians camped near here on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. They had to camp by a dirty stream. Two small children who died on the trek from Williamsport were buried at the camp.
Erected 1999

Date
Source Self-photographed
Author Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing)
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The "Trail of Death" marker at Gopher Hill Cemetery in Warren County, Indiana.

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Gopher Hill

Warren County

federally recognized Native American tribe in the United States

history of the United States

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author name string: Huwmanbeing
Wikimedia username: Huwmanbeing

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copyrighted, dedicated to the public domain by copyright holder

copyright license

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inception

10 March 2007

source of file

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coordinates of the point of view

40°11'7.199"N, 87°29'25.901"W

heading: 70 degree

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