KANKAKEE CITY OR SHERMANVILLE
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KANKAKEE CITY OR SHERMANVILLE |
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NAME: Kankakee City or Shermanville COUNTY: Will / Grundy county line ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: snow in winter and hot in the summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: anytime if you can find it |
COMMENTS:
hidden in the vicinity described generally as two miles west of Blodgett Road near the Will-Grundy county line bridge is that old cemetery. These are the graves of the residents who once built their homes in Kankakee City. REMAINS: all that is left now is an old pioneer cemetery |
| During the mid-1830s, thousands of dollars were involved in the development of Kankakee City. But the development turned out to be just a hustle by land swindlers Although little has been recorded in local history about the town, it was described in a 1936 historical story of the Joliet Evening Herald News. All traces of Kankakee City, including the cemetery, had disappeared by then. Submitted by: Rachel |
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