Hutchins Map It is unknown when Little Fort was established and the exact location is also debated. Regardless, the Little Fort Little Fort Trading Post shows up on early French and English maps. The 1778 map by Thomas Hutchins shows “Wakaygagh”, the...
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Hutchins Map It is unknown when Little Fort was established and the exact location is also debated. Regardless, the Little Fort Little Fort Trading Post shows up on early French and English maps. The 1778 map by Thomas Hutchins shows “Wakaygagh”, the Algonquin word for the trading post. The first settlement was named Little Fort in honor of the trading post. By 1849, the people of Little Fort changed the name of the town to Waukegan, which was based on the Algonquin name found in the 1778 map. EN ESPAÑOL & ENGLISH waukeganparks.org/signs The First Little Fort The North American Fur Trade was an industry of the Europeans arrived. The French established the fur trade with acquisition, trade, exchange, and sale of animal furs. France the Potawatomi. With the fur trade, the Potawatomi would started trading in the 16th century focusing on acquiring hunt and trap animals for their furs and in turn trade them to beaver furs to be turned into fancy hats. France expanded the the Europeans at pl
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