35th Annual
Trail of Courage Living History Festival
Click here to view photo album.
View the Trail of Courage Schedule here.
Saturday - open 10 a.m to 6 p.m.
Sunday - open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission: Adults - $6, Ages 6-11 - $2, Bus students - $2,
Ages 5 and under - free
Want to participate? Send for an application!
Potawatomi Trail of Death Regional Historic Trail
1838 Indiana to Kansas
Erected 2006 by Manitou Chapter DAR, Rochester IN
Five new historic highway signs were dedicated Sept. 15, 2006. See Trail of Death in this web site for story - click here
Potawatomi Trail of Death Regional Historic Trail highway signs will be erected in Marshall County. Come to the dedication Friday Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. at the Chief Menominee Monument. Go six miles west of US 31 and turn north on Peach Road. Menomonee's statue is about a half mile and is on the east (right) side of Peach Road.
These signs are sponsored by Marshall County Tourism.
See www.potawatomi-tda.org for pictures of Trail of Death markers.
What I love about Trail of Courage
By Marsha Glassburn, Rochester, Indiana - 8/5/06
It's Trail of Courage time once again.
People gather catching up with old friends.
Families prepare for the long day,
Dressing, and primping in the traditional way.
The drums get ready for heartbeat to begin,
Dancers all ready, waiting to walk in,
The MC at the mike ready to speak,
Soon it will be time to dance to the beat.
Fry bread cooking, the smell is in the air.
It's Trail of Courage time the best time of the year!
Crafts everywhere made by traditional hands -
No better place to be in this Native land.
The Circle starts filling with dancers galore:
Elders and youth and tiny tots by the score.
Hats removed and etiquette shown
For the first peoples in this land that we call home.
Veterans walk in carrying their flags -
Eyes getting misty for the respect they had.
The sky so bright blue, it takes your breath away.
An Eagle flying overhead just makes the day!
Soon it will end - everyone will leave.
There will be hugs and handshakes and smiles I believe.
For the Trail of Courage never ends, it always comes back.
This is Indian country, as a matter of fact.
No matter how far, no matter how long,
The first peoples will be there alive and strong.
There is no better place to be
Then going to Trail of Courage, believe you me!
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