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oNASItAUb-NEEFREBy l.4MP~Clow.......VOlU.ME.·l jooRNAl 4 of 4 1998. ;.'Our Original Good Old BoysCold, lonely days, snowshoe weary feet, sealing birch bark canoe seams was life for the 'good old boys' ofTassimin, oldestsettlementofNorthwest Indiana, home ofPotawatomi"Ilage, fort, mission, tradingpostWritten by Diane Blount- AdamsTassillollg was a olle trader post, EllgllshLake was a fortress, tlterefore all historicalaccoullt of Tassilloll$ could Ilot be givellaccurate or Wltl, defwed detail without arepreselltatioll of life '011 tlte other side oftlte marsh,' so to speak. Mell who walkedill olle door evelltually made their way totlte other, ami also to the anny forts and,wlu'll Tn 1'1,1, Bailll' settled, to Ius trade post.Good Old Bo~ (:ontln J tIU P"II "Photo courtesyofTom Oements, Valparaiso, Hon. Mention, Indiana State Fair, 1998French yoyageurs stoodon thrKankakeeshorebeforesettlers dared TassinonlfJ onceon WoUCreekin southrTn PorterCounty, was homeofPotawatomi,Jeswtmissionaries, yoyageurs andpioneers......._-----'"HARbOR SkyE - SkAdboNNAPubLiCATioNSPOST OffiCE Box 871CROWN PoiNT IN 46J07-0871phONE 219.766.271j2FAX 219.766.221j7E-MAil: bbskYES@Nii4.NETLEC;ENd~ of TAssiNONC; .Beloved Red Bird AvengedRetold by Diane Blount-AdamsLegendfrom 1834 is that whenSamuel Longyear Machito, the chief ofIndian Town. Yet White Heronand Jacob Hurlburt ran the government survey hoes always returned to Tassimin at sunset on the beginacrossFive Points, they found an Indian grave,' ning of the full moon. For many moons he had metcarelessly covered and occupied.' The belief is this RedBirdatthecrosstrails,nowknownasFivePoints.was the grave of a young Ottawa. Buried with him Black Fox realized they met and grew angry.was a black fox tail, possibly the remnants of a cap. Red Bird's father hadasked hernot to angerBlackDeep in his skull was an arrowhead ofcopper. Fox because their villages were neighboring. Whendangerthreatened, orlriquois invadea., they were ableRed Bird, said to be the beautiful daughter of to escape across the river.Aubbeenaubbee and West Wing, who was the Black Fox was said to visit a French trader whodaughterofSilver Heels, a Mississiniwa chief of the gave him liquor. The trader carried a story of BlackPotawatomi.·Fox, that the Ottawa vowedifhe was not the one toSons ofchiefs only came to her. Black Fox ofthe marry Red Bird no one else would.Ottawas, who possessed a white-tipped black fox tail Early summerwhenanothermoonwas complete,and shot arrowheadsofbeckoning from the night sky, Red Bird left herhandhammeredcopperwigwam and went to the meeting place. Whitecame to her camp andHeron found her there, dead in the tall grass.spoke oftheirmarriage.Carelessly left behind by her murderer wasRed Bird did not tellthe arrowhead ofcopper.Black Fox that her loveWhite Heron carried her body back to herwas cool, herheart run-village. She was buriedanda weepingwillow treening along the path ofplanted by her grave was the parting giftofWhiteWhite Heron.Heron.White Heron wasDays had passed before he crossed to thethe fleet-footed messen-Ottawa village to confront Black Fox. Villagers toldger who ranged fromhim the chief's sonhad beenon a huntingexpedi-Potawatomi Lake totion and only that hourhad returned with hiS twoWarClub Lake, from Rolling Prairie to Wanatah and ••LaCrosse. His representation was of his father, Red Bini continued on p~ 8

