Wetaug is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County , Illinois , United States . Wetaug is located along Old U.S. Highway 51 south of Dongola and north of Ullin . The community , established in the mid-1850s as a stop along the Illinois Central Railroad , was named for Weatogue , Connecticut , though local folklore long suggested it had been named for a Cherokee chief who had died in the area during the Trail of Tears march in the late 1830s
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Wetaug, Illinois