Prairie House Nature Center
Geologic and Hydrologic Report on Wolf Road Prairie by Wheaton College
Conservation Campus Leadership Council
Whole Foods Market Volunteers at Wolf Road Prairie
Field Museum Students Visit Wolf Road Prairie
Ecologists from Congo Visit Wolf Road Prairie
Wetland and Watershed Seminar at Wolf Road Prairie
Professional Development Status Awarded
WFP selected as field site for Critical Trends Assessment Program
University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener Program
Ukrainian Ecologists Visit Wolf Road Prairie
Conservation Campus is Native American historical site
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Potawatomi Peoples lived at Wolf Road Prairie and Hickory Lane Wolf Road Prairie and Hickory Lane were located within the historic geographic boundaries of the Potawatomi village of Sauganakka. A signal station, chipping stations, camps, mounds and trails were characteristic of this settlement along Salt Creek in Cook and DuPage Counties until the Blackhawk War of 1832. An arched trail tree still remains on Hickory Lane, a reminder of use of this area by native peoples. Today, the rich tapestry of Native American history of the region is nearly forgotten as subdivisions, corporate complexes and shopping centers cover the lands of old native villages, outstations and sacred burial sites. The Wolf Road Prairie area offers a location where the lives and cultures of Native Americans of the region can be remembered, and can help preserve this Native American heritage from extinction, in a historically accurate landscape setting. Below is a map of the boundaries of Sauganakka. Wolf Road Prairie and Hickory Lane are located in the right hand square which extends into Cook County north of 31st Street. 
Village boundaries from a map by Albert F. Scharf, 1900. |