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Ollr Original Good OldBoysFrom Tipton's MapMap ofFort WapleIndianAgen£],in1824shoH'§EngUsh Lake Trading Post, Kankakee PondTassinongis addNl, d~ignatedby T.Pierre Moreau, alias La Tauprine, traded in theEnglish Lake and LaPorte county region, along withFrench voyageurs. In 1673, few Potawatomi remained,as in the 1640s and 50s Iroquois drove most from theirvillages, into the Green Bay region. Unfortunately forMoreau, he was not a coureur de bois, as he neglectedto obtain the necessary royal license for,his fur tradebusiness, was arrested and sent back to France.....Rene Ie Gardeur and Sieur de Beauvais, along withthirteen voyageurs, were recorded traders along theKankakee River when Potawatomi were returning toreclaim ancestral lands. In March, 1684, they gatheredseven bateaux ofmerchandise, started for GreenBay but were captured and plundered by Indians.....Undoubtedly, the Tassinong fur trade encampmentand Jesuit mission was frequented by Moreau,Gardeur, Beauvais and traders like them, who passedthrough, finding a place to rest and trade, they obtainednews, and sent their voyageurs to sleep outsidein a fur or supply cabin, ifroom, or tents.Tassinong was the location ofDaniel Scott's TradingPost from 1815 until 1817or, probably 1821. Thepost was established by Scott during the search forhis cousin, Captain John Atwood. Another cousin,Michael Haskins, was on picket duty with Atwoodthe morning of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Sometimeafter the battle, rumor told that a lame man was beingcared for by Shawnee Indian Woman of Tassinong.The story tells ofShawnee Woman beingatthe battle,rescuing the captain from an Indian trap in the timbersand taking him back to Tassinong by canoe.Scott and Haskins came to searchfor Atwood, as,there was said, to be an estate settlement involved.Scott operated the trading post at Tassinong andHaskins purchased an island, establishing himselfas a trapper along the Kankakee from English Lake toMommence.River legend is that Shawnee Indian Woman andher lame son, who were later living on Snake Island,might have been for who they searched.....John Tipton was an Indian agent who explored,onbehalf of the government, theTassinong encampment.Tipton took the place ofJohn Hays as agent in1823, who also undoubtedly walked the land atTassinong. Tipton earned an annual $1200, kept thelast of 'the fur trading good old boys' in line, andissued licenses the fur trade business required.....Dr. Alexander Wolcott, Jr. was a fort surgeon atChicago during the Warof1812. He retired and wentinto the fur trading business at Tassinong. A letterDr. Wolcott wrote, onbehalfofHood and Hodge, evidencesTassinong had more business than he needed.He was willing to share. Wolcott was the man thoseat Fort Dearborn petitioned when they wanted a furtrade license from Indian agentJohn Tipton, since hecouldinfluence Tipton. In fact, Wolcott is recorded tocorrespond with Tipton: 'I tllink that the post on theEnglish Lake is very properly located and should be consideredas a permanent one.' Wolcott died around 1830,just before Tassinong was no longer considered anestablished post.....ReferencesJaim Tipton PapelS; RobertsorvRiker,l942Atlas ofGreat Lakes History; Helen Tanner, 1986FllrTradelS ofNWIN; 1796-1850; Anson, 1953Porter County Interim Report;1991Kankakee Marsh ofN, Ind, & Ill,; Meyer, 1936The Kankakee, River ofHistory; IssacsThe Illustrated Voyagellr; Sivertson, 1996The Voyageur; Grace Lee Nute, 1955Pioneer FurTradelS ofNWIN; Kennedy, 1932Canadian Passports 1681-1752; I\'lassicotte, Ed. 1975Guide to Draper Manuscripts; Harper, 1983Gary Post Tribune; Julyl7, 1969; June 17, 1986Vi dette; May 23, 1974; Feb. 22, 1977Analysis ofBailly Homestead; Wentworth, 1976Tire Stroller; William O. Wallace, "01. 