Buel House
· 0.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over near the Buel House and imagine a bustling river town in the 1840s! This unassuming home played a small part in a much larger event. During the Mexican-American War, which began in 1846, Golconda served as a…
Golconda Historic District
· 0.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder what a river town looked like in the mid-1800s? Golconda's historic district offers a glimpse. Established around 1840, this area became a vital hub along the Ohio River. Golconda thrived as a trading…
The Fluorite Capital Isn't Named for Fluorite
· 8.8 mi
Rosiclare, Illinois, was the beating heart of America's fluorspar country, the mineral the rest of us call fluorite. For more than a century this little Ohio River town ran one of the largest fluorspar mines in the…
Orr-Herl Mound and Village Site
· 10.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine a bustling village here, centuries before European settlers arrived. The Orr-Herl Mound and Village Site was once home to Mississippian peoples who thrived along the Ohio River. Between roughly 900 and 1500 AD,…
Rose Hotel (Elizabethtown, Illinois)
· 11.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
If these old walls could talk, they'd tell tales of steamboats, river pirates, and a frontier town's rise and fall. The Rose Hotel, right here in Elizabethtown, has been watching the Ohio River flow by since 1812. James…
Illinois Iron Furnace
· 12.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine this quiet spot buzzing with activity! The Illinois Iron Furnace, built between 1837 and 1839, was the heart of Illinois' iron industry. Owned by Chalon Guard and Leonard White, this furnace smelted locally…
Slave George and the Quake That Betrayed the Lewis Brothers
· 16.1 mi · Web
On the night of December fifteenth, eighteen eleven, in a kitchen at Rocky Hill plantation in Livingston County, two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews, Lilburne and Isham Lewis, killed an enslaved seventeen year old named…
Garden of the Gods
· 17.9 mi · Historical Marker
Sandstone rock formations in the Shawnee National Forest, carved by 320 million years of erosion in the rugged hills of southern Illinois.
Fort Massac
· 18.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine the Ohio River teeming with canoes and flatboats – this spot, Fort Massac, was a crucial crossroads for centuries. First established by the French in 1757 during the French and Indian War, Fort Massac served as…
Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site
· 19.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine a bustling city here nearly a thousand years ago! The Kincaid Mounds site was once a major center for the Mississippian culture. Between 1050 and 1400, people built at least eleven platform mounds here. These…
