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Great Lakes Trail Marker Tree Society
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"The bronze trail marker by Dennis Downes is a
powerful reminder of a bye-gone era. As Chicago celebrates its 175th anniversary as a city in 2012,
it is too easy to forget that for centuries and centuries before then, this very same land was home
to countless generations of inhabitants. They left their marks in the trees, some of which still
survive to point out the paths that those people followed. Now, an important local artist has left
a permanent representation of those trees. This artistic creation will help us to remember the
people who were here first and the paths that they blazed."
Gary Johnson - President Chicago History Museum
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