ROCHESTER — Historical re-enactors, Aztec dancers, bagpipers, homemade chicken and noodles, buffalo burgers, home-brewed root beer and a pleasantly warm weekend with a refreshing breeze provided the ingredients for a successful Trail of Courage living history festival Sept. 21-22. The pre-1840 atmosphere also featured blacksmiths, fur trading, muzzleloader competition, tomahawk throwing, teepees and wigwams, various …read more.

[weaver_youtube A3TVO7SNiVM rel=0] WARSAW — Fourth graders got a taste of Indiana history by attending Back to the Days at Harrison Elementary on Friday, Aug. 25. The chilly morning didn’t stop kids from enjoying the hands-on-learning experience at numerous stations positioned around the property of Harrison Elementary. Students learned about the history of Indiana through various …read more.

ROCHESTER — Julien Petit, a 28-year-old Frenchman who is a relative of Father Benjamin M. Petit, is coming to the Trail of Courage Sept. 16-18, arriving in time for the Potawatomi Trail of Death Association meeting Friday evening at the Fulton County Museum, Rochester. Father Petit went with Chief Menominee’s band of Potawatomi on the …read more.

ROCHESTER — The family of John “Rocky” Barrett, chairman of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Shawnee, Okla., will be the honored family this year at the Trail of Courage Living History Festival, set for Sept. 17-18, at the Fulton County Historical Society grounds. A different Potawatomi family is honored every year at the Trail of Courage in …read more.