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Little Calumet River UGRR Project presents Underground Railroad program at county library
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSOUTH BEND — The organization Little Calumet River UGRR Project presents “Freedom Seekers and the...
Headed out to the Chicago or Calumet River this Labor Day weekend? Find out how much bacteria is in...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoLooking over a wobbly guardrail, Dale Landmann uncoiled a few feet of rope, cautiously lowering a...
Family of Chicago man files wrongful death lawsuit against Hammond Police Department, city following...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAngela Perry said her son Larry Perry, who died in the Little Calumet River after a police chase from Hammond to Chicago in February, was a very helpful son, a good father and a hard worker.
Historical marker unveiled during ceremony marking Underground Railroad site on Chicago’s Far South...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Illinois state Sen. Napoleon Harris (15th District) was a boy, he would play near the Little...
1 dead, 1 injured after driver crashes into Little Calumet River
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCHICAGO — A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after a car crashed into the Little Calumet...
Ceremony honors Dutch families who worked the Underground Railroad along the Little Calumet River
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJan Ton and Cornelis Kuyper, leaders of Dutch communities from present day South Holland to Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood, encouraged residents to help enslaved people in the 1850s along the ...
The African American Heritage Water Trail Is A Must-See Destination For History And Nature Lovers
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn incredible resource of the Midwest, the African American Heritage Water Trail traces a captivating journey through the very fabric of American history. The trail is a 7-mile stretch of the ...
Little Cal Commission OKs nearly $1 million for Merrillville flood control project
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe eight-member Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission voted on Wednesday to approve spending $932,168 on a flood control project to be undertaken by the town of Merrillville that ...
Blue Island businesses hopeful as talks for second portion of Western Avenue redevelopment begin
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoIt has been eight years since Blue Island leaders agreed to a redevelopment project for a 2-mile...
States stock more chinook in Lake Michigan. And stargazers camp out for night sky party.
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the last week of April, Indiana carried out the annual stocking of young chinook salmon into its...