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Sarah Zigler
It’s perfect weather for hiking one of the Jacksonville Woodlands most popular trails—the Sarah Zigler Trail along Jackson Creek. But who was Sarah Zigler and why does she have a trail as a namesake? Well, the first part is easy. Sarah Plymale Zigler was the daughter of Gabriel Plymale, one of the “first comers” to the new mining camp. He died from typhoid fever 3 weeks after his arrival in October 1852 and has the distinction of being the first person to be buried in Jack

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