Kankakee Valley Historical Society
 
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    • Kankakee River Restoration
      • Alfred H. Meyer-Kankakee River Restoration Advocate
      • Alfred H. Meyer: Kankakee River Restoration Science Pioneer #1
      • Alfred H. Meyer: Kankakee River Restoration Science Pioneer #2
      • Alfred H. Meyer: Kankakee River Restoration Science Pioneer #3
      • Alfred H. Meyer: Kankakee River Restoration Science Pioneer #4
      • Army Corps 1916 Report
      • Draining the Swamps
      • Frank Ling
      • Opposition to Draining The Kankakee Marsh
      • William Bridges
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      • General Lew Wallace
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      • Lew Wallace Introduction
      • Lew Wallace; the Golden Years
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      • Chief Alexis Menominee
      • Chief Leopold Pokagon
      • Chief Simon Pokagon
      • First People of the Kankakee Marsh
      • Mingo
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    • Potpourri
      • Charles Bell Withrow
      • Collier Lodge Skeleton Mystery
      • Dear Santa 1909
      • J. Wesley Johnson
      • James Maurice Thompson
      • President Benjamin Harrison
      • The Civil War Comes to Baum’s Bridge
  • Programs
    • Aukiki River Festival 2018
      • Aukiki River Festival 2017 Photo Gallery
  • Projects
    • Collier Lodge
      • Collier Lodge restoration study, plans and pictures
    • Grant Kankakee Bridge
    • Linden Cabin

Potpourri

The Civil War Comes to Baum’s Bridge

J. Wesley Johnson

President Benjamin Harrison

Charles Bell Withrow

James Maurice Thompson

Contact Info

22 W. 1050 S
Kouts, IN 46347

Phone: 219-766-2302,

Email: president@kankakeevalleyhistoricalsociety.org

Website: http://www.kankakeevalleyhistoricalsociety.org/

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