John C. Sullivan (died 1830) was a surveyor who established the Indian Boundary Line and the Sullivan Line which were to form the boundary between Native Americans and white settlers in Indian Territory from Iowa to Texas.
Following the Indian Removal Act in 1830 all Native Americans west of the Mississippi River and many east of the river were moved west of the Indian Boundary Line. In 1838 disputes over the Sullivan Line were to touch off the bloodless Honey War over the boundary between Missouri and Iowa.
Read more about John C. Sullivan: Background, Indian Boundary Line, Sullivan Line, Honey War, Illinois and Michigan Canal
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“Form ever follows function.”
—Louis Henry Sullivan (1856–1924)