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"Poling down the Kankakee River" 

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Mark Your Calendars

 

Map to Collier Lodge site

May 8, 2012: KVHS general meeting cancelled

 

June 12, 2012: KVHS general meeting (open to the public) at the Kouts Library 101 E. Daumer Rd. at 6:30

Program: Native American Foods: The Three Sisters Garden.  From its history to maintaining today's heirlooms.  How did this method work and does it still work today?

 

July 10, 2012: KVHS general meeting (open to the public) at the Kouts Library 101 E. Daumer Rd. at 6:30

Program: Leigh Morris from The Society of Indiana Pioneers will do a program on early 1840 Indiana and the formation of The Society of Indiana Pioneers, its purpose, accomplishments,. 

 

August 25th & 26th, 2012: Aukiki River Festival 

 

September 11, 2012: KVHS general meeting (open to the public) at the Kouts Library 101 E. Daumer Rd. at 6:30

Program: Dr Thomas Magnetti will present a program on Archaeology in Southeast Asia.  The presentation will give an introduction to modern day archaeology and will discuss the excavation of the village of Bon Non Wat, Thailand.  This is a  unique archaeological site since the village has been continuously occupied for over 6000 years, thus covering the stone age, bronze age, and iron age, all in one location.  Over 26,000 artifacts have been found. 

More Aukiki River Festival 2012 information


KVHS Highlight Section

2010 Geophysical Surveys and Excavations at the Collier Lodge Site

2011 Aukiki River Festival Photo Gallery

2011 Aukiki River Festival webpage 

2011 Collier Lodge Dig Google Doc page

2011 Collier Lodge Dig Pictures  

2010 Aukiki River Festival video  

2011 Collier Lodge dig t-shirt design  

2011 Collier Lodge excavation plan .pdf

Collier Lodge 2006-2009 archaeological dig excavation report .pdf (11 MB)

2011 Collier Lodge Dig news articles  

Kankakee Valley Historical Society YouTube video link

Collier Lodge dig animal bones poster by Caitlin Monesmith  

2010 Aukiki River Festival photo gallery and news articles  

2010 Collier Lodge Dig Pictures  

2010 Collier Lodge Archaeological dig plan

2010 Collier Lodge archaeological dig articles

2010 Collier Lodge Dig T-shirt design

Dr. William "Bill" Mangold dissertation THE MIDDLE WOODLAND OCCUPATIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER VALLEY AND BEYOND.pdf  

2009 Aukiki River Festival video 

2009 Aukiki River Festival Photo Gallery and News Articles Page

2009 Aukiki River Festival  Page  

2008 Aukiki River Festival Page  

"The Times" video link to Range Line Rd. Bridge #2 story  

Lake County Bridge #2 KVHS webpage  

KVHS T-shirt design and pricing  Collier Lodge t-shirt design by Wayne Cooper and Aukiki River Festival t-shirt added     

 Dunn's Bridge & Milford, IL Bridge


Revised KVHS bylaws


 


Kankakee River Potpourri  

Stories of the people, places and mystery's of the Kankakee River

Of Special Interest:

Porter County Sherriff David Lain historic police equipment collection pictures and video link 

Collier Lodge Restoration Images

Map showing location of Collier Lodge  

Collier family and early Collier Lodge pictures  

Archival Pictures of Baum's Bridge Hunt Clubs  

Our Kankakee Adventure-- by Joseph A. Singler  

The Kankakee in the Old Days--by Dr. F E Ling

They Say the Kankakee is Coming Back -- William Bridges  

The Kankakee "Marsh" of Northern Indiana and Illinois permission from "The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology" 

An Anthropological Report on the Indians of the Kankakee River permission from "The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology"