Indian Boundary Markers Receive Special Treatment
July 13, 2014
Advisory Council members spiffed up two of the five important historical markers in Indian Boundary Park in July.
Ginny Davis liberated several hosta plants from her West Ridge garden, and with Jane Pranga, council president, replanted them at the marker commemorating the likely spot of a native American village. The play area pays homage to those early residents today by adopting the name “Indian Boundary Village.”
Hostas also were planted at the site where West Ridge pioneer Philip Rogers “built a log cabin right near the intersection of what is now Lunt Avenue and the Indian Boundary Line, a territorial boundary established by the Treaty of 1816 between the Pottawattomie Indians and the U.S. government,” according to Hank Morris of the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society.
Ginny and Jane were aided in their planting by a couple of toddlers who volunteered on the spot to help in the effort.
If you’d like to help dress up the other historical markers, contact Jane Pranga at: jpranga000@ameritech.net or call her at (773) 274-8447
Said Jane, “You don’t have to know anything about gardening or flowers to help.”
Ginny Davis liberated several hosta plants from her West Ridge garden, and with Jane Pranga, council president, replanted them at the marker commemorating the likely spot of a native American village. The play area pays homage to those early residents today by adopting the name “Indian Boundary Village.”
Hostas also were planted at the site where West Ridge pioneer Philip Rogers “built a log cabin right near the intersection of what is now Lunt Avenue and the Indian Boundary Line, a territorial boundary established by the Treaty of 1816 between the Pottawattomie Indians and the U.S. government,” according to Hank Morris of the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society.
Ginny and Jane were aided in their planting by a couple of toddlers who volunteered on the spot to help in the effort.
If you’d like to help dress up the other historical markers, contact Jane Pranga at: jpranga000@ameritech.net or call her at (773) 274-8447
Said Jane, “You don’t have to know anything about gardening or flowers to help.”
