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IHB > Historical Markers > Find a Marker > Jacob Whetzel Trace Jacob Whetzel Trace

Location: SR 9, 4.5 miles north of Shelbyville. Missing. (Shelby County, Indiana)

Unknown

ID# : 73.1951.1

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A trail from Whitewater River at Laurel to White River at Waverly crossed here. Blazed in 1818 by Jacob Whetzel. It was the first east-west road into the "New Purchase" of central Indiana.

Keywords

Transportation, Early Settlement and Exploration