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Golconda Historic District

Golconda Historic District
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310 East Main Street
Golconda Illinois 62938

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lat: 37.3672296 long: -88.4843002

The Golconda Historic District is located along the banks of the Ohio River. Much of the town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as is the Buel House built in 1840. The latter is maintained by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency with whom tours can be arranged.

Local tradition has the town as a crossing site during the 1839 Cherokee Trail of Tears. At least two interpretive signs commemorate the Lewis and Expedition who passed here in early November 1803. One sign reads in part:

“In the fall of 1803, Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed this place with about twenty men on their way westward. At that time, there were a few residents and Lusk’s ferry located nearby.”

Nearby is the Golconda Marina—a full-service marina. Whether by boat or from the shore, spotted bass, white bass, freshwater drum, flathead catfish, channel catfish, and blue catfish are routinely caught.

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Alexander Buel House
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Buel House State Historic Site, Columbus Avenue, Golconda, IL, USA
Distance: 0.20 mi (straight line)

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