2014 Fall Edition Newsletter

at S.W. corner of that section. September 28, 2013, the 40 member Potawatomie 5 year Trail of Death trip came through or Museum and viewed the artifact in our back room before going on to Linn county. Because a new monu ment was placed in Heritage Park, the trail is being changed. A picture of that new Monument was taken. Last March, Betty Bendorf, Wayne Johnson, LeAnn Sheilds and I met with Johnson County Parks and Rec Director Bill Maasen and three Trail experts and a Potowatomie representative. ć FZ XJMM QVU VQ OFX TJHOT JODMVEJOH TJHOT across 175th street to Ridgview and then to old KC Road. Johnson County views the trail following the Santa Fe-California Trail GSPN 3FE #SJEHF UP VQQFS $PČ FF $SFFL near Heritage Park because the heavy wag POT DPVME OPU DSPTT TNBMM TJEF DSFFLT ć F Santa Fe California trail had not yet been named. All of my meetings with tribal members has been very welcoming and respectful. Lloyd L. Peckman

L to R: Virgenia Peckman, Helen Haywood, Van Haywood., Clarence ”Gean” Haywood and Lloyd Peckman

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