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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Galena Trail is one of the oldest known
3 pathways in the midwest; from the dawn of Indian times in
4 Illinois, the Trail has linked the upper Mississippi Basin with
5 Lake Peoria; in 1833, Levi Warner surveyed a Coach Road that
6 was built alongside and parallel to the older Galena Trail; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Together, the Galena Trail and the Coach Road
8 formed an intertwining pathway for American progress; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Today, travelers can drive along the Galena Trail
10 by using a series of State, county, and township roads from
11 Peoria in the south to Galena in the north, through the
12 counties of Peoria, Marshall, Bureau, Lee, Ogle, Carroll,
13 Stephenson, and Jo Daviess; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The Galena Trail and Coach Road can expand
15 tourism, promote recreational opportunities, conserve the
16 landscape, and celebrate historical and cultural resources;
17 therefore, be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
19 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
20 CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Illinois Department of
21 Transportation and the appropriate local agencies to erect, at
22 suitable locations consistent with State and federal
23 regulations, appropriate signs giving notice of the Galena
24 Trail and Coach Road; and be it further
 
25     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
26 presented to the Secretary of Transportation and to the
27 appropriate local agencies.