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Highway Tree Planting

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Along this route leading to New Salem State Park is one of the first comprehensive highway tree planting projects in Illinois. Completed in 1934, the planting was sponsored by the Women's Horner Clubs of Sangamon County.
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Sangamon County, Illinois
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