Indian Boundary Line With Other Countries In Chicago
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Sleeper-Smith says other Native American routes stuck around in another way. “The interstate highway system, it's mostly old Indian trails,” she says. “The Indians marked the way, and we just follow, with the railroads and roadways. They created the blueprint for Chicago.”
While some tribes, like the Pawnee, sought to cultivate friendly relationships with settlers, others, including the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, vehemently resisted the encroachment of the railroad into their territories. This clash of cultures and priorities set the stage for profound conflict and upheaval.
The Indian Boundary is a 20-mile wide area, 10 miles on either side of the Des Plaines River, running south from Lake Michigan to the Kankakee River with the northern boundary line running through northern and western Bolingbrook.
Warfare and disease substantially diminished their numbers as well as their economic and military power by the early 1800s, and through a series of treaties they were forced to cede their lands to the American government, which then opened the land to settlement.
Some of the more well-known Chicago area roads that are on or near Native American trails are Sauk Trail in the far south suburbs, Green Bay Road on the North Shore, Deerpath Avenue in Lake Forest, Ridge Avenue in Evanston, and Archer Avenue, Clark Street, North Michigan Avenue, Grand Avenue, Elston Avenue and ...
The most-accepted Chicago meaning is a word that comes from the Algonquin language: “shikaakwa,” meaning “striped skunk” or “onion.” ing to early explorers, the lakes and streams around Chicago were full of wild onions, leeks, and ramps.
Established in 1816, Illinois' Old Indian Boundary Line ran from the southern tip of Lake Michigan down to the Rock River's confluence with the Mississippi River. In 1982, a decision was made to restore a 7-acre parcel of land along SR 26 back to native tallgrass prairie habitat.
Bolingbrook is a suburb of Chicago with a population of 73,813. Bolingbrook is in Will County and is one of the best places to live in Illinois. Living in Bolingbrook offers residents a sparse suburban feel and most residents own their homes.
Bolingbrook borders the communities of Woodridge, Romeoville, Plainfield, Naperville, and Darien. Interstate 55, locally the Stevenson Expressway, runs through the village's southern part, heading northeast toward Chicago and southwest toward Plainfield and Joliet.