Will County is home to a number of historical landmarks, famous figures, and a plethora of history. It was not always as built up as parts of it are now; Some two hundred years prior, Will County was a land of prairies in which it was farmed and hunted by the Potawatomi Indian tribe. The first established settlement in the boundaries of the county were made by a man named Jesse Walker in 1826. He named it Walker’s Grove, and worked with Potawatomi in the areas of agriculture, milling, and trading to newcomers of the establishment. The county was not officially established until 1836 when a legislature separated it from Cook County. Currently, Will County consists of a number of townships, which include Channahon, Crete, Custer, DuPage, Florence, Frankfort, Green Garden, Homer, Jackson, Joliet, Lockport, Manhattan, Monee, New Lenox, Peotone, Plainfield, Reed, Troy, Washington, Wesley, Wheatland, Will, Wilmington, and Wilton. Among these townships, the county encompasses a number of cities. The towns and cities that lie in the boundaries of the county include parts of Aurora, Beecher, parts of Bolingbrook, Braidwood, Channahon, parts of Coal City, Crest Hill, Crete, parts of Diamond, Elwood, Frankfort, Godley, Homer Glen, Joliet, parts of Lemont, Lockport, Manhattan, parts of Minooka, Mokena, Monee, parts of Naperville, New Lenox, parts of Orland Park, parts of Park Forest, Peotone, Plainfield, Rockdale, Romeoville, parts of Sauk Village, Shorewood, Steger, Symerton, parts of Tinley Park, parts of University Park, Wilmington, and Woodridge; not to mention a handful of unincorporated areas including Andres, Crystal Lawns, Pue, Fairmont, Frankfort Square, Goodings Grove, Goodenow, Ingalls Park, Lakewood Shores, Preston Heights, Ridge... ... middle of paper ... ...stored by the Peotone Historical Society to its original working condition. Works Cited http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1356.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Will_County,_Illinois http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_Iron_and_Steel_Works http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/il/il0600/il0622/data/il0622data.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_and_Michigan_Canal http://www.cityofjoliet.com/willcounty.htm https://archive.org/stream/historyofwillcou00chic#page/224/mode/2up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peotone_Mill http://www.plainfield-il.org/pages/villagehistory http://www.rialtosquare.com/history.asp http://www.cityofjoliet.com/business/rialto.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rialto_Square_Theatre http://www.peotone.com/rathjemill/
During the early 1800s, two parties were developed having different perspectives on government and the Constitution. The Democratic Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, were always characterized by following the strict construction of the constitution. The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, were characterized by following the broad construction of the constitution. The presidencies of Jefferson and Madison proved this characterization to be somewhat accurate. Although the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists did support their own ideas and views, they also did many things that contradicted them.
In the textbook “California: An Interpretive History” by James J. Rawls and Walton Bean introduces the way California Indians carried their everyday lives in chapter 2, The Original Californians. According to traditional Indian beliefs, Californian natives believe that they were created and have lived their entire existence in their ancestral homeland. However, anthropologists believe otherwise. They believe that they are decedents of people who made their way across from Asia to North America thousands of years ago when a now-vanished land bridge connected the two continents during the Pleistocene Era (11). These men and women along with their descendants settled into the North and South America continents, making possible the spread of various tribes throughout California along with their tradition.
The period from 1820 to 1850 was a time where several important and diversified events in American history occurred. This period was a period of extreme reform. There were many conflicts during this period in which brought about great change. Such conflicts include the Gibbons vs. Ogden, Erie Canal, American Temperance Society, David Walker’s Appeal, Anti-slavery society, Sack of Lawrence, and the Dred Scott Decision. All of these events had one goal, to make the society a better, improved place for everyone, both in the North and South. Inside three people’s lives: free black man, slave women and a middle class white woman, none of them actually had the freedom and rights as opposed to today. If a middle class white woman was married, her life was controlled by her husband. She had no property rights and could not vote. The free black man could own property and vote in many states outside the South. The slave woman had no rights at all. Her "master" could rape her and she could do nothing about it.
Clay County was created by the Tennessee General Assembly on June 16, 1870. The county was formed from the secluded northern parts of Jackson County and Overton County. The citizens believed that, with this new county, they would have more opportunities to participate in self-government rather than continuing to be a part of larger county with which they were only connected to by a few trails and no roads. The first session of the county court assembled in Mary Robert’s store in the Butler’s Landing Community where the city of Celina was chosen as the county seat by a narrow margin.1 The name Clay County originates from American statesman, member of the United States Senate, and United States Speaker of the House Henry Clay.2
Chapman, Chas C. History of Knox County, Illinois,. Chicago: Blakely, Brown & Marsh, Printers, 1878. Print.
