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INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURE TO SETTLER FARMING Before European settlers moved to the Orland area, numerous indigenous tribes lived on the land. In 1743, the Potawatomi people moved into the Chicago area from what is now Detroit. They gathered plants, hunted, fished, and grew substantial gardens of beans, corn and squash. The first European settlers moved to the Orland area in the 1830s, with more arriving in the 1850s. Some of the earliest families were Bandle, Ingraham, Deck and Campbell. Many early settlers were farmers or raised livestock due to the area’s rich soil and land. According to Loretta Hostert Ziesemer, grand daughter of Mary Bisenius Hostert (1860-1937) and Nicholas Hostert (1853 1931) (nephew of Jacob and Bernard Hostert, who built the Hostert cabins), planting corn was backbreaking work. She remembers how difficult it was for her grandfather, stating: “The soil must be tilled, trees and stumps removed. Hoe a spot, put some seeds in, go a little distance and do it again. Keep a straight line. They didn’t have a plow.” ARTIFACTS IN THIS CABINET TOP SHELF (LEFT TO RIGHT): • Indigenous Agricultural Hoes, Date Unknown • Indigenous Spear Points, Date Unknown •.Postcard of an Unidentified Farming Family, c. 1900-1915 • Advertisement for Morrison MFG Co. Farm Implements, c. 1880s • Peter Hostert’s Mill Feed Tag, Date Unknown BOTTOM SHELF (LEFT TO RIGHT): • Horseshoe, c. 1870-1910

• Corn Husker Hook Gloves, Date Unknown • Chiappetti Animal Brand, Date Unknown • Sheep Shears, Date Unknown

•.Advertisements for Horse and Cattle Remedies, c. 1890s • .Letter Regarding Destruction of Cattle Driving Hill, 1913