7MllzzleloaderMagazine; Nov/Ded997History ofTipton COllnty; Pershing, 1914CI,esterton Mercl,ants DirectoryPeople ofthe Lakes, Time-Life Editors, 1994Hllbbard: Trader/Pioneer; Hubbard, 188820th Century History LaPorte County & BiographicalRecord; Daniels, 1904History ofLaPorte COllnty; Packard, 1876History ofPorter COllnty; 1912Conqllest ofCOIII,try Nt\'of Ol,io; Hayden, 1896Michigan Fur Trade; Amanda Johnson, 1971Short History ofCI,icago; Cromie, 1984Great Lakes Frontier; John A. Caruso, 1961LaPorte COIII,ty Atlas & Plat Book; 1892History ofLaPorte County; 1880Letters and Notes on North American Indians;Catlin, 1841fMooney, 1975SesqllicentelU,ial for Porter ('ounty; 1986Information respecting Tassinong, from Tipton toMr. E. McCartney, December 2, 1827, establishes thepost was no longer used as a trading post, and thewinterer (furtraderby profession who stayed wintersto trade) was stationed incorrectly and was to leave.'Sir I am informed that a licen (sic) which I authorised(sic) mr (sic) H B McKeen tofill up, authorizeing (sic) youto trade with this Agency, was filled up by mistake with'Tayse eh nang' (Tassinong) which is not an established placeoftrade, That Licen (sic) is therefore hereby revoked. Youwill immediately repair to the mouth ofMeta, rna, noung(Indian word for the Kankakee) the English Lake, Aub beebaub bee (sic) villag (sic) or Flat belly Vl1lag, (sic) and tradethere and at no other place, 'A license had beenissued to George Cicott onDec. 24, 1824, only threeyears prior.....from front pageMinnie, Leephart, Hedges, Baptiste Duquette, andSamuel Lewis, the later an Indian subagent sent byTiptonto investigate the violations and report to hini.Abstracts ofOne Year Licenses, issued to trade inthe IndianCountrybyJohn Tipton, include these men,their bonds and capital: W. G. Ewing, English Lake;George Cicott, Dec, 29, 1824, Tasse a mong, bond $1600,capital $800; Jno B. Boure, Jan. 19, 1825, English Lake,bond $1200, capital $600; Richard Chabert, Nov. 23, 1824,English Lake, representing Barnett and Hanna; JamesWyman, Nov 9, 1826, English Lake; Jacob Leephart, Sept:15, 1827, English Lake on the Kankiki, bond $3000,amount ofcapItal employed $1500; Jas, J. & P. Godfrc:Y.,Sept. 18, 1827, English Lake and Aub-ba-nau-ba's Vtl-Joseph Bailly settled in1822 on a canoe route andtwo Indian trails, the OldSac Trail winding alongsouthern Lake Michiganshore, runningto Joliet andon to Omaha, and AllenTrail, up from southernWabaSh region. Scouts,troops and Native Americansused the trails, whichwere only twenty milesfrom Tassinong post.Bailly extenaea credit toFrench-Canadian boatmenand trappers 'in thearea.Men,therefore,voyagedfrom English Lakeand Tassinong to visittheirneighbor and purchasenecessities andliquor, albeit for a fairerPhoto by Diane Blount-Adamsprice than chargedby their .fu t d anies Fort Tanmong MazzleJoaden at RendezyolB and Two-Day Sboot. Back row: Kenown r ra ecomp . CalJaway,CbC$tertonandjonFraJey, Valparaifoand,botboFthelronBrigadeoFCinlo . inal G d Old B War Union Company, A 19thIndiana VolunteerInFantry; Pete Fri~ MiJ/otbian, DJinifak~o L oys noiJjjim MC$$mer, GriJ1ith, American Frontienman, J7()(h. Frontrow:Wilma Eaton,e wn aws Hammond, Alec