In this paper I will inform you with a few of these events and topics such as the Civil war, slavery, as well as facts of the state. I hope my readers walk away with a new respect and outlook of Mississippi and learn how the past can affect the future, as well as the beauty.
Colonel Richard Henderson of the Transylvania Company hired Boone as his agent, and in March, 1775, Boone came again to the "Great Meadow" with a party of thirty settlers. They began to clear the Wilderness Road and by April they were establishing their settlement at Boonesborough.
In that year, Potawatomi ceded the last of their lands in northeastern Illinois, promoting the first development of the Chicago area.To take responsibility for what happened after the war, Black Hawk and the other native tribes were with him lost their lands. Land of the natives began to be taken away, eventually the land of the Potawatomi who resided in present day, Chicago. With these new lands, began the development of other settlements and the city of Chicago.
207). The Northwest Ordinance, similar in wording to the Declaration of Independence, specifically articulates the governmental system to be established in the Northwest Territory. Moreover, this document provides specific laws dealing with civil and natural rights, including trial by jury, freedom of religion, and the exclusion of
The energy producing market has always been a staple in Pennsylvania's history. Being rich in coal, natural gas, and other forms of energy, Pennsylvania has produced much of the nation's fuel or electricity. With a location so rich in coal, companies began to open many mines in order to either stay ahead of competitors, improve production, or for easier transportation of the commodity. The large amounts of coal being mined ushered in the many railroad systems bringing another powerful business to Pennsylvania. Coal barons, mine owners, made gross amounts of money off of the hard work from miners. Coal had played such a integral role in the Keystone State that it led to some towns being named after the industry such Carbondale and Minersville. Pennsylvania quickly became associated with coal in America and whenever there was news about the state, coal was mentioned with it. Especially during both World Wars, Pennsylvania was looked to for providing energy used both at home and in the war effort. This supply shock meant mine operations needed to run efficiently and both the Federal government and the presidents during each respective time ensured the productivity would meet the great demand. Coal mining was at an all time high until tragedy struck on 22 January 1959, when the River Slope mine's roof collapsed because of the Susquehanna River causing flooding to the mine killing many workers. The disaster marked the beginning of the end to deep mining in Pennsylvania. To this day however, Pennsylvania remains strongly associated with the harvesting of many energy sources.
In this paper, the traditions and ideas that bound the Hopewell culture together will be investigated. This paper will detail what has been observed about the start of the Hopewell Indians and look specifically at the unique cultural ties they fostered. By uncovering artifacts,
The state of New Jersey has a very complex history dating back to at least 10,000 years ago. The land was first occupied by what is known today as the Delaware Indians. However, around the early 1520’s, European influence entered into the state of New Jersey. Trading became the new up-coming businesses that would occupy a majority of the towns. As time went on, the British gained control of the land and this piece of property was named New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. Due to the strong diversity in this history, New Jersey became known as one of the more ethnically diverse states at that time.
in the 17th century some Puritan groups separated from the Church of England. Among these were the Pilgrims, who in 1620 founded Plymouth Colony. Ten years later, under the auspices of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the first major Puritan migration to New England took place. The Puritans brought strong religious impulses to bear in all colonies north of Virginia, but New England was their stronghold, and the Congregationalist churches established there were able to perpetuate their viewpoint about a Christian society for more than 200 years.
Company, he directed colonists to an area in Kentucky he named Boonesborough, where he set up fort to claim the settlement from the Indians.That same year he brought his own family west to live on the settlement and became its leader.He was 85 years old. More than two decades after his death, his body was exhumed and reburied in Kentucky. Regardless of the outlandish folklore surrounding his figure, Boone indeed existed and is still remembered as one of the greatest woodsmen in American history.Although he was highly respected and served in the virginia assembly,Boone was not a good businessman and he lost his kentucky
Even if Illinois is a tragic place to live its few qualities that make it a livable place to live and a history that is slightly particular that should be voiced. Illinois itself was settled by the French explorers in sixteen seventy three (Wikipedia, Illinois). Illinois stayed a French territory until is conquered by the British people at the end of the seven years’ war (Wikipedia, Illinois). The Illinois area was explored at around the date of nineteen seventy three (Wikipedia, Illinois). After being fully explored and settled, Illinois was enabled to become a state on the “date of eighteen eighteen”. During the civil war in the nineteenth century, southern Illinois would serve as a strategic supply point and root for the northern side. In the later twentieth century, the first sustained nuclear reaction was done in Illinois (Wikipe...