Bourbon Spring Traditional Cache
adgorn: Washed away in the heavy rains & flooding of 2 weeks ago. Still worth visitng this location for the historical marker.
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There's a bronze plaque atop a square stone foundation that resembles a well located in Riverside at what is known as the Bourbon Spring. It gives no indication of when it was cast. It memorializes three separate events, involving General Scott, Jean Baptiste Beaubien, and Daniel Webster. The partially eroded text of this weathered plaque reads as follows: "July 1832 - General Winfield Scott camped near this spring on way to Blackhawk War. June 7, 1834 - Election of Jean Baptiste Beaubien as 1st Colonel of militia of Cook County, known as Goth Illinois Militia. In celebration of the election, kegs of bourbon were poured into spring, giving it name. 1837 - Daniel Webster arriving from St. Louis was met at this spring by Chicago delegation. Ceremony took place on this spot."
No one else knows about this site except for me (and you if you find it.) Just kidding, I learned of it on www.earlychicago.com, a great source for early Chicago area history info.
The logbook-only, semimicro cache is nearby.
Not enough plaque-history for you? Then go to nearby N41 49.346, W087 49.258 for some Indian and fur trader lore.
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