A touch of civic pride, history, and myth in Troy Grove, La Salle County, Illinois, birthplace of James Butler (“Wild Bill”) Hickcok
Hickok plaque, Troy Grove, Illinois
accompanied by a heroic image, which, like Hickok’s heroic reputation, has seen better days.
Hickok Statue, Troy Grove IL
Troy Grove, once known as Homer, is a tiny village in north central Illinois, about 2 1/2 miles east of the old route of US 51 (this part is now known as Illinois route 251, because the name US 51 has been moved to Interstate 39 a few miles east). We paused there briefly on 25 June 2008, in a light rain during our tour of old US Route 51.
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