Ballantyne, Hobart, Frencb royagear, late J700s, Dawn Eaton,Before the Fort W ~)'ne Hammond, both EatonJ depictFrench women oF/ate 16()(h awaitingbIBband/FatherAgencywas founded, neither trapper's retlU7J' CluU Gniadek, GriRith.Tassinong or English Lake'were not deemed established fur trade posts, as they lage, bond $1600, CaEital employe.d $800 each license;were used by the illegals and not licensed trappers John P. Hedges, Oct. 15, 1827, Engllsh Lake, bond $6000,tlnd lrader . Irregardless, these encampments were capital $30eJO; and G or j ott and J11 H lJlllJi / b thdeveloped for fur trade within five years ofSt. Joseph, licensed on Dec. 5, 1827, English Lake, $6000 bond, $3000a monumental encampment near what is now South capital each.Bend, estabhshed 1671.Others stationed specifically at Tay say eh nongKing's laws did not prevent the men from excur- (sic) were William H. Hood, A. L. Davis, Jacob Harson,sions, misdemeanors and downright lawlessness. and Leon Bourassa, the later two recorded as clerksNative American hunting grounds were about five for the American FurTradingCompany.miles away from English Lake post. Their grounds Winterers at posts were usually French-Canadianwere next door at Tassinong. Trouble was easy. or metis, FrenCh Canadian-Indianheritage. They wereOften complaints were made to Tipton that some agreed, With home agencies, to live at the post, mostof the'good old boys' had headed down river to for three-year terms, andin need ofpermanent shelcavortor do their own thing, not planning to return ter. Whereas, the traders originally put up tents onuntil spring.theislands, necessity quickly made thembuild a cabinIn 1828, February 11, from the English Lake post,a letter was written to General John Tipton in FortOriginal Good OldBop continocdon PBKC 6Wayne. The letter is from his men, John P. HedgesandJacob Leephart, and expresses their concern thattrade is being carried on snamefully and violationsconcerning laws governing Indian trade broken, expresslythat severalmen are trading with, and sellingwhiskey to Potawatomis. Informant's letterreads:'lea F. Rice oflawful age will depose and swear that inthe month ofJanuary last he went to Yellow River abranchofthe Kenkekee (sic) River distant about five miles fromtllis Trading post and there saw John B, Ducket hirelmg &clerk in the store in the possession ofFrancis Minnie, disposeofgoods Wares & merchandize (sic) to Indians at theircamp, and receive their skins and furs in paymentfor saidarticles so disposed of, that he the said Rice speaks theIndian language & is certain that, that the skins and fitrswas in paym t . for 8 d • goods that the said Ducket informedthis deponent he would have brought more goods but 8 d .Minnie would not agree to it. Signed lea F. Rice'Also said to have violatea trade laws was JeanBaptiste Duquette, seemingly an unlicensed trader.The recorded information places those men atEnglish Lake, and consequently Tassinong, thoughnot permanently stationed there: Rice, Ducket,Kouts ('el/te,mial Book, 1965Chesterton Tribune, Canright, July 9, 1976Tales oftl,e Kankakee; Faye Folsom NicholsWonders ofthe Dllnes; G. Brennan, 1923Additional SOllrces: Cristal Dagit ofTazewell County (IL) Historical Society;Helen Hornbeck Tanner of NewberryLibrary, Chicago; Shirley Anderson, NW INArchaeological Association.Thank you, Shirley Anderson, Kouts, Ind.Appreciationisextendedtoha;. andsomanyfor infonnation andsharing ofpublicationsas article onTassinong wasresearched.

