The diary records that a child fell from a wagon and was very much crushed under the wheels. Chiefs reported that two runaways left camp that morning. Late at night the camp was complimented by a serenade from the Jacksonville Band. Wow will be Friday May 18 to Sunday May 20. It is held at Community Park on East Morton Ave and South Main, about a mile southwest of the park where the marker will be dedicated.
Admission is free.
This will make 64 markers on the Trail of Death Regional Historic Trail. The Trail of Death was the forced removal of the Potawatomi Indians from Indiana to Kansas in the fall of 1838. The Trail of Courage Living History Festival will be September 15 - 16, 2001. This will be the 26th annual Trail of Courage. The special honored guests will be the descendants of Chief Menominee, who was on the 1838 forced removal known as the Trail of Death.