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EARLY HISTORY OF WOODSTOCK
The Chicago turnpike was almost the only road laid out at the time spoken of. It was constructed nearly upon the route of the old Indian trail, from Detroit to Chicago, by the United States government, and for thirty years after that time, traces could be found of the trail, worn by the feet of the dusky denizens of the west and their faithful ponies. And for a long time after the road was built, the Indians from the west made their annual pilgrimages over it on their way to Maiden, to receive from the English government their yearly dues of money, blankets, etc.; and these yearly pilgrimages were conducted as fancy might picture a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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