Historical Marker
McHie Ferry
Est. 1910 - Disc. 1920
Kankakee County's First Ferry
Made by Wm. and James McHie
Aroma Park Lions Club — — Map (db m9675) HM
Many of the nineteenth-century French-Canadian settlers of Bourbonnais Grove planted the Jardin aux Potages (literaly translated from French to English as “Garden of the Kitchen”). Altough local history does not indicate the exact . . . — — Map (db m105653) HM
[left panel] Darkness engulfed the frozen landscape of the northern edge of Bourbonnais on the evening of Monday, March 15, 1999, when the Amtrak train, the City of New Orleans, heading south from Chicago, collided at the McKnight . . . — — Map (db m177502) HM
Bourbonnais Groves first families came from Quebecs Upper St. Lawrence Valley in the 1830s and 40s to settle what would become the largest 19th century French-Canadian agrarian village in Illinois. Some immigrants moved on to found St. Anne, St. . . . — — Map (db m105623) HM
Though time passes on, the people of Bourbonnais will always remember the men and women of this community who served, who fought, and gave their lives for the preservation of peace and freedom for this great nation. — — Map (db m301442) WM
Dedicated to the memory of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, Noel Le Vasseur, Francois Bourbonnais—early pioneers in the employ of The American Fur Company who had a post near this site. Father de Pontavisse, first priest and religious . . . — — Map (db m105636) HM
The Donald H. and Faith N. Bell West Campus represents an investment in the future. In years to come this section of the Olivet Nazarene
University campus will be the setting for the next chapter of Olivet's growth and development. This . . . — — Map (db m301746) HM
Durham-Perry Farmstead is located on the Perry Farm. It is maintained and operated as an historic site by the Bourbonnais Township Park District.
This plan shows the farmstead as it is today. The drawing is not the scale. The farmstead occupies . . . — — Map (db m58104) HM
Father of Bourbonnais Voyageur, Fur Trader and First Permanent Settler of Bourbonnais Grove
Noλl Le Vasseur and his wife Watch-e-kee arrived here in 1832. He bought large tracts of land from the Potawatomi Indians and encouraged hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m177500) HM
Thomas Durham bought 160 acres on this site in 1835 from Gurdon S. Hubbard. Known as the Jonveau Reserve, the land lay in an area called Bourbonnais Grove. Durham opened 20 acres for cultivation. In January 1836, parts of Cook and Iroquois Counties . . . — — Map (db m105729) HM
Thomas Durham, a Quaker, was born on October 1, 1784, in Brunswick, Virginia, to “a large and influential family” of English origin. They
had settled in Virginia in the later part of the 17th or early part of the 18th century.
. . . — — Map (db m105800) HM
The Wayne Michael Hayes Freedom Garden is dedicated to the memory and honor of First Lieutenant Wayne Michael Hayes who gave his life for his country on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri, Vietnam. He was a 1965 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University who . . . — — Map (db m301764) HM
By late summer in 1838, the last of the Potawatomi left the valley of the Kankakee for their home west of the Mississippi. However, Chef Shawannassee did not leave this "Wonderful Land" (Ti-yar-ack-nauk) he lived in for so many years. He died in . . . — — Map (db m301767) HM
Although it was only two miles east of the Kankakee County Courthouse, the Baker School was a "country schoolhouse" when it opened in 1879. It was located on the Baker Family farm on the south side of what is now Court Street. The one-room frame . . . — — Map (db m301477) HM
This bell summoned generations of students to Kankakee's Central School, a tall red brick structure that stood on the southeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Merchant Street for nearly a century. The school was erected in 1869, and the bell installed . . . — — Map (db m301482) HM
For more than 80 years these massive stone columns flanked the entrance to Eastern Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, one of Kankakee's major banks. Built in 1904 in the 100 block of South Schuyler Avenue, the new bank reflected expansion of the . . . — — Map (db m301473) HM
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation, . . . — — Map (db m301678) HM
This building was erected with funds provided by the people of the State of Illinois in memory of Governor Len Small
Under his leadership, from 1921 to 1929 Illinois led the nation in constructing over 8000 miles of hard roads — — Map (db m301582) HM
The Miner Charitable Foundation was established by Harold and Jean Miner, lifelong farmers who lived in rural Watseka in Iroquois County. The Miners were involved in all facets of farming along with being dedicated community supporters who . . . — — Map (db m303299) HM
As governor of the State of Illinois from 1921 to 1929 Len Small was known as the "Good Roads Governor," for the Illinois Waterway Project, for an expanding public welfare program, and for his extensive interests in agriculture. — — Map (db m301583) HM
Bird Park was donated to the KVPD in 1926 by Pioneer Kankakee businessman Worth Bird. The 26 acre park is one of the cities jewels enhanced by the 10 acre quarry. Mr. Bird purchased the property in 1851 for $8/acre and operated the quarry until 1911 . . . — — Map (db m301443) HM
In memory of the soldiers of Kankakee County who fought for the Union.
1861-1865
Love of country is a nation's strongest safeguard. — — Map (db m301627) WM
Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868.
General Orders No. 11
1. The 30th day of May, 1868 is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in . . . — — Map (db m301463) HM
Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868.
General Orders No. 11
1. The 30th day of May, 1868 is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in . . . — — Map (db m301717) HM
Before there was farmland, there were untamed wetlands. One of the largest in North America was the Grand Kankakee Marsh, which saturated nearly a million acres east of Momence and into northern Indiana. This vast wetland, larger than the Florida . . . — — Map (db m177895) HM
1912 Edward Chipman Public Library has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m177980) HM
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Contributing property to the Downtown Momence Historic District — — Map (db m177994) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, . . . — — Map (db m177993) HM WM
This trail was blazed by Gurdon S. Hubbard, 1822–1824, connecting the trading posts of the American Fur Company between Vincennes and Chicago. Momence, near the upper crossing of the Kankakee River, is on this trail. Known also as the . . . — — Map (db m105838) HM
In honor of Walter, Andrew and George Hess, pioneers, whose frontier courage, strength and spirit typified the early days in the Kankakee Valley. Settled here 1839. — — Map (db m216216) HM