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PAGE 8 C) HARboR SkyE - SkAdboNNA PubLicATioNSNORThwEST INdiANA HEROES .legend of Ted Fieffer lWritten by Diane Blount - AdamsMerry Christmas m Russian.....how to sayMerry Christmas in any language, this IS somethingTed Fieffer knOWf>.Fieffer, to the people ofDeMotte, Ind., IS their hero,theIr Santa Claus... walkll1g the beat year afteryear...in town after town...Christmas walk afterChnstmas walk.Fortunately, Ted Fieffer does not descend chimneyafter chimney, throw bags through wmdows,or dash through the snow on a cart being pulled by ateam ofgoats. At least, ifhe does, then he doesn't do ItaU that often, and he will never tell.Those antics are, more orless, left to the legendsofSantas gone by."The legend of gifts being left by Santa Claus afterhe descended the chimney was from what SamtNicholas did," saId Fieffer."HE'...who was strictly known as Nicholas untilhe dIed and wassainted...took it upon himselfto providedownes for three SIsters who didn't have themoney to be considered for mamage. He threw bagsofgold through the smoke hole in the top of theIr clumney."The legend is that Saint icholas felt guilty forhaVIng so much when others were so needy. it's saidthat he was orphaned by a wealthy landowner." Another legend ofa miracle by Saint Nicholas,"he said, "is ofhim crossing the sea. He convinced thecaptain to give gram to the town of Myra becausethey didn't have enough food. The captam did givethem grain. But by the time they reached theIr destinatIOnthe shIp was full of grain agam." Actually, Saint Nicholas did the captam a fa vorbecause the captaindidn't realize that grain expandedfrom all the moisture at sea. The ship probably wouldhave sunk ofhe hadn't hstened to Saint Nicholas."After that happened, ships shared with Myra illexchange for a blessing."Fiefferexplained that very httle is known aboutSaint Nicholas, except that he was born in Turkey,and he was a hnguist.Beloved Red Bird Avengedl nlas IS said to be one of those at theConsole ofNICe, "" ho Wa U1 I '11h lhf' mlerprE'-tabon of the Bible."Inall probability, he didn't agree with the CatholicinterpretatIonofthe Bible, dna did agree with theGreek Orthodox. He would probably have convertedto Greek Orthodox, ifhe had hved longer," Fieffer said."A legend IS that Nicholas pnyslCally beat abishop for chsagreeing overthe interpretationofa Biblepassage. The Pope ordered NICholas to be stnpped,flogged and thrown in the dungeon. The legE'nd saysthe next mornmg when the POpE.' went down to seeNICholas he (Nicholas) had food and water, and therewasn't a mark on his body."So," said Fieffer, "the Pope decided that Nicholas'mterpretalionof The Bible was the correct one.Ted Fieffer studied the legend ofSaint Nicholasyears and years ago when he first started representcompanions.Slowly White Heronwalked away, hsteningwith his heart to the storyBlack Hawk foolishlyspoke withhis owncountenance.White Heronknew he looked upon hewho stole Red Bird's hfe.Before the moon wascomplete again WhiteHeronentered the Ottawacamp with two companionsḢe told the villagersthat he, too, could saywhere he had been fromthe hme he was not ining the legendary hero."I was asked by a woman who wantE'd to knowwhy I would play the part of a character who dIStractedfrom the sacredness of Christmas," he explained."So I started to study the legends, and I realizedthat what Saint Nicholas stood for was to give toothers, to bless others..."The representation, to Fieffer, was E'l1l1Ugh to in-Photo by Steward's Photography, Lowell 'TedReITer, DeMotte, wears a IVbe thatis lJpica1ofwhatFather CluisfJniU wouldharebeen wearingin tlle midtlle I BOOs. FieHer knOH'S whatC poHCdecmBoM XpucmbBblM ! means.No matterhowthesayinggoes, it'salwaysMerryCJuDt:Inas.olw lum l'Vt n morE.' m playing the