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.

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.