Title: The story of a French homestead in the Old Northwest
Description: The French homestead was also a trading post, established in 1824 on the Calumet River near present-day Chesterton, IN by the author’s grandfather. The author’s mother and her sister were sent to the Detroit area for education, where part of this story takes place.
Subjects: Biography, French Americans, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Pioneers, Northwest, old, history
Places: Indiana, Old Northwest, Porter County, Porter County (Ind.)
People: Bailey family, Frances R. Howe (1851-1917), Howe family, Lefevre family
Time periods: 1775-1865