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Trace Inn Restaurant: the restaurant is open year-round offering a
spectacular four seasons overlook of Red Hills Lake and the surrounding hardwood
forest. Fine dining is enhanced by the rustic atmosphere of a rural decor,
antiques, and creative seasonal decorations. The Banquet Room provides dining
for an additional 50 guests and can be booked for private parties and meetings.
Visitors to the Trace Inn will also enjoy a unique craft, collectibles, and
anitque shop.
History: The park is an important crossroad, the westernmost edge of the
first land in Illinois ceded by Native Americans to the United States. The
border line runs through the park from southwest to northeast, and was set by a
treaty made in 1795 at Greenville, Ohio by General Anthony Wayne and Native
Americans, whereby they relinquished all claims to the land northwest of the
Ohio River and east of the specified line. The area was called Vincennes Tract.
the western boundary running through the park was known as the Indian boundary
line and is marked by by decided jogs which corresponded to the original survey
line. The area was bisected by the Old Cahokia Trace, commonly known as the
"Trace Road," which ran east and west just north of what is now U.S. 50, and was
for many years the principal route from historic Vincennes, Ind., to St.Louis
and the west. A dam constructed across a tributary of the Embarras (pronounced
"Ambraw") River in 1953 created the 40-acre lake with a maximum depth of 25 feet
and 2.5 miles of shoreline. Since then, the park has grown to its present size,
and development and improvement of its recreational facilities has been
continuous.
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