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Grand Kankakee Marsh
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The Grand Kankakee Marsh of northern Indiana and northern Illinois was one of the largest wetlands and freshwater marshes in the contiguous United States, and was frequently referred to as "The Evergl
In 1915, the Smithsonian collected a complete mastodon skeleton from the Kankakee Marsh.
In 1915, the Smithsonian collected a complete mastodon skeleton from the Kankakee Marsh.
A northern leopard frog in a Starke County wetland. Oliver Perry Hay regarded it as the "commonest, best known, and most beautiful frog."
A northern leopard frog in a Starke County wetland. Oliver Perry Hay regarded it as the "commonest, best known, and most beautiful frog."
Otters thrived in the Kankakee Marsh, along with red squirrels, eastern meadow voles, prairie cottontails, and other mammals.
Otters thrived in the Kankakee Marsh, along with red squirrels, eastern meadow voles, prairie cottontails, and other mammals.
A sandhill crane and a red-winged blackbird. Sandhill cranes and whooping cranes resided in the marsh from spring to fall. Hunters called English Lake
A sandhill crane and a red-winged blackbird. Sandhill cranes and whooping cranes resided in the marsh from spring to fall. Hunters called English Lake "Crane Heaven" and southeastern Lake County "Cranetown", due to their very large crane populations. Hunters observed great blue herons, black-crowned night herons, and American egrets in these areas.
Great Black Swamp
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The Great Black Swamp was a glacially fed wetland in northwest Ohio, northeast Indiana, and southeast Michigan that existed from the end of the Wisconsin glaciation until the late 19th century. Compri
Grand Kankakee Marsh
…forcibly removed and ecosystems destroyed for development. The marsh's history of destruction is similar to that of Tulare Lake in California, and the Great Black Swamp in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. Scientific understanding about wetland ecology has grown since the 1970s, increasing public attention on the economic…
A photo from a glacial ridge (near Benton Ridge) in the former Great Black Swamp. It overlooks a flat expanse of farmland with a ditch.
A photo from a glacial ridge (near Benton Ridge) in the former Great Black Swamp. It overlooks a flat expanse of farmland with a ditch.
A replica of Fred the mastodon (Buesching mastodon), pictured left, based on fossils found west of the former Great Black Swamp. Pictured right is a f
A replica of Fred the mastodon (Buesching mastodon), pictured left, based on fossils found west of the former Great Black Swamp. Pictured right is a female mastodon fossil.
Jesse Cornplanter's 1905 drawing (New York State Library) illustrating traditional Haudenosaunee bark lodge architecture. The Seneca held recognized t
Jesse Cornplanter's 1905 drawing (New York State Library) illustrating traditional Haudenosaunee bark lodge architecture. The Seneca held recognized territorial rights in the Sandusky River basin along the eastern margin of the Black Swamp prior to 19th-century federal cessions.
Charge of the Dragoons at Fallen Timbers by R.F. Zogbaum, 1895. It depicts the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers in the Black Swamp.
Charge of the Dragoons at Fallen Timbers by R.F. Zogbaum, 1895. It depicts the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers in the Black Swamp.