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    • Reverend Jesse Walker

    • Reverend Jesse Walker

    • Churches--Illinois--Will County--Plainfield; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This illustration is of Jesse Walker, one of the pioneer preachers of the N. W. Territory. Rev. Walker was born in Rockingham Co. Virginia June 9, 1766 and came to Illinois in 1806. He held the first camp meeting in the state near Edwardsville...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Reverend Jesse Walker

    • Reverend Jesse Walker

    • Illinois--Will County--Plainfield; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is another, and better, picture of Rev. Jesse Walker. I am indebted to Mrs. Emery Fellows for this copy. It has been kept in the old Evans family Bible for years. I am sorry not to have a picture of Capt. James Walker. I will, at this time,...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Looking West up the Chicago River 1831

    • Looking West up the Chicago River 1831

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Rivers--Illinois; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a picture looking due west up the Chicago River in 1831. The first building at left is the Post Office of John S.C. Hogan and stood near the corner of Lake and Market Sts. [There was] Only one [delivery] a week from Niles, MI which was from...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Juliette A Kinzie

    • Juliette A Kinzie

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Frontier & pioneer life; Socialites

    • This is a picture of Juliette A. Kinzie, wife of John H. Kinzie and author of the book "Wabun." Wabun is an Indian word meaning "dawn, or beautiful dawn." Her maiden name was Juliette A. Magill, and she was the daughter of Arthur Magill of...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Tecumseh

    • Tecumseh

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a photo of Tecumseh, a Shawnee Chieftain. This famous chief was born about the year 1768 in the state of OH. His father was a chief and after his death Tecumseh became leader of the tribe. He had some education, could read and write and was...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Pontiac

    • Pontiac

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a picture of Pontiac the Ottawa chief. At what date he was born it is hard to say, but we find in 1760 he was a prominent chieftain. He was a friend of the French, but had no use for the English because of their treacherous practices....
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Big Eagle

    • Big Eagle

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a picture of Big Eagle, a Sioux Chieftain. In 1862, the Sioux Indians in IA and MN fell upon the settlers and massacred some 1200 persons. Military authorities at once took action and killed and captured a large number of them. 30 Indians...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Buffalo Skinning

    • Buffalo Skinning

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a picture of a prairie scene of an early day showing how the Indian squaws skinned and cut up the buffalo after their chieftains made the kill. The hides were made into robes and clothing, and the flesh cured for future use. Other parts...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Unlawful trading with Indians

    • Unlawful trading with Indians

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This picture shows how the early traders took advantage of the Indians in this unlawful trading. In order to get their trade, they would keep a keg of rum in a back room where they could trade strong drink for their furs. While this was against the...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Indian Village

    • Indian Village

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • A picture of an Indian village. A great many people today think an Indian tepee was a small affair, but a great many of these tepees housed as many as 2 or 3 families and would accomodate from 10-15 people. Many of the Indian council houses would...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Explorers Meeting Indians

    • Explorers Meeting Indians

    • Frontier & pioneer life; Indigenous peoples

    • When the early explorers met the chieftains of some Indian tribes, most of the exploring parties were made up of one or more Jesuit fathers, an agent or governor, a number of boatmen, and sometimes a number of soldiers. These meetings were...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Abraham Lincoln House

    • Abraham Lincoln House

    • Frontier & pioneer life; Pioneers--Illinois; Politics & government

    • This is a picture of the cabin built by Thomas Lincoln and his son Abraham in Coles County IL in 1831. Abraham Lincoln was born Feb. 12, 1809 in Harding Co. KY. His parents were of the early pioneer stock, and the cabin in which he was born had a...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Chief Shabbona

    • Chief Shabbona

    • Indigenous peoples; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a picture of Shabbona, an Ottawa chief. He was born in about 1775 in an Indian village on the Kankakee River in Will County and died at Morris July 27, 1859. He was known as the white man's friend. He, with Billy Caldwell, used their...
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • DuSable's Cabin

    • DuSable's Cabin

    • Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; Frontier & pioneer life

    • This is a drawing of Baptiste Point Du Sable's cabin in 1779 and it stood on the north bank of what was afterward known as the Chicago River. It stood near the point where the river turned south to discharge its water into the lake at Madison St....
    • Plainfield Public Library District
    • Henri De Tonty

    • Henri De Tonty

    • Frontier & pioneer life; People

    • A picture of Henri De Tonty. He was born in Naples, Italy in about the year 1650. His father was at one time Governor of Gaeta and a prominent financier. Tonty had a good education, both general and military. He had lost one of his hands in the...
    • Plainfield Public Library District

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