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Indian Creek Massacre (Old)

CITY:

Harding

COUNTY:

LaSalle

DEDICATED BY:

The Illinois State Historical Society

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1934 at 6:00:00 AM

This refurbished marker is located in Shabbona Park, 4165 East 16th Road, Earlville. It is next to the new Indian Creek Massacre historical marker.

On May 20, 1832, hostile Indians, mainly Potawatomi, massacred fifteen men, women and children of the Indian Creek settlement two miles to the west. Two girls, Rachel and Sylvia Hall, were carried into captivity and later ransomed. All had disregarded the warning of Shabbona, the white man’s friend.

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