The LeVasseurs in Illinois in the 19th century (part 2)

Looking Back: From Bunkum to Bourbonnais Jack Klasey Looking Back

” …The Bourbonnais he discovered was not the town but a man: Francois Bourbonnais Sr., a French-Canadian trader whose log cabin was located near what is today the junction of Routes 45 and 102. The elderly Bourbonnais was no stranger to LeVasseur. A decade earlier, they had been members of competing fur trading posts on Bureau Creek in central Illinois.”

Link to this publication: https://levasseur.org/capsules/20240801_en.pdf