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Neighborhood Landuse Timeline <br /> Overview <br /> The following timeline highlights the multi-century •Small Menominee v,—, ;--- "b e a '54`414•p s 8 <br /> evolution of the LaSalle Park Neighborhood.Focusing ""'""`" <br /> on the geological,cultural,and Land use history allows r_APOR F ST.JOSEPH — F <br /> fora deeper understanding of the current conditions of PowI sR Sac —' —' —'—• <br /> the neighborhood. 'i ." Meskwaki rbGowatonri <br /> O a '"° A.Y�boo^do7 <br /> STARKE Kfekapoo _ iartrRreyR1•^IV Ya of f <br /> Mlamf O.+' <br /> Grand --- <br /> : ' JASP. Kankakee <br /> 1E <br /> E Marsh <br /> IIIIIIIIIIiaaWjl,aiMfiljr160'S A 679 <br /> Grand Kankakee Marsh Native Tribes Fur Trade & French Settlement <br /> The Great North-South Continental Divide(aka By the 160o's.Native American groups,primarily the The Kankakee River served as major route for Native <br /> the"Midwest continental divide')that separates Miami and later the Potawatomi.had been living in the Americans and early settlers,notably French fur <br /> the Great Lakes watershed from the south Atlantic St.Joseph River Valley for centuries before European trappers.South Bend and Lasalle Park were once part <br /> Ocean watershed also runs through South Bend and settlement began.The Miami tribe was an indigenous of a major route used by Native Americans and French <br /> LaSalle Park.To the north of the divide the St.Joseph group near southern Lake Michigan.settling in a explorers to connect the Great Lakes and the Gulf of <br /> River empties into Lake Michigan.and to the south, village along the St.Joseph River.Later,the St.Joseph Mexico via an overland canoe portage between the <br /> the Kankakee River flows towards the Mississippi River. Potawatomi became the primary inhabitants.occupying Kankakee and St.Joseph rivers.On December 3.167g, <br /> The Kankakee had a meandering course,nearly 240 the region along the St.Joseph River for a significant with a group of 40,French explorer LaSalle headed <br /> miles long,through surrounding wetlands known as period.drawn to its rich resources. south from Fort Miami(St.Joseph.Michigan),canoeing <br /> the Grand Kankakee Marsh.With headwaters at South up the St.Joseph River to a portage at present-day <br /> Bend,the'Everglades of the North"covered over 5,300 South Bend. <br /> square miles from current day South Bend westward <br /> into IlUnois;perhaps the largest inland marsh wetland in They crossed through the LaSalle Park area to the <br /> the US. Kankakee River and followed it to the Illinois River <br /> eventually reaching Peoria,Illinois.Broader European <br /> settlement followed,led by the English and French. <br /> Lasalle's Landing is commemorated on the west bank <br /> of the St Joseph River.just east of where Pinhook Park <br /> is today. <br /> 8 <br />