part of SantaClaus."The first liJne I played Santa Iuw> Wi! fOJ dparty," he said. "The man who usually played thepart was not able to be there, so 1put on the suit."Fieffer went from the first party to a few otherpartIes."It was fun," he said. "My girlfiend made the firsttwo nontraditIonal Santa suits...the Coca Cola-stylered and white. ."My mom made the nextfew...and my older SIStermade the rest. She IS a profeSSional doUmaker.Outside offittmgs, my sister had never seen me at ar.resentatlon. Then one day she dId and she told me,Now 1understand why you keep domg tms.""Some experiences are not so deSIrable," he said.from front p.,etheir village.The villagers toldWhite Heron that BlackFox was not seen inmany days. Black Foxwas never seen again.White Heron nevertook a wife and devotedhis hfe to lnbal affaIrs.Over 55 YearsAAHAMemberHospital, EquineSm.all AnimalsBirds, Exotics• Full Medical, Surgical & Diagnostic Services• Complete Boarding I Grooming Facility• 24 Hour Emergency ServiceOffice Hours by Appointment· Open Mon. - Sat.Evening Hours Mon., Wed. & Fri.(ZI9) 46Z"S~OIM.::::.ret1511 LaPorte Ave., Valparaiso IN 46383 '-- ....JDr. Lawrence McAfee • Dr. Steve ViolantiDr. Jerry Rodenbarger· Dr. Christine Jurek • Dr. Oyan FarrBenevolent HeroI" A few are sad. But all-in-all it's very rewarding."Fieffer spread his hands m question."Why do I keep domg it.....to raIse money forcharitIes."1 am a nonprofit organization."1 don't char~e the schools,. hbranes, nursmghomes, and I don t charge charities," he said. "Theothers1do presentations for, 1ask that they gtve somethinK-toa charity."Over the thirtY-SIX years he has been workingasa 'nonprofit organizatIon,' there have been donationsfrequently given to the Youth for ChrIsl Foundation,American Heart Fund, Child Diabetes FoundatiOn,Chicago Burn Center, Shriner's Hospital, and manyothers."Kids know when it's Santa," saId F1f'ffer."One day I was in a restaurant m DeMotte, and alIttle girl at the next table looked at me then ScUd to hermother, 'Mom' That's Santa!' Her mother saId,' 0It'S noL' The gIrl said, 'Yes, it is lum.' The mother saIdto hE.'r, 'It's not, now stop.'"I turned to the motherand sdld, 'Yes, I am Santa.'And she saId, 'Oh, really?'"Fieffer said the woman asked her daughter howshe knew he was Santa Claus'His eyes,' said the grrl. 'I never aw anyone withthat colorofeyes before.'Piefter IS asked to presentatIons for the ChrIStmasTree Growers AssociatIon, Chnstmas WalkAround Chesterton, Walk m Lowell, Christmas atBaillJ. Homestead, and for parties.'When 1worked at NIPSCO," he said, "I took asix-week vacatIon every year so I could make all thepresentatIons. Now I workit mto my schedule here atWiers Chevrolet."OnChristmas walks Fieffer wears only one suit,seldom changing into any of the many anlique-rephcasthat he has acquired over the years. Those suitsarc displayed, or worn, for prE.'sentalions at partieswherE.' Fieffer shares all the legends about Saint Nicholas,ahas Kns Kringle and Santa Claus."Saint Nicholas suits were based on Dutch seacaptam clothes," said Fieffer, "with the long leathercoats. Then there were the Bavanan legends...themountam man in furs."The Mid-Winter's Feast," Fieffersdld, "was repr('"enledby green and gold. Gr('('n mt'ant spnng can'tbtl fdr behind, and gold represented the sharing ofwealth."The prettiest suit to me IS from the ICtonan era,the blues, browns, greens and burgundies."ThE' suits I wear must be replaced often," saidFieffer. "When I put one on, my temperature goes upabout forty degrees. The work IS very strE'nuous...notnervE.'-wratkmg...but phYSICally strenuous." After a season, well, I never know If I'U do anotherone.But Ialways do," FleffE.'r scud. "I love this "~Ted FIeffer is included In thIS Holiday Issue becausehe is already a hero and legend In Northwest Indiana.

