Formed out of Vermilion County in 1833 -- named for the Iroquois people -- birthplace of Rex Everhart, the voice of Maurice in the Disney film "Beauty And The Beast" in 1920 -- Watseka was named for a Potawatomi Native American woman Watseka or Watchekee born in Illinois and niece of Tamin the chief of Kankakee Potawatomi Indian tribe
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