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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MU1_dixie-highway-connected-chicago-to-miami-in-the-early-days-of-automobile-travel_Homewood-IL.html
Following a path worn by buffalo, Native Americans traveled the length of the eastern border of Illinois. French fur trapper-traders utilized the same trail. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, a fur trader for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Trading Comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTZ_dixie-highway_Homewood-IL.html
Dixie Highway was the first national road linking industrial northern states to agricultural southern states. Several governors met in 1915 to consider an improved road to Miami. Ten states lobbied for inclusion, resulting in eastern and western d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTW_washington-park-racetrack_Homewood-IL.html
Opening on July 3, 1926, with the American Derby and a $100,000 purse, Washington Park Racetrack, built by Washington Park Corporation and Illinois Jockey Club, became a home for the nation's finest thoroughbreds. Colonel Matt Winn and the America…