Susan Polbinski and John A. Logan visited the Silkwood Inn in Mulkeytown, IL on Labor Day. It was 51.2 miles round trip. The Silkwood Inn was built in 1827 and is historically important because it is the only remaining original structure along the Old Shawneetown-Kaskaskia Trail in Southern Illinois. The inn was a popular stop along one stagecoach line. Silkwood traveled to Georgia in the 1830s where he became acquainted with several slaves. One in particular, Priscilla, while on the trail of tears, ran into Silkwood in Jonesboro in 1838. Silkwood remembered her and bought her for $1000 in gold. Priscilla brought hollyhock seeds from Pennsylvania, planted them, and they continue to thrive.
John A. Logan Total Miles: 172.8 miles
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