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Native American Collection
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Constitutional Tree

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to Native American history in Highland Park. There are a few articles about the constitutional tree in Highland Park File contains newspaper articles, notes about the Indians of Northern Illinois, and Sharf maps.

Highland Park Native American History

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to Native American history in Highland Park. File contains photos, newspaper articles, book excerpts, handwritten notes, and newsletters. Notable items include: excerpt from "A Visitor to Chicago in Indian Days: Journal to th Far Off West" by Colbee C. Benton (1957), excerpt from the "History of Chicago" by Moses Kirkland (1895), and Evanston-North Shore Board of Realtors newsletter (May 1971).

Indian Trail Trees

Scope and Contents note File contains material about Indian trail trees in Highland park. File contains: Photo of Native American woman holding a child; a group of Native Americans on horseback in the middle of a field; "John Peters Last Story: Those Crooked Trees" (HP News, n.d.); half of an articles "Relics and Trees" (no source or date); photos and descriptions of Indian Trail Trees (1956?); photo of an Indian Trail Tree at County Line Road and Lake Shore Country Club.

Native American Collection

  • US IlHpHS nati.ame.2
  • Collection
  • ca. 1830-1972

Collection contains materials related to the Native American history in Highland Park. Materials includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and other relevant notes.

Highland Park Historical Society