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The Kankakee: River of History
The Kankakee River and its valley come alive as a dynamic slice of American history.
This nonfiction narrative threads together explorers, Native nations, settlers, and modern energy plans to show how a single river shaped a region and its people.
Delve into the river’s role as a corridor for French Canadians, a thoroughfare for early missions, and a battlefield crossroads. The book weaves legends, battlefield mysteries, and real-life figures into a grander story of migration, trade, and survival along a historic waterway.
What you’ll experience Stories of key river towns, journeys, and the people who traveled and lived along the Kankakee. Accounts of notable events and the evolving use of the river from fur trading to settlement. Profiles of unforgettable figures who influenced or were shaped by the river’s path, including stories of conflict and cooperation. Connections between past life and present plans, including how the valley fits into larger regional development. Ideal for readers of regional and Indiana history, and anyone curious about how a single river can anchor a culture and a century of change.
This nonfiction narrative threads together explorers, Native nations, settlers, and modern energy plans to show how a single river shaped a region and its people.
Delve into the river’s role as a corridor for French Canadians, a thoroughfare for early missions, and a battlefield crossroads. The book weaves legends, battlefield mysteries, and real-life figures into a grander story of migration, trade, and survival along a historic waterway.
What you’ll experience Stories of key river towns, journeys, and the people who traveled and lived along the Kankakee. Accounts of notable events and the evolving use of the river from fur trading to settlement. Profiles of unforgettable figures who influenced or were shaped by the river’s path, including stories of conflict and cooperation. Connections between past life and present plans, including how the valley fits into larger regional development. Ideal for readers of regional and Indiana history, and anyone curious about how a single river can anchor a culture and a century of change.
100 pages, Hardcover
Published August 24, 2018
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