heacock

Updated: May 5, 2025

Four miles up the South Branch was an old building which was at one time an object of great interest as having been the theatre of some stirring events during the troubles of 1812. It was denominated Lee's Place, or Hardscrabble. Here lived, at this time, a settler named Heacock.

Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie - Wau-bun: The Early Day in the Northwest