Original Good OldBoysvillage was near LaPorte,and Abercronk's villagenear Grand Beach, allPotawatomi. At YellowRiver, near Knox-Culver,were three more tribalvillages, that of BlackWolf, Menominee andPashpoho. Near BassLake, the Naswakee andAubbeenaubbee villages.The FlagsThe French encampment,located on tIie1000-acre Tassinong sitefirst, was burned downby British, though it hasbeen recorded more thanonce that the first tooccupy the land ofTassinong was Britishinthe 1700s, followed thenby pioneer settlers.Tassinong has accuratelybeen called 'Landof Four Flags' asTassinong passed intothe hands of fourcountries, the first underthe French regime. TheFrench flag flew from1661 to 1763, when theTreaty of Paris gave theFrench fort to British,who named it Bengaul.In 1781 the land wasseized by Spaniard DonEuginio Pierre. TheTreaty of Paris, 1783,between United Statesand England followedthe Revolutionary War,and the flag was American.And four years afterthe official end of Warof the American Revolution,1787, the NorthwestTerritory was formed byu.s. Congress.Then the encampmenlwas destroyed, burned asall other'forts' and postsin the area during the1 1 ~ 'Al ml up fing. Chief Pontiac wassaid to assemble warriorsat Potawatomi Ford outsideTassinong's door.A log structure wasrecordedbeingat the postbefore 1812, this knowledgedue to a report onthe Fort DearbornMassacrewhich shows that allstructures built bywhiteswere destroyed by thePotawatomi during theattack on Chicago in1812, those structuresnamedat Tassinong, FortPetit and Fish Lake. Thepost wasn't rebuilt until1816, then possibly byScott and Haskins.The 1816 Treaty of St.Louis ca11ed a surrenderof the area surroundingthe lower end of LakeMichigan, ten milesnorth an,d south of theChicago Creek, as well asland to the Kankakee,Illinois and Fox Rivers,Tassinongincluded.Original SettlersIn this frame, a settleris different than avoyageur, or a man whoset up a trading store fortemporary use. Thesettler purchased land,cleared the land for morethan a garden. He homesteadedfor himself first,his country second.The first settler 0 f CenterTownship was SethHull, settled in 1833,southeast ofpresent dayValparaiso, near the Potawatomivillage Chiqua'sTown, indeed byTassinong..First settler toTassinong, which wassoon called TassinongGrove, was Issac Morgan,removed west fromLaPorteCounty. FollowingMorgan were BenjaminSpencer, George,Jacob and John Shultz,Abraham Stoner. Allarrived in the 1830s.Other settlers wereAdams, Baum, Agnew,Stoddard, Rinker, Unruh,Eaton, Zorn, Maxwell,Ailes, Pierce, Bowman,McGurdy, Cain, Eahart,Comers, Marines, Beach,Davidson, Bartholomew,Dr. Welch, Dr. Gray, Dr.David, all physicianswho provided the areauntil 1861, when theyserved in the Civil War.The area aroundT" J11t:H1S \/1 knn '11as Morgan's Prairie.Tassinong growth wasaffected, though 'by theden of iniquity, the sinand corruption of chen­'tele at McGurdy Tavern.Many horse and lumberthieves would hole upthere and sell hquor tothe Potawatomi.'Nonetheless, TassinongGrove was theprincipal village until theestablishment of railroadsin the township. Amail route ran fromDetroit, by MichiganRoad, then Sac Trail toTassinong, down to 'LakeKankakee,' crossing byEaton's Ferry, and on toWinamac and Lafayette.Mail was also providedthrough Tassinong onhorseback to the fewfamilies in what was tobe the town of 'Kauts.'The post office wasoperated from 1837 untilthe railroad demise ofthevillage. And before thenit was an extension fromthe LaPorte-Kingsburyroute, the mail carried byGeorge W. Reynolds. Theroute also