Native American or Indigenous People Related Stories

  1. Native American or Indigenous People Related Stories
    1. The History of the Kickapoo
    2. Interesting Ways History was Preserved. Includes Kickapoo information from the 1830s.
    3. Early Settlers and the Black Hawk War
    4. First Fairbury area family arrived 190 years ago.
    5. First three years very challenging to early settlers. Includes interactions with the Kickapoo.
    6. Application to add the Strevell House in Pontiac, Illinois, to the National Register of Historic Places. Includes section on Native American history in Livingston County.
    7. Fairbury's Connection to the Florida Seminole Wars. Part of the west side of Fairbury was originally owned by members of the Creek tribe from Florida.
    8. Year 2000 calendar with information about the Kickapoo and many photos of Kickapoo people.
    9. Narrative of the captivity of William Biggs among the Kickapoo Indians in Illinois in 1788. One of the few written accounts of what Kickapoo life was in 1788.
    10. Native American history in the Fairbury area. A presentation given by Dale C. Maley at the Fairbury Dominy Library on June 21, 2025.
    11. How the Kickapoo dried their corn.
    12. Henry Mies 1924 speech about Native American history in our area.
    13. Article in the July 1948 issue of the Journal of the Illinois State Archaeological Society about a Native American skeleton found in Fairbury.

    14. Fairbury's Rich History of Discovering Native American Artifacts

    15. Murder of Fairbury Native American artifact collector still unsolved (Marion Knott).
    16. Native American Woman Who Survived Trail of Tears May Be Buried at Spence Cemetery. Her name was Elizabeth Callahan, or Elizabeth Pridmore Aquatake Quatie Rishton.