I recently saw a photo of “Consul the Great,” a trained chimpanzee who visited Kewanee during the week encompassing the Fourth of July in 1910. I decided I needed to know more. Independence Day that year was a heck of a reason for Kewanee’s Redmen to organize a grand “Powwow.” The local Redmen chapter was… Continue reading Consul the Great, the Redmen and Kewanee’s 1910 Fourth of July
