http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/03/27/michigan-road-lands-in-laporte-county/ Bicycle touring and history Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:23:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/03/27/michigan-road-lands-in-laporte-county/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Tim Cole Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:31:41 +0000 http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/03/27/michigan-road-lands-in-laporte-county/#comment-1095 Joliet Road was a significant pioneer path into northwest Indiana. It was a major part of the Old Sauk Trail that was used by the Indians to get their yearly stipends for giving up their lands: it wound from the Mississippi River to Detroit, going through the prairie opening in the dense forests of this part of Indiana -- hence, the "Door," or, in French (the first contributing explorers to this area), "La Porte." The Michigan Road was expected to have a cleared area one mile wide on the east and west sides for "protection" and the trees along the road had to be cut to within one foot of the ground to allow the passage of oxen teams and wagons. Joliet Road was a significant pioneer path into northwest Indiana. It was a major part of the Old Sauk Trail that was used by the Indians to get their yearly stipends for giving up their lands: it wound from the Mississippi River to Detroit, going through the prairie opening in the dense forests of this part of Indiana — hence, the “Door,” or, in French (the first contributing explorers to this area), “La Porte.”
The Michigan Road was expected to have a cleared area one mile wide on the east and west sides for “protection” and the trees along the road had to be cut to within one foot of the ground to allow the passage of oxen teams and wagons.

]]> http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/03/27/michigan-road-lands-in-laporte-county/comment-page-1/#comment-391 The Spokesrider » Michigan Road Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:18:32 +0000 http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/03/27/michigan-road-lands-in-laporte-county/#comment-391 [...] Continuing north of Rochester on the old road for a few miles, one comes to this sign where the road crosses the Tippecanoe River. “Land granted by the Potawatomi Indians” is a an interesting way to put it when you consider how it was done. [...] [...] Continuing north of Rochester on the old road for a few miles, one comes to this sign where the road crosses the Tippecanoe River. “Land granted by the Potawatomi Indians” is a an interesting way to put it when you consider how it was done. [...]

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