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Location: Hamilton, IL 62341 Hancock County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 23.812', W 91° 21.101'

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In 1673 the areas of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were explored by Frenchmen Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette. Their voyages resulted in French claims on the area until 1763 when, by the Treaty of Paris, France ceded the land to Great Britain. During the Revolution the Illinois Territory was won for the Commonwealth of Virginia by George Rogers Clark and his army. In 1784 it became part of the Northwest Territory and on December 3, 1818 Illinois entered the Union as the twenty-first state.

U.S. Route 136 enters Illinois at Hamilton, north of Warsaw, the site of Fort Edwards erected during the War of 1812 to counter British influence at Rock Island. It proceeds east through Carthage where, in 1844, the jailed Mormon leader Joseph Smith was killed defending himself from an angry mob. The highway crosses the Illinois River at Havana and runs east passing north of Lincoln, Illinois, the site of the reconstructed Postville Court House where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. Route 136 passes south of Funks Grove named for Isaac Funk one of a group of farmers who raised large herds of cattle for shipment to eastern markets.

Route 136 exits Illinois northeast of Danville, home of Joseph "Uncle Joe" Cannon the powerful speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Along its approximate 235 mile length Route 136 passes through eight of Illinois' 102 counties and three of its county seats.
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HM NumberHM11HP
Series This marker is part of the Illinois: Illinois State Historical Society series
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Year Placed1988
Placed ByIllinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 12:22am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 639885 N 4473111
Decimal Degrees40.39686667, -91.35168333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 23.812', W 91° 21.101'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 23' 48.72" N, 91° 21' 6.06" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)217
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 761 Keokuk St, Hamilton IL 62341, US
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