carriedthrough Union Mills andBigelow's Mills.Colonel Jesse Harperopened a store in 1846,which lasted only fewyears, but jump startedthe town. TassinongGrove was incorporatedin1852. By that time therewere two stores, twoblacksmith shops, a carpentershop, tavern, aninn, two shoemakershops of the actualleather workers, thosewhomadeshoes to order.There were also a dozenscattered residences.Stores and businesseswere owned, at one timeor another, by LouisFortunee, Harper, PierreLaCompte, Eaton, Scott,Haskins, Stoddard,Unruh, McCarthey,Rinker and Wright.Three schools educatedchildren of thevillage over the time spanTassinong prospered. APresbyterian Church,built about1855 for $800,was constructed on conditionthat it be available[or use by other denominations.The preacherwas named Duff.Colonel Gil Pierce wasI viIlage wriler whoaulhored three books.John Clark Eaheart builta sorghum mill inTassinong.The Sylvester PierceStore in Tassinong wasan assortment store, sellingwhiskey, cigars, andencouragingmen to havea time drinking, smoking,singing war songs.The greatest of thearea's transportation improvementwas in 1863.Enos Baum built theBaum's Bridge in place ofEaton's Ferry oT 1836.Travel through the townincreased for two years.Baum Bridge Road wasthen the major transpor-••••~....•·.r"d.··~;~~I~~It.,~~seJ..="I~I·lf!~~!fS~;..'OJ'ld,m..flY ... ..•. fJ..e..s.. pr.t.tt.g 11 ..e4;tL.ereprt.ttg..l:t..~snPWa·.roti~d/~rtu:d{waterleton·'f~-Mil'-RO'tl4;·..oJlst.Sh.·tq.~~.•Tr ..ad..m~/p...Gst.'Was.: bJillt;The.•....J!O.~.ro0J.l..pl1':R4·· 8 t ..N>q!:NiJrlhjuiismj,.·P1Jgtl~9M.fl:W~$£'tg~9TM.gQhd;'~91JP.kundeJti t~~ sprb'lg,.aW!&lS; imp~sable pn~:8~lii4t$~A~:S ~:lAhf:iAlw~~~C;:;:1:isg~1::efl0ugh,., ..• .~1\tfhi:~fo,~l(ankat

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Page 12 tI1 Harbor Skye - Shadbonna PublicationsROSSVILLE, ILLINOISin Vermilion Countyfc~ tt\\\Vintage Street Lights,'Ct.c V,\\~jCVictorian Homes, "IOver20 Antique, Gift, Candy& Specialty Shops..and Museumsmake Rossville the town [or aCHRISTMAS MEMORIESOPEN HOUSENovember 27 & 28 & 29-~o Friday & Saturday 10 AM - 5 PMo Sunday 12 - 5 PMo Parade Saturday II AMLocated on Rte. I in Centrallllinois - 100 miles S. of Chicago,18 miles N.ofDanville - Rossville Village Office (217) 748-6914Christmas Memories Draw AtHBNSLBR'S NURSERY and CHRISTMAS~JI_RN• Live petting zoo • Borse drawn wagon rideWreaths, Swags & GarlandGrave BlanketsWhite Pine, Scotch PineSpruces, Firs, Potted Trees• Santa Claus • Crafts• ConcessionsOPENDAILYNOVEMBER21-DECEMBER 22 fOAMfo 6PMESTHENSLER'S NURSERY, 22 mmutes East of Valparaiso on Rt 3020 mmultes SE of LaPorte m Hamlet IN 219-867-4192Hessling's (219) 956-3288CHristmlls tLree ~IlrmOr~ers ta en from november 1st for ....Wreaths...CralJe (JJlankets...c1'illofOs...Cross-. - _. ~_. ~ Open tDaily 'l:'hanlcsgiDing until Christmas 8 - 4Ltmy &. Juby Hmlin~, 100 Uhst 1700 HDrth. Whfatfitlb, JHT...... ieeela'~ llaee "1: 41a1KWhere C~ristmas l~'~--'~~-'~'l". ~ 'l" Is For Children.... .~ .• PETIING ANIMALS - VISITS FROM SANTA - 1\ J.' ~. .- HAYRIDES TO TREE PATCH - CUT OWN TREE • .- REFRESHMENTS •GiftShoppingat (fJatty's Christmas ShopOPEN NOVEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 20 -Northeast of Monticello IN 011197 E 700 N 0 IDAVILLE Types of trees???219-2780 7315 "';ww.millerslreefarm.com Size??? Potted??Th~!'hOli'lY season visit (219) 686-2663r/( ~ Grandpa Stuntz's Indian Museum. .Ill;.:. &' The Christmas Shop at. "1 ~'!~;~j .1'StY.!1tz ~ ffochstetler Pines/ Inc.u· ..... -::.:;:"'u' ~FoRE Father Christmas & Mrs. Claus -,, .. IN