After the 1832 Treaty of Tippecanoe, daughters of Marie Bailly, an Odawa or Potawatomi woman, were granted 1,280 acres of land in Monee Township surrounding the site of today's Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve.

The cyclone, which appeared to have multiple tornadoes, was visible from neighboring Peatone, and left a two to three mile wide path of destruction as it moved from west to east through Will County.

Crops were damaged, and at least 50 horses and 100 cattle were killed in Monee and Green Garden townships.

The cyclone destroyed multiple homes, wrecked an Illinois Central freight train, drove the water out of Monee Reservoir, and made the road through the wooded picnic grounds at Raccoon Grove impassible.

Monee Township is bordered by Western Avenue on the east, Steger Road on the north (where Cook County and Will County share a border), Harlem Avenue on the west, and Offner Road on the south.