Revolutionary Activity in the Illi-Michiana Areas

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Let’s Not Forget. 1780 – 1781

– Kenneth J. Schoon, Presenter

While General George Washington was busy on the East coast, activities west of the Appalachians determined who would govern the “Northwest” (including Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan) after the Revolutionary War ended

About the Presenter Kenneth J. Schoon is a professor emeritus of science education at Indiana University Northwest. He is a member of the Indiana and Munster Historical Societies and was given the Dorothy Riker Hoosier Historical Award for his work in writing Calumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements on the South Shore of Lake Michigan. Besides this book, published by Indiana University Press, he is the author of several other books about the geology and history of the bi-state Calumet Region. His most recent book is Pullman, The Man, The Company, the Historical Park.

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