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Marshall County IN

• 09.14.07
  menomonee
  Bremen base camp - 2007, Marshall County IN (0)

  Here's a photo of the Spokesrider from August, on a day ride from Bremen to Bruce Lake to Rochester, IN.  I picked this photo for today, September 14, because today a ceremony was held there to place a Trail of Death marker.  (The Trail of Death is also known as the Trail of Courage in local events commemorating it.)  The man depicted in the statue is Menominee, a Potawatomi leader who refused to sign the treaty by which the last remaining land in Indiana was taken from them.   He wouldn't really have worn a headress like that, but this ...
  
  
• 09.07.07
  Familiar pack of dogs
  Bremen base camp - 2007, Marshall County IN (0)

  I stopped to take a snapshot of this barn early in a ride to Bruce Lake.  It wasn't too many miles south of Bremen.   A dog was barking somewhere in the background. When I got back on my bike, a whole pack of beagle-like dogs came out on the road to greet me.  Suddenly I remembered.  I had been here before!  I had encountered this same dog pack last September, though the dogs were a little smaller then.   Unfortunately I didn't stop to take a photo.  Last time I hadn't known what to expect from them at first, but ...
  
  
• 08.25.07
  Old Tip Town
  Bremen base camp - 2007, Bridges, Marshall County IN (0)

  This is a photo looking north from the south edge of Tippecanoe, taken on my first visit ever to the area in summer 2000. I remembered the railroad tracks, which seemed to serve as a giant speed bump for the road into town. It's as if the railroad grade didn't deign to run at the same level as the town. I'm sure there's a good reason for that. There's a river nearby that has to be crossed, and I suppose the higher the grade level, the better. But it reminds me of my first impression ...
  
  
• 08.23.07
  Tippecanoe
  Bremen base camp - 2007, Marshall County IN (0)

  The first time I had been to Tippecanoe, probably in 2000, it seemed I had stumbled on a place that was far away from everything else and that everything was several decades old. I've felt that way in a few other crossroads towns in Indiana. But this one didn't give that impression this time. Last time there had been a small, run-down country stores with narrow aisles and not a huge selection to choose from. It's still there and is much the same inside, except that it has recently undergone an expansion! ...
  
  
• 08.22.07
  Chechawkose’s village (August 11, 2007)
  Bremen base camp - 2007, Marshall County IN (2)

  I didn't see any more Amish places south of US-30. Five miles south of Etna Green I turned west on a less-traveled county road. I wanted to see the country that had been part of Che-chaw-kose's reservation. The above-pictured place is on this land, very near the Tippecanoe River. [Edit & Note: Actually, it may be just slightly off the reservation, so to speak. See the next blog post. jbg, 22-Aug-2007] This map is a snippet of one of many maps of Indian land cessions at memory.loc.gov. Chechawkose was a Potawatomi leader who ...
  
  

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