WebbLater, the Potawatomi migrated from north of Lakes Huron and Superior to the shores of the mshigmé or Great Lake. This location—in what is now Wisconsin, southern Michigan, northern Indiana, and northern Illinois—is where European explorers in the early 17th century first came upon the Potawatomi; they called themselves N eshnabék , … WebbU.S. General Land Office 1878 1:887 040. Political map of Illinois. Worthens geological and climate map of Illinois. Worthen, Amos Henry, 1813-1888 1876 1:2 000 000.

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Forest County Potawatomi - Wisconsin First Nations

WebbLake County History In the early 1830's, the land that would become Lake County was mostly undeveloped prairie, dotted intermittently with little villages and farming communities of the native Potawatomi. As westward expansion rolled on, … The county, which was primarily unsettled prairie and was still home to its native Potawatomi Indians, was created by the Illinois State Legislature in 1839. At that time, Libertyville, then known as Independence Grove, was the first county seat. In 1841, however, the county's residents voted to move the county government to Little Fort, now Waukegan, where the commissioners had purchased a sect… tarade