Historic Cane Hill, a non-profit organization currently restoring many historic sites in the community, also operates a museum. 1  June 11, 2015. 2  Tales of the Trail, Trail of Tears.
John Warne Gates (May 18, 1855 â August 9, 1911), also known as Bet-a-Million Gates, was an American Gilded Age industrialist, who was a pioneer promoter of barbed wire. He was born and raised in what is now West Chicago, Illinois.
Horatio Lloyd Gates was a retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga â a matter of contemporary and historical controversy â and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden in 1780. Gates has been described as one of the Revolution's most controversial military figures because of his role in the Conway Cabal, which attempted to discredit and replace George Washington ...