No question about it - Dunn's Bridge is steeped in history. But try to nail down the facts of that history, and questions start to fly. Most local historians agree that a farmer named J.D. Dunn built the bridge. The Kankakee river bisected his . . . — — Map (db m269431) HM
You are standing in what was once the southern Grand Kankakee Marsh. Three hundred years ago, depending upon the season, your knees may well have been wet.
In pre-settlement times, the Kankakee River was inseparable from its wetlands. Known . . . — — Map (db m302186) HM
