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Monahan, James L.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1825 - 1924

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

James L. Monahan collection

 Collection — Folder: S0974
Identifier: S0974
Scope and Contents This collection contains a typewritten copy of a narrative given by LaPorte County, Indiana pioneer James L. Monahan and written down by James W. Lester, secretary of the Gary Historical Society, in the spring of 1923 when Monahan was 98 years old. The narrative relates his childhood experiences as a pioneer living among the Potawatomi and gives an eyewitness account of their forced removal from Northern Indiana. He noted that he "saw a great many of the first things started here" and mentioned...
Dates: 1923-1973