Whitman Trading Post

WHITMAN TRADING POST Located in Macktown Forest Preserve, Rockton, Illinois Mr. Whitman settled in Macktown in 1841. About 1846 he built the Stone Trading Post which he used for both a store and a dwelling until 1853 when he moved to Rockford. Color Photo by Henry Brueckner Pub. by Color-View Inc., 214 North Church St., Rockford, III. DEXTER PRESS, INC. WEST NYACK, NEW YORK 741-B dp July