Kishwaukey’s Barbershop Singers Annual potluck dinner 9-21-14
Kishwaukey’s Barbershop Singers Annual Barbecue dinner 9-21-14. We had our annual potluck. We met at Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve in Shabonna Illinois. It was filled with delicious food, good conversation and some singing to the ladies. It was so peaceful, nestled in nature. I like it. I think the cost for the little cabin was $15. We all need quiet times like this.
At one time, Chief Shabbona and the Potawatomi Indians lived in the Chief Shabbona Preserve, the historical marker along the trail tells of their time here. The 1500 acre Shabbona State Park is adjacent to Chief Shabbona Preserve. For a feeling of great open space for picnicking, hiking, or a game of softball, try Nehring Preserve. Fish the Somonauk Creek in summer or toboggan in winter at Sannau. The Chief Shabbona Preserve, purchased in 1940, is one of the oldest of the county’s 17 forest preserves.
The historical sign in the park, gives a brief history of Chief Shabbona, a Native American of the Ottawa tribe who married into the Potawatomi tribe in southern DeKalb County in the early 19th century. Shabbona was a peacemaker who settled tribal squabbles among the Three Fires Nation of Potawatomi, Ottawa and Chippewa and who worked for peaceful relationships between American Indians and white settlers.
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