Author: Burt E. BurroughsPublisher: Kmc Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781732409101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Story of the early days of Momence, Illinois
Tales of an Old Border Town and Along the Kankakee
Author: Burt E. BurroughsPublisher: Kmc Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781732409101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Story of the early days of Momence, Illinois
Tales of an Old "bordertown" and Along the Kankakee
Author: Burt E. BurroughsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Tales of an Old Border Town and Along the Kankakee
Author: Burt E. BurroughsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282361587
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Excerpt from Tales of an Old "Border Town" And Along the Kankakee: A Collection of Historical Facts and Intimate Personal Sketches of the Days of the Pioneers in Momence, Illinois, and the Hunting Grounds of the Kankakeee Marsh and "Bogus Island" Mr. Fred Nichols, of Momence, has been indefatigable in his efforts to put the writer in the way of obtaining that data of old days in and about Momence which was most valuable and worth while. With his machine and with Clarence Nichols at the wheel, every nook and corner of the old Beaver Lake Basin has been visited, turned wrong-side out and thoroughly scrutinized. Mr. Nichols has been a host in himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Tales of an Old "border Town" and Along the Kankakee
Author: Burt E. BurroughsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
TALES OF AN OLD "BORDER TOWN" AND ALONG THE KANKAKEE
Author: BURT E. BURROUGHSPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033069448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Around Momence
Author: Kevin Sr. McNultyPublisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531631970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
As evidenced by the historic record of Burt E. Burrough's book entitled Tales of an Old Border Town and along the Kankakee (1925), the city of Momence owes its origins to the flow of the Kankakee River through eastern Kankakee County. This diverse tributary linked marshy areas in Indiana to the adjacent fertile fields on the Illinois side. Momence became a beacon, providing traders with the latest conveniences and a break from the frontier. Years later, the historic Dixie Highway crossed the river at Momence, assuring a modern era for the city. In her writings of 1983-1984, the great educator and historian Kay Hess revealed the community spirit, entrepreneurial zeal, and celebratory nature of Momence through the many personalities of this rural city. Today, as Momence approaches its 200th year, massive urban sprawl promises to wash over this ever-changing community and add to its history.
Around Momence
Author: Kevin McNultyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738551289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
As evidenced by the historic record of Burt E. Burrough's book entitled Tales of an Old Border Town and along the Kankakee (1925), the city of Momence owes its origins to the flow of the Kankakee River through eastern Kankakee County. This diverse tributary linked marshy areas in Indiana to the adjacent fertile fields on the Illinois side. Momence became a beacon, providing traders with the latest conveniences and a break from the frontier. Years later, the historic Dixie Highway crossed the river at Momence, assuring a modern era for the city. In her writings of 1983-1984, the great educator and historian Kay Hess revealed the community spirit, entrepreneurial zeal, and celebratory nature of Momence through the many personalities of this rural city. Today, as Momence approaches its 200th year, massive urban sprawl promises to wash over this ever-changing community and add to its history.
Legends and Tales of Homeland on the Kankakee
Author: Burt E. BurroughsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Tales of Kankakee Land
Author: Charles Henry BartlettPublisher: Hardscrabble Books
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Tales of Kankakee Land
Author: Charles Henry BartlettPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230737713
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...the lodges informed the people whether the immediate vicinity was clear of any lurking emissaries of the foe. If it was found safe to do so, all the women and children of the village, when night had come, slipped out of the lodges without so much as a whisper. The burden, such as a bundle of clothing or an infant in its cradle, rested secure on the shoulders and neck, and was held in place by a band passing over the forehead. The limbs and body must be free. All ran to the landing where the overturned canoes were drawn up along the bank, and one by one, stepping on the fine hard gravel of a made beach, waded cautiously into deep water, swam very quietly through the lagoon that led off to the little river, rounded the bend, and glided away down stream. The Indian woman was the strongest and most adroit swimmer in all the world; the necessities of her life compelled such skill. But how was it possible for any human being to make progress through a water-course which, in some parts, was filled from bank to bank with entangling mosses reaching up to the very surface and waving with the current; or, in other parts, was nothing more than a wide bed of black mire with only a few inches of clear liquid shooting across its forbidding surface; or, in still other places, was too shallow for swimming, and yet with a bed of boiling quicksand where no living creature could walk? Such difficulties they had by no means lost sight of. A winding channel had been made through these obstructions, and this they had carefully kept open at all times. Nor could any swift-darting pickerel thread the mazes of that devious way with easier grace than that of the Indian women and girls, whose supple bodies, gliding through the channel, fretted the current less than...