Fullersburg Historic Foundation Presents "The 1833 Treaty of Chicago" April 13th

Posted April 05, 2013 11:00 pm

Barbara Kennedy

A Living History Series Program, "The 1833 Treaty of Chicago" will be presented by The Fullersburg Historic Foundation on Saturday, April 13th, 1:30 pm at the Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road.

Speaker: Jack MacRae, Naturalist, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

In the fall of 1833, an estimated 3,000 Native Americans, traders, United States government officials, army troops, land speculators, and adventurers traveled to Chicago, a recently incorporated frontier town of 350, to witness the dramatic proceedings whereby the Potawatomi ceded the last of their Illinois and Wisconsin lands and their last reservations in Michigan to the United States government.

Join Jack as he tells us about the events leading up to the Chicago Treaty of 1833 and the conditions that would mark the end of Native American habitation in Illinois. Following the signing of the Treaty, northeastern Illinois was opened to European settlement and Native Americans were relocated to Missouri and west of the Mississippi River.

Call 630-512-7336 with questions about this free educational program.

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