The Reverend Theodore J. Van den Broek (1783-1851) founded St. John Parish here in 1836 as a mission, serving the Indians in a 300 square mile area. The present church was built between 1860-1868. Little Chute owes its Dutch heritage to this . . . — — Map (db m264808) HM
The Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River near here September 3, 1836. Under the treaty the Menominee Indian nation ceded to the United States about 4,000,000 acres of land for $700,000 (about 17 cents per acre). The area now contains . . . — — Map (db m2490) HM
