Will County is home to a number of historic landmarks, famous people, and a plethora of history. It was not always as constructed as some parts are today; About two hundred years ago, Will County was a prairie land in which it was farmed and hunted by the Potawatomi Indian tribe. The first settlement established within the county limits was established by a man named Jesse Walker in 1826. He named it Walker's Grove and worked with Potawatomi in farming, milling, and trading with the new arrivals from the establishment. The county was not officially established until 1836, when a legislature separated it from Cook County. Currently, Will County consists of a number of townships, including Channahon, Crete, Custer, DuPage, Florence, Frankfort, Green Garden, Homer, Jackson, Joliet. , Lockport, Manhattan, Monee, New Lenox, Peotone, Plainfield, Reed, Troy, Washington, Wesley, Wheatland, Will, Wilmington and Wilton. Among these townships, the county includes a number of towns. Cities within county boundaries include parts of Aurora, Beecher, parts of Bolingbrook, Braidwood, Channahon, parts of Coal City, Crest Hill, Crete, parts of Diamond, Elwood, Frankfort, Godley, Homer Glen , Joliet, parts of Lemont, Lockport, Manhattan, parts of Minooka, Mokena, Monee, parts of Naperville, New Lenox, parts of Orland Park, parts of Park Forest, Peotone, Plainfield, Rockdale, Romeoville, parts of Sauk Village, Shorewood, Steger, Symerton, parts of Tinley Park, parts of University Park, Wilmington and Woodridge; not to mention a handful of unincorporated areas including Andres, Crystal Lawns, Pue, Fairmont, Frankfort Square, Goodings Grove, Goodenow, Ingalls Park, Lakewood Shores, Preston Heights, Ridge...... middle of paper ..... .stored by the Peotone Historical Society in its original working condition. Works Cited http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1356.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Will_County,_Illinoishttp://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_Iron_and_Steel_Workshttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/il/il0600/il0622/data/il0622data.pdfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_and_Michigan_Canalhttp://www.cityofjoliet. com/willcounty.htmhttps://archive.org/stream/historyofwillcou00chic#page/224/mode/2uphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_County,_Illinoishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peotone_Millhttp: //www.plainfield-il.org/pages/villagehistoryhttp://www.rialtosquare.com/history.asphttp://www.cityofjoliet.com/business/rialto.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Rialto_Square_Theatre http://www.peotone.com/rathjemill/