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History. [edit] Starting in the 1770s, if not earlier, the area that is now Kankakee County was largely populated by the Potawatomi. French Canadian Settlers came to Kankakee County in 1834, after the federal government signed the Treaty of Camp Tippecanoe in 1832.
Kankakee, city, seat (1853) of Kankakee county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Kankakee River, about 60 miles (100 km) south of Chicago. Potawatomi Indians were early inhabitants of the area, and the city’s name comes from a variant pronunciation of their name for the river.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kankakee County was considered the perfect place to live by the Potawatomi Indians long before the ever-increasing westward migration of white settlers replaced them. For here was a rolling landscape with a beautiful river thickly bordered with groves of oak, hickory, maple, cedar and black walnut.
Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an anchor city in the rural plains outside Chicago . History
May 9, 2011 · From the city's first settlers to a current NFL standout, gathering the history of local African-American culture has presented the Kankakee County Museum and curator Amy Stroo with a...
The Kankakee country represents essentially an intermorainal marsh reclaimed valley extending from South Bend, Indiana, southwestward to Momence, Illinois. Down the wide, flat-floored valley coursed the original meandering Kankakee River, now a series of straight ditches.
It was on this very same day in 1853 that Kankakee Depot was chosen as the county seat. Hence why we call it, “Kankakee Day”. Executive Director, Veronica Featherston and Research Coordinator, Jorie Walters , of the Kankakee County Museum join us to celebrate this historic day.
