CSPAN3 American History TV October 17, 2016
This gallery talks about the river from both a historical perspective, and also about the river as a means of transportation and a big part of the economy. The gallery begins with a historical look at how the river was formed 15,000 years ago and about the people who lived here in prehistoric times. The kankakee torrent was a geological event 15,000 years ago. At the time, this was in a time of great glaciers. There was a glacier lake around what is now chicago and michigan. That glacial lake bu...
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