North Liberty Origins: The Land, the Peoples and the Story of the Place

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North Liberty Origins: The Land, the Peoples and the Story of the Place

The ground before the town, the peoples of the upland, the streams, and the whole story of North Liberty.

Origins

§ 22North Liberty Before the Town: The Ground Before the PlaceNorth Liberty's ground was Bodéwadmi country, taken by the Treaty of Tippecanoe in 1832 — that settlement stands in the land and tribes files of this build and is not re-proven here. What this section adds is the depth…10 entry pages § 23The Land at North LibertyBefore it was a townsite, the ground North Liberty stands on was Potawatomi country in the St. Joseph valley, and its passage to the United States was by treaty. Which treaty is a question this build answers from the…8 entry pages § 24The Native Nations of North LibertyThe town stands on Potato Creek, in the southern drainage of the St. Joseph valley — country the record of the treaty era assigns to the Potawatomi, whose name for themselves, Bodéwadmi, prints here first because the…5 entry pages § 74The Rivers and Streams of North LibertyNorth Liberty is not a river town, and this section does not make it one. The St. Joseph River, the county's great stream, runs twelve miles north and belongs to other towns' builds. The water this town actually has is…5 entry pages § 01The Story of North LibertyNorth Liberty is an incorporated town in Liberty Township, in the southwest of St. Joseph County, Indiana, standing where State Road 23 — its Main Street — crosses State Road 4, on ground the Potawatomi ceded in 1832.…13 entry pages

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Source: North Liberty Origins: The Land, the Peoples and the Story of the Place, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/north-liberty/topics/origins/

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