Dendo Island

This 1862 map shows Dendo Island near the Tayco Street bridge just above Block C on Doty Island. In 1730, the French fought the Fox Indians in a battle near Dendo Island. The Fox buried their dead in a communal mound known as the Hill of the Dead, which translates to Butte des Morts. By the time the 1878 map was published, Dendo Island had been filled in and became what is now known as Garfield Avenue.