Grand Prairie Chronicles

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What secrets lie beneath the sidewalks of Kankakee? Did Kankakee police really carry lassos back in 1900? Who were the cattle kings of the Grand Prairie? Join local historian and author Vic Johnson as he reveals the sometimes haunting, sometimes humorous, always fascinating stories of Kankakee an…

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    • Mar 11, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
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