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Clinton Rock
Commemorates Orange Rison's 1825 Survey
A large boulder situated at the triangle formed by Washington and Michigan Avenue (U.S. 12) on the north side of Michigan Avenue, is a large boulder with a plaque. It commemorates Orange Rison's 1825 survey of the Chicago Military Road (one of the former names of U.S. 12). Also located here is a barbershop in a 1920s Standard Oil Gas Station.