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

People: Bailey family,  Frances R. Howe (1851-1917),  Howe family,  Lefevre family

Places: Indiana,  Old Northwest,  Porter County,  Porter County (Ind.)

Times: 1775-1865