One of the first settlements along the Kankakee River, Bourbonnais was established as a French trading post in 1832. The village was named after Francois Bourbonnais, Sr., a fur trapper and hunter who arrived in the area in 1830.
The annual summer training camp of the Chicago Bears takes place at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais.
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