Explorer Henri Tonti to Be Featured in Isle a la Cache Program

“Iron Hand: The Life and Times of Henri Tonti,” a free program for persons at least 12 years of age, will be Thursday, November 14, 7:00 p.m., at Isle a la Cache Museum, in Romeoville.  Registration is required for this Forest Preserve District of Will County program.

Henri Tonti served as Rene-Robert Cavalier de La Salle’s right-hand man as he opened up the Illinois Country for the French in the 1680s. While La Salle sought glory and fame for himself and the French empire, Tonti dutifully carried out his responsibilities of establishing forts and posts at modern day Peoria and Starved Rock State Park.  He eventually would take over La Salle’s work in the Illinois valley.

Join Claiborne Skinner, author of The Upper Country: French Enterprise in the Colonial Great Lakes, as he shares with us Tonti’s story.

This program will take place indoors in an accessible facility.

For information and registration, call 815/886-1467.

Isle a la Cache Museum is located at 501 E. Romeo Road (135th Street), 0.5 mile east of Route 53, in Romeoville.